Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-10-07 Thread Kurt Gnos
This is bullshit. I have a wireless network and a logitec wireless mouse, which I had before WLAN. And there is no difference! At 19:48 24.08.2004, you wrote: Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be *your* wireless n

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-26 Thread dhbailey
Howard Begun wrote: David Bailey wrote: Are there any Windows users with wireless networks on this list who also use cordless keyboards and/or mice? I am very interested in it, but not if it eats batteries every few hours. I use an MS Wireless Desktop Elite which includes an Intellimouse Explore

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-25 Thread Howard Begun
David Bailey wrote: > Are there any Windows users with wireless networks on this list who also > use cordless keyboards and/or mice? I am very interested in it, but not > if it eats batteries every few hours. I use an MS Wireless Desktop Elite which includes an Intellimouse Explorer 2.0. I hav

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-25 Thread Rocky Road
> > > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse > >Wait until the batteries start to run out. > >Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. > >More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse >for very long, because the batteries run out so quickly, and start

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Aug 2004 at 19:37, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 24 Aug 2004, at 02:59 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:52, Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > >> Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth > >> implementation is really, really lousy. > > > > What the hell do

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 24 Aug 2004, at 02:59 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:52, Darcy James Argue wrote: Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth implementation is really, really lousy. What the hell does Bluetooth have to do with it? Neither WiFi or the MS cordless mouse run on Blue

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread dhbailey
Darcy James Argue wrote: Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth implementation is really, really lousy. I have an Apple wireless keyboard and mouse (both Bluetooth), and the batteries last for months. Plus, the OS warns you when the batteries are getting low, well in advanc

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:52, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth > implementation is really, really lousy. What the hell does Bluetooth have to do with it? Neither WiFi or the MS cordless mouse run on Bluetooth. > I have an Apple wireless keyboard

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Darcy James Argue
Actually what it sounds like is that the Windows Bluetooth implementation is really, really lousy. I have an Apple wireless keyboard and mouse (both Bluetooth), and the batteries last for months. Plus, the OS warns you when the batteries are getting low, well in advance of any performance degr

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Aug 2004 at 14:30, Christopher Smith wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:48 PM, David W. Fenton wrote about wireless > mouses: > > Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries > > run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be > > *your* wireless network -- any WiFi n

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 24, 2004, at 1:48 PM, David W. Fenton wrote about wireless mouses: Do you have a wireless network? If so, the batteries run out much, much more quickly. And it doesn't even have to be *your* wireless network -- any WiFi network in the same area can interfere enough to cause problems. Reall

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread Giz Bowe
No, I'm working a standalone computer in my office -- no network in sight (site?). At 01:48 PM 8/24/04, you wrote: On 23 Aug 2004 at 22:37, Giz Bowe wrote: > I've actually had quite good luck with a Microsoft Optical Mouse -- > works like it's supposed to, and the batteries last at least 8 weeks

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Aug 2004 at 22:37, Giz Bowe wrote: > At 05:03 PM 8/23/04, you wrote: > >On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > > > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse > > > >Wait until the batteries start to run out. > > > >Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. > > > >M

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread Giz Bowe
At 05:03 PM 8/23/04, you wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse for ver

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Aug 2004 at 18:56, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Aug 23, 2004, at 5:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: > > > >> One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse > > > > Wait until the batteries start to run out. > > > > Which should be about two ho

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 23, 2004, at 5:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cord

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse for very long,

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Aug 2004 at 18:57, Christopher Smith wrote: > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse Wait until the batteries start to run out. Which should be about two hours after you hook it up. More specifically: none of my clients have kept used a cordless mouse for very long, because the batteri

Re: [Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-23 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:57:23 -0400, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One is a Logitech cordless optical mouse; the one I got is the Click > Plus. Left and right main buttons, two thumb buttons, a scroll wheel > that clicks too, and a smaller centre button, all assignable. Quite a > c

[Finale] OT - New toys (I mean, productivity aids!)

2004-08-21 Thread Christopher Smith
Ladies and gents of the list, I just went out and splurged on two things I thought might help productivity, and I am so happy I am squirming in my seat like my nine-year-old son! I know this is not really Finale material, though this stuff really does help my Finale work. One is a Logitech cord