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From: podop03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Optical MOUSE...How do you like it?
Message-ID: <1991Mar13.201118.24487@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 20:11:18 GMT
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I've used the Boing! and Golden Image optical mice, and have not been
impressed. The Boing! is the smoothest, most professional feeling mouse
you can get for your Amiga.  However, GfxBase, the people who make it,
don't use a very good cord and after a few months of moving the mouse
around on your desk the high-gauge wires inside the cord break.  And the
technical support is friendly, but horrendously inadequate.  When my
Boing! broke, I sent it back.  I got another one that had the mirrors
misaligned.  I returned that, and got one directly from the GfxBase
people (I think they sent me a used one because the jack was broken
off!!!  Talk about being unprofessional).  So, I still wanted an optical
so I got the cheaper Golden Image (also known as Jin-Tech).  It had a
shitty mouse pad and was jittery and you couldn't even draw a straight
line with it.

So what did I do?  Trade it for a Golden Image regular 'ball' mouse.  It
has better buttons than the opticals have, as well.  Anyway it's
smoother and I saved myself $80 bucks.

My suggestion?  Get a Boing! but make sure you have a long warranty. 
Otherwise get the Golden Image ball mouse.   THe only thing I miss about
the opticals is the middle button, but I don't see it becoming a
standard because all Amigas (even the UNIX ones) only come with 2-button
mouses.

Later,,,,


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