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Currently i,m sittinghereusingmymums keyboard/mouse which works perfectly. A good old standard usb attached keyboard and mouse, with a standard dell mouse mat. Mine ontheother hand is a cordless mouse and keyboard which never fails to drive me insane everyday. The tracking ball always needs cleaning. It doesnt seem to work very well on any surface, whereas this one is perfect. Now, question. If I get a usb attached keyboard and mouse which is looking increasingly likely, do i have to uninstall the mousedrivers for my current mouse/keyboard first or can i just happily attach my new corded keyboard/mouse and hey presto it all works perfectly, for once!! This blasted mouse ofmine doesnt seem to work properly with the useless mouse mat i,ve got, which needless to say i dont use. Thislittle usb mouse/mouse mat from dellis perfect, itreally is, yet my posh cordless thingy is, to say the very least,crap. grrrr
@pete wrote:
just replace the mouse with an optical mouse Bat then theres no need to clean the tracking ball.. and theres no wireless connection to go wrong and theyre cheap
Pete MY mouse is optical and wireless and it also has a tracking ball. I want to get a mouse with NO tracking ball. So is it better to stick to cordless mouse/keyboard of go for a usb one. I,d still prefer a mouse without a tracking ball. I cant decide which is best, cordless or usb.
@pete wrote:
mines optical with no tracking ball.. ya sure yours is optical rather defeats object if it has a tracking ball too.. should just be a light underneath then you dont need a mouse pad
Yes Pete, honestly it,s optical. I have a reciever plugged into the bk of my pc, and my mouse has no leads, just 2 batteries and a flamin tracking ball, grrr. Which brings me bk to my original post. If I do get a corded keyboard and mouse. do i need to uninstall my mouse/keyboard drivers first and THEN install the new stuff or can i just unplug the the reciever and plug in mouse and keyboard and it all works fine? Incidentally where did you get your mouse with no tracking ball from? I want one wether it,s cordless or not. I,m sick of cleaning fluff off the poxy thing.
I’ve got at work one of the older Microsoft Intellimouse optical mouse thingies.
I love it. I never get RSI or pains in my like I did with other types and the optical is fab. It evens plugs in a USB port – I’m not bothered my wireless………I don’t intend to work 5 desks away…………..
Wireless keybords and mouse have one weakness, the mouse is used more than the keyboard and always needs chagening .
The keybords are not too bad.
If you do buy one of these sets, make sure your mouse has a chargening point and find out how long you can use it for, before it runs out.
@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
Wireless keybords and mouse have one weakness, the mouse is used more than the keyboard and always needs chagening .
The keybords are not too bad.
If you do buy one of these sets, make sure your mouse has a chargening point and find out how long you can use it for, before it runs out.
Yes this is excellent advice. Don’t let your mouse run out or you may never catch it again.
Each mouse and keyboard comes with its own ”chagening point” so be sure to look for it.
@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
Wireless keybords and mouse have one weakness, the mouse is used more than the keyboard and always needs chagening .
The keybords are not too bad.
If you do buy one of these sets, make sure your mouse has a chargening point and find out how long you can use it for, before it runs out.
Well DOA you will be delighted to know that my mouse not only has it,s very own chargening point, it has batteries as well!!!. When it,s not in use, just to make sure it cant run out I stick it to my desk with bluetack, mind you that has drawbacks in it,s self. It tends to give it a sticky bottom covered in blue bits. So do you think I,d be better off getting a mouse and a keyboard with wires attached then? That way I wont have to be continually worrying about making sure my chargening points are fully charged, and of course theres no danger of my batteries running out.
Oh another important point I almost forgot, are corded keyboards/mice any more at risk of trojans and hores than their wireless counterparts? The last thing I need is to get a brand new mouse/keboard and then find out i,ve got an infestation of hores!!
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