SlowJet
January 30th, 2006, 03:42 PM
Hi all, :)
I had to get a new mouse for the Pent IV (dual boot with Win Xp and Ubuntu)
as the fancy wireles reciever bit the dust after 2.5 years.
This was a Microsoft Desktop Elite with the EXplorer 2 mouse.
I never did like them and felt like I was using an old type writer with the keys bunched up. The mouse was hard to use, the 5.1 updated windows software was buggy, the USB part made the BIOS and Win F8 functions unreachable.
In the mean time on my Pent III (4 years old now) I have a
Microsoft Whell Mouse optical usb or ps2 compat - pluged in as PS2.
I noted in the last few months how good it worked with Linux and how lite the mouse felt and the cursor was well intergrated into the video.
So I went looking for one of those but of couse there is now a new and improved version and it only cost $20.
It is the Microsoft
Wheel mouse optical 1.1 usb or ps2 compat.
It worked with the 5.1 win software (but came with 4.0)
It works like heaven in Ubuntu compared to that wireless tank.
The only diff is a slight clcik on the wheel vs. no clcik on the older model.
I could not believe the difference.
Oh, and I replaced thw wireless keyboard a long time ago with a basic natual pro type (wired). I'll pay for it in battery savings in a year or so.
Now I like sitting in the other chair at the pent IV, and it is faster.
My hand and wrist already fell better. :)
SJ
I had to get a new mouse for the Pent IV (dual boot with Win Xp and Ubuntu)
as the fancy wireles reciever bit the dust after 2.5 years.
This was a Microsoft Desktop Elite with the EXplorer 2 mouse.
I never did like them and felt like I was using an old type writer with the keys bunched up. The mouse was hard to use, the 5.1 updated windows software was buggy, the USB part made the BIOS and Win F8 functions unreachable.
In the mean time on my Pent III (4 years old now) I have a
Microsoft Whell Mouse optical usb or ps2 compat - pluged in as PS2.
I noted in the last few months how good it worked with Linux and how lite the mouse felt and the cursor was well intergrated into the video.
So I went looking for one of those but of couse there is now a new and improved version and it only cost $20.
It is the Microsoft
Wheel mouse optical 1.1 usb or ps2 compat.
It worked with the 5.1 win software (but came with 4.0)
It works like heaven in Ubuntu compared to that wireless tank.
The only diff is a slight clcik on the wheel vs. no clcik on the older model.
I could not believe the difference.
Oh, and I replaced thw wireless keyboard a long time ago with a basic natual pro type (wired). I'll pay for it in battery savings in a year or so.
Now I like sitting in the other chair at the pent IV, and it is faster.
My hand and wrist already fell better. :)
SJ