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A Glance At 24 Keyboards & Mice
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!
ok first off why are you hotswapping a ps/2 device? how often does that really happen. Usually i plug in my mouse and then its there...
I love ps2 for the fact that it doesnt have to autodetect. I LOVE the fact that when i turn on my laptop with the usb mouse connected, the mouse doesnt work(logitech) unless i unplug it and plug it in. Ive seen the same thing happen on desktops.
You are trashing on ps/2 but you seem to be the part of a select audience that likes to have 8 keyboards attached.
PS/2 mice are handy because they arent usb. Using a ps/2 mouse just clears up one more usb slot which can be used for the billion other peripherals out there. If you like 2 mice and 2 keyboards then why not get one ps/2 and one usb. Then you would have 2 usb used instead of 4 and might even be able to hook up your printer/camera/mp3 player.
10 minumum... riiight..
You're right, that hasn't happened in years! How many years HAS it been since a woman used Slashdot?