keyboard, mouse recommendations

[hodad]

I have a Pangolin laptop. Bought it three months ago and I love it, but I need a wireless mouse/keyboard combo, as I can't live with the touchpad control, and I miss the numeric keypad.

Any guidelines on what works with the Pangolin? Can I use one of the connectors on the laptop other than my 2 USB's to hook them up? (Don't want to use them up, as I like to hook my camera and printer to the USBs).

Thanks!

[Alvinius]

Well the only other connector that I can think of is blue tooth, does your pangolin have that?

BTW, you do have 4 USB ports, 2 on each side I think...

The mouse I would recommend is USB and that is the logitech 931396-0403, you can find it anywhere.the reason I like is is that the mini-receiver snaps into the mouse and shuts it off. Battery life is fantastic, I have used mine everyday, about 12 hours a day aand it is fine after a month, ubuntu can track its battery use.

Small and sturdy, just a great design.

Just google that number and you can take a look at it, not sure if it comes paired with one of their keyboards.

And if you did only have 2 usb ports, it is very easy to unplug and plug in peripherals.

[thomasaaron]

I'd go with a USB keyboard and mouse.
One thing you could do is get an adapter that converts 1 USB port into several (usually 4, I think).

Bluetooth (as mentioned above) is an option if you a) already have a bluetooth module, or b) can install one yourself (we can walk you through it).

[cwej]

I can't say about the keyboard, but I use a Microsoft (yes, Microsoft!) wireless mouse. Performance is flawless, and mouse recognized by system within a second of plugging in USB wireless receiver device.