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From: Tim Okergit on 14 Jul 2010 23:23 On 07/14/2010 09:08 PM, Ian Gregory wrote: > On 2010-07-14, Tim Okergit<to(a)notme.com> wrote: > >> I'm glad to have a mouse that works without compromise. The low price >> is an extra. I believe the OP should consider solving his endless >> problems with this kind of mouse. > > Huh? Unless I am very much mistaken you *are* the OP. OOps! I was thinking about the original thread lauched by JF Mezei. > I think most Mac users would readily admit that mice are not Apple's > forte. So, it's better to buy a betetr mouse at a lesser price. > The opposite is true of Microsoft - the only decent things they > make are mice. I prefer Logitech. > Anyone who is fed up with the scroll ball sticking on > their Mighty Mouse and wants to replace it with something else should > consider cheaper non-Apple alternatives to the Magic Mouse So, we agree.
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 14 Jul 2010 23:46 In article <dorayme-22BD6E.08510715072010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > 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. As an old time mouse cleaner, the ball was just the first vector to the real problem. There were two plastic rollers that the ball delivered lint to. You had to clean the lint out of the roller and off the axle. I used a needle to scrape the fuzz out. Then it'd work for a couple of months usually. I've got one of those Apple supplied optical jobbies now, and the problem doesn't exist. As the Frankenstein monster would say, "Ball on pad...*baaad*! leo
From: dorayme on 15 Jul 2010 00:09 In article <slrni3snsh.2ml.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think most Mac users would readily admit that mice are not Apple's > forte. Was it a fluke it came up with my beautiful Apple (Optical) Pro mouse quite a few years ago now? -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 15 Jul 2010 00:23 In article <leoblaisdell-3D539F.20465014072010(a)News.Individual.NET>, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > In article <dorayme-22BD6E.08510715072010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > 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. > > As an old time mouse cleaner, the ball was just the first vector to the > real problem. There were two plastic rollers that the ball delivered > lint to. You had to clean the lint out of the roller and off the axle. I > used a needle to scrape the fuzz out. Then it'd work for a couple of > months usually. I've got one of those Apple supplied optical jobbies > now, and the problem doesn't exist. As the Frankenstein monster would > say, "Ball on pad...*baaad*! > You are perfectly correct Leo, how could I have been so hasty? The ball was more the thing you always grabbed first to clear the way to things... the ball itself was the least problem of all! Yes, it was almost always build-up on the rollers, I used a pair of tweezers, mainly closed, as a scraper. And I would blow vigorously after each bit of work. If the vac was handy I *loved* socking it to... I mean sucking it... The tweezers were used as tweezers for the wrapped stuff around the rollers. I loved that damned blocky mouse so much that I used it instead of the sexier lower profiled lighter more rounded model that came out after the SE, it *felt too cheap*! I still have a couple of those squarish block mice. These are the ones I programmed in QuickBasic with, the ones I wrote ten thousand letters and faxes with, the ones I would draw with SuperDuper ... memories... memories... <g> -- dorayme
From: XX on 15 Jul 2010 09:33
"Tim Streater" <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote in message news:timstreater-C7D49D.22332914072010(a)news.individual.net... > In article <i1l1b2$8s3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Tim Okergit <to(a)notme.com> wrote: > >> On 07/14/2010 05:45 AM, Tim Streater wrote: >> >> > A wheeled-mouse is so limiting after having a Mighty Mouse, and one >> > with >> > no wheel would get junked in no time flat. >> >> Well, the way I see things, the Mighty Mouse is a mouse with a scrollball >> with the click buttons awkwardly placed on the side. The funny thing is >> everybody using a scrollball on a laptop want a standard mouse. I wonder >> if you'd be so fond of the thing if Apple wasn't written on it. > > Try getting some new glasses - or is it new batteries for your brain > implant you need. > > I don't like or use the side buttons so I've disabled them. And I don't > use a laptop so I don't know what you're talking about and I suspect you > don't either. > > Oh yes, my MM does have the word 'Apple' on it, oddly enough. It's > something manufacturers tend to do - or hadn't you noticed. The question was; "I wonder if you'd be so fond of the thing if Apple wasn't written on it." Did you have to move the goalposts to make a point? > >> The guy here doesn't seem to appreciate it clicks all over the place: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCm2wwP70v8 > > I don't have the mouse in my palm so none of his complaints are a problem > for me - including the clicky stuff. > >> > I'm not interested in the cleaning argument. It's easy enough to do. >> >> Of course, the guy at youtube takes only 10 minutes to clean it. Of >> course, it's not a sequence shot and he's certainly repeated the process >> many times before he shot the video. > > You wanna clean it - take it to bits. It's easy enough to do. > >> 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. > > And having a mouse with a scroll balls blows any other mouse away. So your > $9 was wasted. > > So what's *your* problem, then, anyway eh? Got verbal diarrhoea have you? > Or are you another of these anti-Apple twerps who just *has* to complain > all the time. Can't stand any criticism of Apple? Would you consider yourself an Appasshole? Yes, I would say so, Appasshole. > > -- > Tim > > "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines > imposed, > nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689 Stupidity should be painful. |