From a repetitive stress injury perspective, the answer to your question is "absolutely not".
And, since your hands don't have to move, there's not even a really good ergonomic argument. If you consider the usability gap (particularly since MacOS is designed with one mouse button in mind), the disadvantage is vanishingly teeny.
Ah. And you've used them, so you know they're mediocre?
The price is pretty close to MS's BlueTooth keyboard, which I KNOW is broken (in that it can't communicate with BT devices, only with MS's BT receiver), so it doesn't seem to be over-priced. Belkin's BT mouse is going to be $90 (according to their press releases: Haven't seen pix of hardware yet).
So, do you have some substantiation for your claim, or do you just hate Apple?
Hint: If you have to use MS's BT adaptor, you might as well not make it BT. What were they thinking? "Oooh! My foot! What a great target! Allow me to shoot it, a lot of times."
If MS wanted to make money by selling video games, they would not have made the xBox.
They made the xBox so they could control the entire platform. If they permitted clones, they would not be able to control the entire platform.
xBox is the thin end of the wedge. When there's an xBox version of MS Office, bundled with a wireless keyboard, you will know that they're about to discontinue their consumer OS production, and you should sell their stock immediately.
Of course, if you had any integrity, you wouldn't own any of their stock in the first place, but since it's the stock market, nobody cares about integrity.
Umm, since they're doing it, they obviously think so.
Why the surprise? Why the indignation? What was it about Microsoft's business practices that led you to believe they'd do ANYTHING BUT what they're doing?
I saw the writing on the wall when they first announced xbox, and it's why I've never played Halo. Until the end of this month. w00t!
I think we ought to have a rule that people who buy hardware and/or software from Microsoft shouldn't be surprised when Microsoft fucks them. No reacharound.
Come on! If you didn't know this was going to happen, you haven't been paying attention.
Why is it prudent to err on the safe side? Isn't it MORE prudent to study the problem?
Seems like if it's prudent to err on the safe side, you'd never leave your sofa. It also seems like erring on the safe side leads to "We better burn this chick. She might be a witch."
"You" is acceptable, but not specific. When addressing a question to a group, it's ambiguous whether you're asking the person with whom you've made eye contact, or the whole group.
I dislike ambiguity in my conversations (unless I specifically put it there to seem smarter or funnier), so I like to use "y'all" in that situation.
Nobody who speaks to me for more than eight seconds will confuse me with a redneck.
The one that DOES get my hackles up is "fixin' to". That's really awful stuff.
Interestingly, the first Civics with CVTs got worse gas mileage than their automatic and manual brethren. That leads me to believe that either the tranny has very high internal resistance (which wouldn't surprise me) or Honda was stupid in their ECU design for that tranny. Does anybody have any info on these hypotheses?
I've always thought CVTs are really cool, but I'm not sure they're practical (that is, advantageous from a fuel economy perspective) yet.
Low rolling resistance. Rolling resistance is related to traction (a stickier tire will have more rolling resistance) but that's not the primary consideration.
Rolling resistance is caused mostly by deformation of the tire casing as it loads and unloads. Higher tire pressures can decrease rolling resistance. Of course, you must have the correct tire pressure for the weight of your car such that the tread makes good contact with the road. If your tires are overinflated, they'll ride only on the center of the tread, and wear prematurely.
Uh, OK. I guess I could also drive my car by wearing a blindfold and holding a really long stick out the window and waving it around and turning when I bang the stick into something, but I don't think it's a very good idea.
I'm glad that you've found a solution that works for you. I'm also glad that you are not in charge of designing solutions I use.
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From a repetitive stress injury perspective, the answer to your question is "absolutely not".
And, since your hands don't have to move, there's not even a really good ergonomic argument. If you consider the usability gap (particularly since MacOS is designed with one mouse button in mind), the disadvantage is vanishingly teeny.
I hate those damn trackpoints.
Sure glad Steve agrees with me.
Apple disagrees with you. They've never been known for psycho-high resolution screens.
It might be a selling point for you, but other people look for other things. Live and let live, amigo...
No, and I'm not the only person who likes to have fewer cables and the ability to connect my keyboard to a BT enabled PDA or phone.
Fortunately, the market serves us both. Right?
Ah. And you've used them, so you know they're mediocre?
The price is pretty close to MS's BlueTooth keyboard, which I KNOW is broken (in that it can't communicate with BT devices, only with MS's BT receiver), so it doesn't seem to be over-priced. Belkin's BT mouse is going to be $90 (according to their press releases: Haven't seen pix of hardware yet).
So, do you have some substantiation for your claim, or do you just hate Apple?
...like what?
