Stop Microsoft
All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Hardware => Topic started by: MrX on 8 June 2004, 21:33
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Having just broken my plain two button scroll wheel microshat mouse from getting angry with windoze 98 i put in my usb optical intellimouse explorer. its confy and okay, but the software sucks. the intellipoint driver crut version 5.0 soposably checks for updates every minute! slowing the computer down. and the intellimouse explorer version i have(older one with two big buttons on the side for browsing the web, new version has two very small buttons) well, every single one of those mice had a big problem with the cord. it shorts out making the mouse useless. you need to take about 3 inches off the connection to the mouse and totally re-do it. now it works fine. but when i go to scroll, about 1 in 10 times, it jumps to the end of the page when its sopposed to go only 3 lines at a time. tsk tsk.
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Yeah, well that's why MS is primarily a software company and not hardware. And we know how good their software is (http://graemlins/scared.gif)
Get a Logitech or something.
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But they're mice scoll sideways :D
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yes, that new sideways scroll mouse is cool. at the comp. store, the microsoft mouse was more confy than the logitech. well, neways, when i get my linux mandrake on mybox, i will use the mouse. the mouse is pretty, good, just the driver software stinks. on the mandrake linux site, my intellimouse explorer is compatible. yay. next time you get a mouse, and if its microshat, plan to use it on linux mandrake or someting. just dont get a microsoft mouse to use with windoze!!! ;
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Do you even NEED the nonstandard driver????
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yes actually I NEED the non-standard driver. or else the win98 driver doesnt use the two buttons on the side that are usefull.
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k this topic is done... admins can delete it
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MrX: k this topic is done... admins can delete it
Nope :D
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Originally posted by MrX:
yes actually I NEED the non-standard driver. or else the win98 driver doesnt use the two buttons on the side that are usefull.
Two buttons on the side? WTF? I'm probably a bit out of date here... but what do those buttons do???
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Originally posted by Annorax, Lemming Pathfinder:
Two buttons on the side? WTF? I'm probably a bit out of date here... but what do those buttons do???
probly whatever you set them to do
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I have gone thru too many mice. I don't purchase lazer mice because I just know after a few months the buttons will start to go. I got 6 mice for $3 each and so far I have gone thru 4. Its so annoying.
I would NEVER purchase MS hardware. Not a router, not a mouse, not a PC (or any of those WinPCs or WinModems) simply because it is from MS. Bad enough they have an OS monopoly, they shouldn't be allowed to get into hardware.
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Originally posted by PseudoRandom Dragon:
Bad enough they have an OS monopoly, they shouldn't be allowed to get into hardware.
Even though they have bought out a lot of Hardware companies and/or have stock in them already... :eek:
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Cleaned.
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[ June 18, 2004: Message edited by: Aaron-V4.0 ]
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Originally posted by zip:
What to do about job losses
My fellow Jews and infidels, we are facing an enormous crisis and challenge in this world today as you all know from Islamic terrorism. This is a direct attack on our western lifestyle, ethics and freedom. Many of you have complained about the economy and lack of jobs. The decline of the economy and stock market is a result of terrorist acts commited by the Islamic evil doers who must not go unpunished. It is your duty as good Americans, Europeans, NATO allies and others who believe in freedom to oppose this assault on our liberties. Therefore may I suggest that if you are unemployed or underemployed that you go down to your local military recruiting office today and sign up and fight in the name of democracy and freedom. Being almost 50 years old myself, I will stay here in the USA and help keep the engines of Capitalism and democracy running until such time I am needed in the war on terrorism.
Your fellow infidel
zip
My IP address is 218.22.5.52
Please DOS me very much thank you please.
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I use the intelli mouse explorer 3.0...It's nice, and works well on my suse box, even though I haven't found a driver that will activate my side buttons.
In windows the side buttons are nice because you can set them to do things like the forward and back button. It's very handy when you do a lot of reading and have to reference back to another document. If you use a tabbed browser you can set it to open, close or switch tabs as well. But like I said, in my linux box, the side buttons are just an additional spring supply for when the other two buttons wear out.
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[ June 17, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax, Lemming Pathfinder ]
Second edit: cleanup, added note
[ June 17, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax, Lemming Pathfinder ]
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I'm using Windows 98 right now and will continue to use it as long as it causes people like you pain.
