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Logitech Ships 500 Millionth Mouse

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rodents-who-squeak-lightly dept.

ipxodi writes "Logitech marks the milestone of 500 million shipped mice. Mice first widely appeared in consumer form on the original Macintosh, but have appeared in various forms back through time to 1964 when they were invented by Doug Englebart. My favorite mouse is also my current mouse, a Logitech Optical Wheel mouse. I also remember some oddities beyond the old bar-of-soap shaped mice of the mid 80's, like one with a crosshair attachment for clicking on specific points of a blueprintfor CAD input. What's your favorite current or past mouse?" My first mouse was back in 1987, for my Apple //c. It cost $50, and came with a double-sided floppy that contained an interactive instructional program on side one, and MousePaint (a port of MacPaint) on side two. Memories!

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  1. Wuss by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My favorite mouse is also my current mouse, a Logitech Optical Wheel mouse

    Any real geek could have a Dual Optical Mouse. Also available at Thinkgeek. That is definately my favorite mouse.

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    1. Re:Wuss by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The Logitech Optical mouse is generally available at $15-20 in retail stores. The dual optical is nice but you must consider the value of being able to replace the thing or just pick one up if you're out somewhere, for less than the price of a pizza.

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  2. Microsoft mice rock by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I swear, Microsoft mice and keyboards are the exact opposite of their OS and Office software; cheap, tough, worthwhile and available without too much fluff. I'd rank MS hardware up to Logitech's level of quality. Too bad I can't say the same for their software department...

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  3. Why Microsoft, why? by Zakabog · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Last week, Microsoft Corp. announced a computer mouse with horizontal scrolling capabilities and even a mouse outfitted in leather.

    I know "why" isn't a great question to ask on slashdot but now I really mean it. I think horizontal scrolling would be VERY nice, especially when looking at a large picture and you don't feel like moving to the bottom and scrolling, and you can't use the arrow keys to move because you only have one han... ok I'll stop right their.

    Anyway, why fit a mouse with leather? Your hand gets very warm and sweaty from playing games and sometimes just doing regular work on the computer so why would you want a leather covered mouse? I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun having your hand stick to your mouse when it's too hot. And wouldn't the sweat really wear down the leather and like ruin it? Won't whatever dye they use bleed onto your hand? I dunno it just doesn't seem like a good idea.

  4. Re:"Also compatable with mousepads" by secolactico · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My favorite mousepad for my optical mouse: an A4 piece of paper. If it gets dirty, trash it and get a new one. Cheap too.

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  5. The Fingerworks keyboard/mouse/gesture keyboard by Scodiddly · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm a big fan of the Fingerworks products. It's a little weird to type on, but the mousing and gesturing is wonderful. And it supports Linux, even to the point of having a set of desktop-switch gestures and Emacs shortcut gestures. The customization software runs under Linux, too.