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A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice

Posted by timothy on from the so-you-don't-have-to dept.

robyn217 writes "Hey, KBs and mice aren't the most glamorous hardware in your system but there's no reason for them to be dull. I spent the last month testing out a new keyboard and mouse every day; covering everything from strange one-handed KBs to cool gesture-sensing pads to tacky ball-based mice. Check it out if you're thinking about trading up." Strictly one-paragraph blurbs here (I wish she'd talked about each keyboard's tactile feedback, and long-term comfort on the oddball designs), but if you need to do a visual scan of current offerings (many wireless), you can work toward a new mouse by clicking your way through. Update: 01/21 21:58 GMT by T : Errr, Robyn's a He, not a She -- many apologies. That hasn't happened in years!

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  1. When the mouse wheel first came out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...I used to call it the "mouse clit." Still do.

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. I wonder... by thrills33ker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would anyone want a one-handed keyboard?

    Oh... hang on...

  4. Tacky balls are the surest sign... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...you're not showering often enough.

  5. old, old joke by Wingchild · · Score: 5, Funny

    covering everything from strange one-handed KBs

    There used to be an old joke about this; Build a one-handed keyboard and the world will beat a path to your door.

    The joke was interchangeable with `left handed mouse for right handed people`.

    And as long as we're in innuendo land, it's appropriate to add that if you build it, they will come. :)

  6. strange one-handed KBs by medscaper · · Score: 4, Funny
    everything from strange one-handed KBs

    Only a woman would think that was strange...

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  7. Thanks alot... by tinrobot · · Score: 2, Funny

    That image will be going though my mind all day.

    Touching my mouse will never be the same.

  8. Re:Wireless... Not me, I'm paranoid !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know what I LIKE HORSE COCKS! you mean, sometimes with my Logitech wireless OCTOGENERIAN PORNOGRAPHY TURNS ME ON keyboard gets its signal interrupted HOT ASIAN BUKKAKE GANGBANG RIGHT NOW by the one my little brother uses I THINK FREEDIE PRICE JUNIOR IS SEXY! in his bedroom next door. The little twerp likes BIG BLACK COCKS DRIPPING WITH PEARLY SEMEN to fuck with me by sending dirty messages. That is, until I go SHOVING GERBILS UP MY ASS over there and break the keyboard over his damn head. 24/7 SCAT FETISH HAHAHA wait hold on a sec SPGH(0843uytgnne9r8v0895 tuA(&*y704thJ98-74h39GP87H

  9. Apple Keyboards are the best for prOn... by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    As Dave Chappelle once said in his Apple Switch Ad...

    Real Video: Broadband

    Real Video: 56k

    "I'm a chronic masturbator. I don't know what they make the keys out of, but, whatever it is, it's non stick"

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  10. Re:Did they give them the 'junk food' test? by angst_ridden_hipster · · Score: 2, Funny
    Another piece of advise is to put your computer, keyboard and mouse on the highest shelf in the room. That way, nothing can fall on it.

    What, you don't have a roof on your room?

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  11. Question of gender... by slipgun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Errr, Robyn's a He, not a She -- many apologies. That hasn't happened in years!

    Been that long since a woman submitted a story, eh? Aren't we geeks sad?

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  12. How can you get the gender wrong? by pen · · Score: 2, Funny
    Errr, Robyn's a He, not a She -- many apologies.
    How could you ever get that wrong with a last name like Peterson ? ;)
  13. Re:Best Keyboard... by RevMike · · Score: 2, Funny

    As for the PS/2/USB debate (yeah, not sure how else to write that)

    We need some kind of grouping symbol. Parentheses and brackets are used regularly in ordinary text, but those little curly braces languish unused except by, say, TeX. S, shout it proudly: {PS/2}/USB debate!

    What kind of a geek are you? Just use the backslash to escape the slash character - PS\/2/USB debate! Now it is intuitively obvious exactly what is meant. :)