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From: Wes Groleau on 14 Jul 2010 18:01 On 07-14-2010 15:10, Tim Okergit wrote: > On 07/14/2010 03:01 AM, dorayme wrote: >> In article<i1jjf0$3bq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Tim Okergit<to(a)notme.com> wrote: >> >>> On 07/14/2010 01:37 AM, dorayme wrote: >>>> In article<i1jfar$mb5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> Tim Okergit<to(a)notme.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sometimes I scrolled up and the scrolling would stop. I figured >>>>> maybe it >>>>> was dirt. >>>>> >>>>> I never thought it would be this easy to clean. It took only one >>>>> minute. >>>>> Only one bolt to remove, no detachable parts inside. All I had to >>>>> do is >>>>> blow air and remove 2 little pads of lint in the scroll wheel with a >>>>> pair of tweezers and a little screwdriver. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure it's this one, but it looks like it: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003B4BBFK >>>>> >>>>> It works fine and came with my computer. >>>> >>>> I am so glad I learned to do without this wheelie thing and >>>> bought the corded Apple Pro optical, the beautiful white >>>> 'buttonless' mouse years ago! It is possibly the best mouse ever >>>> produced in the world ever. >>> >>> Opinions differ, it seems: >>> >>> The bad: There are two main issues with this product, >> >> Why are you going on talking about anything but the mouse I am >> recommending to you? > > Why don't you provide a link? That thing you quoted ten lines earlier—isn't that a link? -- Wes Groleau It seems a pity that psychology should have destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. -- G. K. Chesterton
From: dorayme on 14 Jul 2010 18:45 In article <timstreater-DB981B.15051814072010(a)news.individual.net>, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > > Can I scroll my Excel sheets in both directions at once? No? Useless to > > > me then. > > > > > > > I don't know, I work on such wide screens I hardly need to > > scroll. Up and down is a key press. > > My screen is 1680 wide. Even then, when looking at a share portfolio SS, > where the price of each item is added every month or so, it very quickly > gets very wide, and easy 2-D scrolling becomes a must. Well, then, that is for you, I won't oppose it too much. In the programs I work in, the hand grabs the content by the throat and moves it around fine. If you are having to scroll sideways a lot for filthy capitalist gain, *maybe* you should find Jesus and make do with a simpler good life. Jesus would have used a corded white Apple Pro that had no adornments like buttons and wheels and fiddly bits where germs and stuff can get in. I fell into temptation with a wireless mouse with two buttons and a wheel for a Macbook. I use it when no one is looking. Truth is I am getting better and handier at the built in trackpad on the Macbook. One seems even able to make it put a coffee on at the wave of a funny finger combo. -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 14 Jul 2010 18:51 In article <i1l1b2$8s3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Tim Okergit <to(a)notme.com> wrote: > I'd rather clean my $9 mouse. Here's what it looks like after removing > one bolt: > > http://a0.5aphoto.com/dl/photo/2009/200911/20091113/L_B_07.JPG > > See how the scroll whell stay in the top cover? All is left is to blow > the dirt away. On my old SE30 and a few subsequent Macs, I was taking the ball out several times a day to clean. Easy but what a nuisance! It was nice to be released into the world of no moving parts mice with the Optical Apple Pro. -- dorayme
From: Tim Okergit on 14 Jul 2010 19:06 On 07/14/2010 06:51 PM, dorayme wrote: > In article<i1l1b2$8s3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Tim Okergit<to(a)notme.com> wrote: > >> I'd rather clean my $9 mouse. Here's what it looks like after removing >> one bolt: >> >> http://a0.5aphoto.com/dl/photo/2009/200911/20091113/L_B_07.JPG >> >> See how the scroll whell stay in the top cover? All is left is to blow >> the dirt away. > > On my old SE30 and a few subsequent Macs, I was taking the ball > out several times a day to clean. I've used this mouse for a year and just cleaned it. I can afford to spend 1 min a year cleaning a mouse. Just going downtown and buying a new mouse will cause will cause JF Mezei enough time to clean a Logitech M-UAE96 mouse for 200 years.
From: Kevin Michael Vail on 14 Jul 2010 19:22
In article <jollyroger-191E3A.07374914072010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <timstreater-5F6C55.10452014072010(a)news.individual.net>, > Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > > I've seen but not tried a Magic Mouse. My worry is that, cordless, it's > > gonna eat batteries. > > With my most-used Magic Mouse (used for anywhere from 12 to 16 hours a > day, almost every day), I get close to a month of usage on a set of > standard Energizer 1.5V batteries. > > The type of battery you use makes a *lot* of difference. I tried some > rechargeable batteries and got much less life out of them (like a week > or so). YMMV. I use the Duracell NiMH rechargeables. I get more than week out of them but probably less than a month, although I don't use it as much as you do (but I never turn it off when I'm not using it, either.) My *only* complaint about the Magic Mouse is the tracking speed, but third-party software helps with that. -- Kevin Michael Vail | Don't be afraid to play with the toys evolution kevin(a)vaildc.net � | gave you. � � � � � � � �-- Clever Monkey |