Back when keyboards were $100, as the IT director, I used to soak bunches of them in my bathtub with dishwasher soap, wipe them madly, rinse them madly, shake them madly, and let them dry for a couple of days, inverted. My unknowing users loved them. Then, a few years ago, I could find kb's for $5, or free, coming in with new computers, so I just replaced them. Back when mice had rubber balls, well, only one each, I would just pull out the ball, clean the tracks, and put the ball back. Now, I just need to keep the mouse "light area" and their keyboard pads clean.
My son, who in college is majoring in "Computer Gaming" - (no, seriously, I cry quietly about this every day, and especially when I write the checks to his university) uses keyboards costing a couple of hundred bucks and mice costing at least a hundred bucks. As a gamer, he only uses "wired" mice and kb's. Apparently, wireless externals have a delay that affects gamer play. I use wireless everything, but I am old. I watched him once taking his kb, which has its own electronic screen, all apart, cleaning each key, wiping everything down, carefully replacing each key. It took hours. The mouse he just replaces regularly, as new ones appear. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: washable keyboard and mouse? Anyone ever used one of these? <http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo= 7587094&Sku=R43-1004> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7 587094&Sku=R43-1004 For $10, I'm tempted to try it. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 <mailto:> [email protected] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America <http://www.guardianlife.com/> www.guardianlife.com ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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