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From: aslakson@cs.umn.edu (Brian Aslakson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: bad mousie
Keywords: The original Apple adb mouse wins!!
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.202710.10052@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 20:27:10 GMT
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phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>What is the general opinion of Apple mice? Especially in comparison to
>Microsoft Mice, if any of you have used them?

Old style Mac mouse		yuck, but beats MS mouse. Ugly, tough, clunky.
Newer style Mac mouse (adb)	The Best Mouse Ever.*
Latest version (light ball)	eeh, tracking problems, otherwise great.
Sun optical mouse (w/SLCs)	Very decent.
Microsoft mouse			Terrible, the buttons click too easily, and 
				the fingers tend to lean on them.  The feel
				is neither bad nor good.  The shape is a pain
				and it's ugly!
HP mouse (w/HP9000)		Weird feel & grip, tracks ok, bad shape. Ugly.
Kensington Turbo Mouse (trackball)
	New style		Horrible. The buttons wear out quickly.
				Attractive. Yes it gets dirty.
	Old style		Horrible. As tough as Mac mice, but harder to
				clean. Feel isn't as good as new style. Ugly.
		--- Trackballs are an evil. ---
I have an off-brand of mouse at home for my PC that is ugly but works great.
_________________________
* If you must have details...
Tough, attractive, great feel, great grip, on and on.  The only thing not
perfect is that it needs to be cleaned from time to time.  But it beats
having to have an optical pad.


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