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Originally posted by blip:
I'm using Windows 98 right now and will continue to use it as long as it causes people like you pain.
you sure are showing them
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Originally posted by blip:
I'm using Windows 98 right now and will continue to use it as long as it causes people like you pain.
Use whatever you like... if you want to ignore the truth, more power to you.
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Originally posted by blip:
I'm using Windows 98 right now and will continue to use it as long as it causes people like you pain.
<sarcasm>oh the pain.</sarcasm>
i had to read your post a couple of times since i was sure it read:
"i will continue to use windows 98 as long as it causes me pain."
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Wacom Tablet > Any Mouse on the market.
Period.
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im starting a new topic: what i did to my old microshat mouse.
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I have gone thru too many mice. I don't purchase lazer mice because I just know after a few months the buttons will start to go. I got 6 mice for $3 each and so far I have gone thru 4. Its so annoying.
PseudoRandom Dragon, instead of getting a $3 cheap-ass mouse you have to replace every day, get something like a logitech MX510 which has 800dpi sensor 9/10 and kick-ass product award.its $50, so thats the equivelent of:
16.6 of those cheap mice. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/CA/EN,CRID=3,CONTENTID=8070 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/CA/EN,CRID=3,CONTENTID=8070)
its really cool. check it out, it wont make you as fustrated
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I like a simple 3-button optical mouse from hp. No bloat and it doesn't create RSI like the MX5000 or something. It's just too huge.
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Originally posted by Sauron: Troll Warrior:
Wacom Tablet > Any Mouse on the market.
Period.
Word up. I've been using my wacom since 1998 I think. Had to replace a pen once but other than that it's working FINE.
Only thing it's not good for is games...
And, oh yeah, it works with Linux and FreeBSD :cool:
[ July 14, 2004: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]
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the Pen is great for playing Total Annihilation, but it can annoy for FPS gaming.
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Hmm i have a Microsoft Mouse, and it has worked from day one perfectly I dont see what you guys do so wrong.
Im using a custom built Amd based computer with Microsoft Windows XP, and well to put it frankly it works perfectly. Also my old Apple I mac damn I hated that thing, it was slow could not support any of the programs i loved and well it just sucked.One of these days I may become a Apple fan but for now its Windows all the way!
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Originally posted by Hmph?:
Im using a custom built Amd based computer with Microsoft Windows XP, and well to put it frankly it works perfectly. Also my old Apple I mac damn I hated that thing, it was slow could not support any of the programs i loved and well it just sucked.One of these days I may become a Apple fan but for now its Windows all the way!
I'm sorry.
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Originally posted by Paladin:
I'm sorry.
what are you sorry for, if it works, why change?
Linux and Mac's are not for everyone
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I'm sorry for ya.
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Hmph?, If Windows works for you then just use it, we don't give a fuck, I use Windows too and it dosen't work very well for me, but neither does Linux for that matter.
I have a Logitech optical mouse, and it's the best mouse I have ever had.
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Originally posted by Aloone:
Hmph?, If Windows works for you then just use it, we don't give a fuck, I use Windows too and it dosen't work very well for me, but neither does Linux for that matter.
I have a Logitech optical mouse, and it's the best mouse I have ever had.
Everything Aloone just stated applies to me too. I wish linux worked better for me but it does not run everything I need it to run. I also happen to have a Logitech optical mouse.
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Is this a Mac disto?
Your profile says that you use OSX, do you have a PC as well?
What didn't work for you in Linux?
[ July 19, 2004: Message edited by: Aloone ]
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I like OSX the most, but I dont use it the most. And actually I created my user for this site like 2 years ago before I had a PC, and only had a mac. Linux is awesome, but I have not spent the time to learn it well, plus it does not run everything I need it to run. I do, however, use Slackware Linux to run my personal server.
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Hey man I was just posting my feelings on what is the right os for ME. I wasnt saying that Windows beats out Mac and linux. I agree with Paladin, this Os suites me the best. The others dont do what I need them to do. I find it a bit harsh that ALoone said "Hmph?, If Windows works for you then just use it, we don't give a fuck" to a very non agresive post. I wasnt Pushing Windows down your throat.
What ever happened to freedom of speech?
[ July 21, 2004: Message edited by: Hmph? ]
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Yes, next time Aloone says something like that, he will find the steel from the toe of my boot up his ass.