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From: folta@tove.umd.edu (Wayne Folta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac
Subject: A+ Mouse ADB is a great product
Summary: Don't let its clunky look fool you
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Date: 17 Mar 90 14:27:35 GMT
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My Apple mouse finally kicked the bucket, so I got the A+ Mouse ADB.  I can
highly recommend it!

I use optical mice at work (on my Sun), and I have been impressed by their
reliability and smoothness, but the pictures of the A+ made me hesitate--
they sure don't look as sleek as the Apple mice.

But have no fear!  The mouse is made by the same company that makes the Sun
mice.  The button has a much firmer feel than the Apple mouse, and the
movement is silky smooth.  The mousepad that I got with it (required, of
course, on an optical mouse) is *very* fine-grained, which allows it to be
quite small: 7" x 5.75".  I don't know if that is the only pad that ships
with it, as an IBM-compatible friend got one for his PC and the pad was larger,
with half the lines-per-inch.

It cost $80 from MacConnection, for example.
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Wayne Folta          (folta@cs.umd.edu  128.8.128.8)