Hi, > Kids are tough on h/w, but I actually managed to wear out an Apple > Pro mouse all on my own. I was taking one to work each day with my > Powerbook and carefully wrapping it up and taking it home each night. > It lasted about 8 months.
Hmm. I've been carrying a Logitech optical USB mouse in my laptop bag, unplugging it and plugging it twice a day, in and out of the bag, and all over the world (more or less) for about two years without a problem. I was sort of hoping to put a Pro Mouse into similar service but now I'm thinking perhaps I'll stick with the much uglier but quite rugged Logitech. > >Nothing scarier than a 6-year old with > >an autoinstall CD on a Win98 box, > >answering "Yes" to everything... > > Ha! I can top that! > > How about a 3-year-old editing BIOS settings! ;) You got me there. For me, the scary part about the kids was that my wife wasn't aware of the inherent evil behaviour of many Windows install programs, and when the machine started acting up (which it frequently did, as they downloaded half the game demos of western civilization) she wasn't interested in hearing about the minutia of OCXs and conflicting DLLs and why two programs wanted different versions of DirectX. Honest to God, I don't know how "ordinary consumers" can stand to have computers around sometimes. If I didn't do this for a living, would I really be expected to know how to repair the registry or use an activity monitor to track down missing DLLs? (This is why people by Playstations instead of computers to have fun with: put in the disk and it plays.) Anyway, after much fighting I have switched the house entirely to Macs (7 or 8 of 'em, I think) and people are much happier. Sorry for the digression. Where was I? Oh, yes: mice. So, I'm wondering if it's possible to reinforce the mouse to make it last a little longer? Are the new ones breaking as often as the old ones? Thanks for the food for thought! Best wishes, -greg > > She also somehow managed to change all the Gnome menus to Italian > (and it's surprisingly difficult to change them back if you don't > know Italian). > > -Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > "You can't brew a premium lager with a kool-aid mentality." --Harold Green in > _The_Red_Green_Show_ > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
