Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-) 3/ There are also some security concerns in using

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-)

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:32 +, Camaleón wrote: What happens is that modern mice are a bit ostentatious and full of buttons (or they're targeted to notebook users and are a bit small). Yes, I'm very picky with my input peripherals :-) +1 As for not working on clear surfaces,

[OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-07 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:16:33 -0400, KS wrote: On 07/06/11 01:52 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:41:19 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 12:37 PM, Lisi wrote: On Tuesday 07 June 2011 14:23:19 Camaleón wrote: I'm using a PS/2 mouse with Debian and works very well. +1

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 18:40 +, Camaleón wrote: For intensive usage, heck... leave me with my Cherry corded keyboard with a weight of ~1,8 kg and its characteristic clack, clack sound ;-) I've got two simple and good keyboards, one seems to be a Cherry and the other is better, because it's