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, --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
