Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.

You want to try a decent logitech cradled wireless mouse.

Main problem is the price, otherwise they are very well designed indeed.

They are a bit quirky shape wise tho, I guess some may not like the shape.