"Power User" w.r.t. to mice gives me a mental image of someone grunting and 
sweating while muscling their mouse around their desk... 

On Friday 23 April 2004 02:26 pm, Neale, Bennett wrote:
> Yeah, microsoft touted that the batteries should last over 6 months.
> I dunno, maybe I'm some type of power user ;).
> B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Riyad Kalla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:20 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [VERY OT] Wireless Mice...what gives??
>
> Oh that sucks... I thought there was a docking station, guess not!
>
> 6 weeks... that's kind of rediculous... common MS! Put a digital camera
> battery in it or something and give us a recharger.
>
> On Friday 23 April 2004 02:19 pm, Neale, Bennett wrote:
> > I have the wireless bluetooth mouse from M$.
> > It's cool for me because I have it hooked up to my pc at work and on
>
> my
>
> > laptop at home. The thing that sucks is exactly what you hit on, the
> > batteries. I've never owned a wireless mouse before but if I could get
>
> 6
>
> > months out of the batteries I'd be happy. On average for me they run
>
> out
>
> > about every 6 weeks.
> >
> > B
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bOOyah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:12 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [VERY OT] Wireless Mice...what gives??
> >
> > It's Friday.
> >
> > I need to buy a replacement for my borked Intellimouse Explorer.  It's
> > starting to issue double-click events, which is pretty disconcerting.
> > At least, I _hope_ it's my mouse, otherwise my RSI has taken a nasty
> > turn for the worse.
> >
> > I'm a fan of Microsoft's mice because the devices in its Explorer
>
> range
>
> > are nice and big, just like my hands (Logitech's rodents tend to be
> > smaller).  But nearly all the Microsoft mice available on Amazon.co.uk
> > are wireless.  Ditto for my other favourite site, dabs.co.uk.  A quick
> > excursion to Microsoft's corporate Mouse site reveals that, yes
>
> indeed,
>
> > all the latest Explorer mice are wireless.
> >
> > Despite finding the concept of an stationary, yet wireless device
>
> deeply
>
> > crazy, I might just buy a wireless mouse and have done with
>
> it...life's
>
> > just too short.  But I think having to replace batteries every 6
>
> months
>
> > would get right on my nerves.
> >
> > Any opinions?  Does replacing the batteries in your wireless mouse or
> > keyboard drive you nuts?  Are there real advantages to using a
>
> wireless
>
> > input device that I just cannot see?
> >
> > Trivially yours,
>
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