;i'm responsible for technology at a small college and we work on a tight budget (to say the least). i thought i'd save some money by implementing wired presenter mice with extension cables. now granted, these were the PS/2 variety--which you wouldn't use with a mac--but the wired mice get disconnected from the multimedia computers all the time, and its only a matter of time before the cords all short-out from abuse. the biggest issue w/ wires is the nightmare of someone (yourself included) snagging their foot on the cord as they pass by and yanking the entire laptop to the floor.
;do yourself a favor and stick with wireless. it's actually not more expensive in the long run. if i could go back and spend $150-200 per unit on a wireless solution, i would. it would have saved me (and our instructors) time, energy, headaches, and money (as i will now have to replace the ones we have) that we spent on the wired mice.
;one: homogeny. in theory, the more users you have on the same infrastructure, your support and maintenance costs shoudl go _down_ per capita, because your overhead is covered by your increased profit margin. comparing cars (a product) with ISPs (a service) is not comparing apples with apples.
;two: marketshare. why do you think companies like 1&1 decide to give away hosting for 3 years?
;i don't know about you, but the first thing i do after i intstall firefox is install adblock (sorry osdn).
;like many slashdotters, i use more than one computer too, so i really like Torisugari's bookmarksync as it allows me to up/download my bookmarks via FTP.
;and as i'm not a fan of pop-up windows, i dig download manager tweak--though it may not qualify as the "schiznit," it is useful.
;as for the snoop, is anyone out there working on a xul version of the shizzolator?
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;if you could spell pseudo, i might think you knew what you were talking about.
;mod -42 off topic.
;TreeHead
;whatever you do, don't use a *wired* solution.
;i'm responsible for technology at a small college and we work on a tight budget (to say the least). i thought i'd save some money by implementing wired presenter mice with extension cables. now granted, these were the PS/2 variety--which you wouldn't use with a mac--but the wired mice get disconnected from the multimedia computers all the time, and its only a matter of time before the cords all short-out from abuse. the biggest issue w/ wires is the nightmare of someone (yourself included) snagging their foot on the cord as they pass by and yanking the entire laptop to the floor.
;do yourself a favor and stick with wireless. it's actually not more expensive in the long run. if i could go back and spend $150-200 per unit on a wireless solution, i would. it would have saved me (and our instructors) time, energy, headaches, and money (as i will now have to replace the ones we have) that we spent on the wired mice.
;TreeHead
;two reasons:
;one: homogeny. in theory, the more users you have on the same infrastructure, your support and maintenance costs shoudl go _down_ per capita, because your overhead is covered by your increased profit margin. comparing cars (a product) with ISPs (a service) is not comparing apples with apples.
;two: marketshare. why do you think companies like 1&1 decide to give away hosting for 3 years?
;i don't know about you, but the first thing i do after i intstall firefox is install adblock (sorry osdn).
;like many slashdotters, i use more than one computer too, so i really like Torisugari's bookmarksync as it allows me to up/download my bookmarks via FTP.
;and as i'm not a fan of pop-up windows, i dig download manager tweak--though it may not qualify as the "schiznit," it is useful.
;as for the snoop, is anyone out there working on a xul version of the shizzolator?
;treehead