Obviously you have not done your research. Screw IR go with RF there are keyboards with build in rollerball mice (for example check out http://www.globlink.com.tw) and PLENTY of remotes that are also RF (one of the best rated ones actually comes with the Radeon All-In-Wonder card I purchased). My case is being delivered today (Cooler Master ATC-600-DX1)which is the final piece I was waiting for to build my home theater pc. I will be running XP on it only because of drivers etc for the devices I'm using but I anticipate no problems getting everything to work just fine.
Obviously you have not done your research. Screw IR go with RF there are keyboards with build in rollerball mice (for example check out http://www.globlink.com.tw) and PLENTY of remotes that are also RF (one of the best rated ones actually comes with the Radeon All-In-Wonder card I purchased). My case is being delivered today (Cooler Master ATC-600-DX1)which is the final piece I was waiting for to build my home theater pc. I will be running XP on it only because of drivers etc for the devices I'm using but I anticipate no problems getting everything to work just fine.