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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Just My Opinion: The Macintosh IIsi
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.215401.12288@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 7 Mar 91 21:54:01 GMT
References: <16757@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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>3.  The mouse is absolute crap.  When moving horizontally, sometimes
>it "sticks" at one column, and moving gently back and forth won't get
>it past that column--you have to jerk it.  Keeping the mouse rollers
>absolutely clean helps some.  I'm told it's the fault of the
>lightweight (black) mouse ball, and if you can find a good (gray)
>ball, it works better.  

It always astounds me that Apple continues to cut corners on the
mouse.  The first mouse (mac II, SE, '87) had a heavy ball and worked
well.  This was a big selling point of those macs -- better keyboard
and mouse than the Mac Plus.

The second mouse (~89, black ball, lighter) has a sticking problem
(the ball freezes and will not move).  The third mouse ( ? last 3
months ? ) has button that gets stuck when you mouse-down.

The black-ball mouse will work somewhat better with mouse pad.  Maybe
Apple has entered the mousepad business, and changed it mouse design
in order to sell more pads?

Don Gillies	     |  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
gillies@cs.uiuc.edu  |  Digital Computer Lab, 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana IL
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