A big change in my life...
The computer mouse is an important tool in my daily life.I've tried lots of different brands of 'mouse-like' products including trackballs, joysticks, stylus pens and touch screens.
Depending on the setup there are 4 workstations in my condo plus a laptop and 3 workstations at my office. All of them were using the 'old standard' Microsoft wired mouse.
I like the shape, buttons and way it tracks. Wireless mouse? No thanks.
They are cheap... $10
Some products are in the $40 to $60 range so I'm getting a bargain at $10.
Actually, I prefer the accuracy of the old style mouse with a ball. Yeah, cleaning lint every other day didn't bother me. They are dinosaurs... no more are available on the planet.
The Microsoft mouse has a textured finish and after months of use I notice the left button would turn shiny. No problem, but I'm having to replace them when the wheel starts to skip.
Maybe there has been a change in manufacture as in 'they don't make them the same' and I'm replacing them in months and not years later.
Looking for a change, I've found a Logitech mouse for $10 that has a very similar shape and feel as the Microsoft mouse.
I bought 4 of them and put them into my main computers and will replace the others when the wheels begin to fail.
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The idea of touch is good with the right software applications and interface. I have 2 Windows based tablet/notebook computers with touch screens that suffer because the interface is mouse based. Also in my office now I have a touch screen monitor that gets annoying when trying to maneuver cells in a spreadsheet.
My cellphone is Samsung Galaxy Note... touch based and Cut & Paste text in any touch environment has the ability to bring on Tourette Syndrome.
Touch apps for touch screen.
I bought the Samsung interface to run a Galaxy phone it with a PC keyboard, mouse and standard keyboard. Works great! That's a viable solution for people who want to run a business from their phone... in the office and not from your back pocket.
Cutting and pasting text in any touch environment brings on Tourette Syndrome.
I did make an attempt with the Logitech Touchpad. Good product. Not perfect and not a substitute for a mouse. I put it back in the box and remember seeing it when I moved around last year.
Sir_T, standard equipment was a cotton swab and alcohol.