On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:12:39 -0500, "Vanguard"
<vanguard.news@yahooNIX.com> wrote:

>"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4m0i5nF3ofusU1@individual.net...
>> Vanguard <vanguard.news@yahooNIX.com> wrote
>>> <paulmd@efn.org> wrote
>>
>>> Exactly why I quit using wireless mice (and keyboards). The
>>> keyboard
>>> rarely moves anyway so what's the point of having it wireless?
>>
>> Mine moves a lot because I dont use it on a desktop.
>
>You really think using a keyboard atop your lap is normal use by the
>majority of wireless keyboard users?
>
>Sometimes a wireless mouse makes good sense but not so much for a
>wireless keyboard.

Actually it's the other way round. Mouse needs a flat surface, and
the monitor normally sits on a flat surface so it's easy to use the
mouse there. The keyboard can be perched on the lap or knee
with no problem.
Personally, I went wireless after the keyboard cord pulled my PS2
connection loose on my IBM PS/2 Consultant 486 motherboard.
IBM wanted $2200 for a new one even though the entire box
had cost about $1800 originally. Luckily my brother the engineer
was working at a diagnostic card company and fixed the board under a
scope.
There was considerable stress on that connection when the corded
keyboard was being gripped by a 200 pound man flipping backwards
over a big wheeled chair and falling to the floor. He was playing
DOOM. Yeah, it was me.
Anyway, my keyboard is perched on my lap now, as my normal mode
is to sit leaning back against the wall in a big cushioned office
chair, legs up one across the other with a foot on the ottoman.
No sense sitting like a professional typist, since I hardly type.
Of course I have lots of room, and my chair actually faces a big TV.
In the office I had the common setup.
I still occasionally drop a keyboard to the floor.
As a gamer I've had no game performance issues with the Logitech
wireless mice I've used over the years. But others may be
quicker-handed than me and find it an issue.
The biggest mouse problem is batteries are a pain in the ass.
I use rechargeables and if I get a week from them that's good.
A simple on/off switch on the mouse might allow them to last double
that, as the light is always on. But maybe the switch would be the
major failure point of the mouse.
I got a cradled wireless USB mouse as a gift but don't like the feel
of it, and its laggy besides. Don't know if that's the fault of the
mouse quality or that it's USB.
Since I build or fix 3 or 4 computers a year, I keep a wired PS/2
keyboard and mouse on a shelf for that work, as I don't need the added
connectivity issues when troubleshooting.
Once the la test sets of rechargeables bite the dust I'm probably
going back to a wired mouse.

--Vic