If you're really the power user you say you are, you've got a mouse lying around that will probably work perfectly with a Mac.
So, it's STILL not a problem. Don't know why people keep trying to make it one.
Apple's success is directly related to the fact that it's run by iconoclasts. That is Apple's strength.
I typically get four to six months out of two AAA's in my Logitech mouse. Twelve months out of the AA's in my Logitech keyboard.
I have a recharger on my desk that hots up batteries in half an hour. I keep a couple spares lying around.
Don't like wireless systems? Fine. Nobody's putting a gun to your head. I find mine absurdly convenient.
Who said anything about non-rechargeable batteries? I have a brick of alkalines in a drawer for emergencies, but I use rechargeables for everything.
And, as for anal, feel free to LICK my anal.
Well, maybe since it only costs $69, it's just fine.
What do you want it to do? Wash your clothes?
I manage that problem OK with my camera and my flashlight.
Oh yeah, and my cordless keyboard, which I swithc batteries in...oh, about annually.
This is a non-problem.
I'd rather Apple do it right, than be first. Microsoft's BT keyboard is reputed to suck.
Hint: If you have to use MS's BT adaptor, you might as well not make it BT. What were they thinking? "Oooh! My foot! What a great target! Allow me to shoot it, a lot of times."
Golly. Makes you wonder why there isn't a device that can make meat cold, so it lasts longer.
If MS wanted to make money by selling video games, they would not have made the xBox.
They made the xBox so they could control the entire platform. If they permitted clones, they would not be able to control the entire platform.
xBox is the thin end of the wedge. When there's an xBox version of MS Office, bundled with a wireless keyboard, you will know that they're about to discontinue their consumer OS production, and you should sell their stock immediately.
Of course, if you had any integrity, you wouldn't own any of their stock in the first place, but since it's the stock market, nobody cares about integrity.
Umm, since they're doing it, they obviously think so.
Why the surprise? Why the indignation? What was it about Microsoft's business practices that led you to believe they'd do ANYTHING BUT what they're doing?
I saw the writing on the wall when they first announced xbox, and it's why I've never played Halo. Until the end of this month. w00t!
I think we ought to have a rule that people who buy hardware and/or software from Microsoft shouldn't be surprised when Microsoft fucks them. No reacharound.
Come on! If you didn't know this was going to happen, you haven't been paying attention.
Zero sympathy.
We learned to walk 30 years ago, and have been crawling ever since.
A Mars program would cost less than ISS. I say scrap ISS, quit dicking around in LEO, and let's get this show on the road.
What is a "looser"?
Why is it prudent to err on the safe side? Isn't it MORE prudent to study the problem?
Seems like if it's prudent to err on the safe side, you'd never leave your sofa. It also seems like erring on the safe side leads to "We better burn this chick. She might be a witch."
Yeah, those lunar dinosaurs were HUGE.
"You" is acceptable, but not specific. When addressing a question to a group, it's ambiguous whether you're asking the person with whom you've made eye contact, or the whole group.
I dislike ambiguity in my conversations (unless I specifically put it there to seem smarter or funnier), so I like to use "y'all" in that situation.
Nobody who speaks to me for more than eight seconds will confuse me with a redneck.
The one that DOES get my hackles up is "fixin' to". That's really awful stuff.
The Audi TT has serious rear-end lift problems, which is why the mfr recalled all of them and installed a really ugly spoiler.
Interestingly, the first Civics with CVTs got worse gas mileage than their automatic and manual brethren. That leads me to believe that either the tranny has very high internal resistance (which wouldn't surprise me) or Honda was stupid in their ECU design for that tranny. Does anybody have any info on these hypotheses?
I've always thought CVTs are really cool, but I'm not sure they're practical (that is, advantageous from a fuel economy perspective) yet.
Low rolling resistance. Rolling resistance is related to traction (a stickier tire will have more rolling resistance) but that's not the primary consideration.
Rolling resistance is caused mostly by deformation of the tire casing as it loads and unloads. Higher tire pressures can decrease rolling resistance. Of course, you must have the correct tire pressure for the weight of your car such that the tread makes good contact with the road. If your tires are overinflated, they'll ride only on the center of the tread, and wear prematurely.
A Norwegian that has accepted "y'all" as a second-person plural pronoun. I love it.
There are a lot of Southern idioms that annoy me greatly, but English needs "y'all". "Youse guys" sounds dumb.
Uh, OK. I guess I could also drive my car by wearing a blindfold and holding a really long stick out the window and waving it around and turning when I bang the stick into something, but I don't think it's a very good idea.
I'm glad that you've found a solution that works for you. I'm also glad that you are not in charge of designing solutions I use.