Micro Mouse
Posted: Tue 18 March, 2008 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Geeky, General, Own Business, Travel, Work-related |3 Comments »At the moment, I’m doing a lot of work on my laptop – the new workplace didn’t have a spare PC, so I’m using my laptop as a work machine on a daily basis. (I use it as a work machine when I’m working from home anyway, but there I still have the option of using the main desktop PC too. It depends more on where I want to sit/work, really)
Anyway because of that, and also because of some of the work I’m doing, it’s a lot easier to do it using a mouse, instead of the laptop’s touchpad. Yes, I can use the touchpad still but well, a mouse is easier.
So I’ve ended up buying a little portable optical micromouse thing , and it’s marvellous. I tend to just leave it in the office at the moment, but I’m truly impressed with how easy (and comfortable) it is to use on a regular basis. I particularly like the way that the receiver stick can be stowed inside the mouse body when it’s not being used, and also the retractable USB-to-miniUSB cable for charging the damn thing – that’s going to get used in a variety of other roles as well, believe me.
All told, very very impressed with the entire thing. And it does make desk-based laptop life a whole hell of a lot.
Meh.
Logitech bluetooth mouse + Macbook = instant sync and no dongle (I didn’t do ANYTHING, just switched mouse on and it worked!!) 😉
Oh god. I’ve become a Mac fanboy!!
What’s wrong with sticking a conventional mouse in the back? 😉
Gordon : Yes, I could have done that. Except I haven’t got the bluetooth module in the laptop. So um, no.
BW : I could use a conventional mouse, yes. However, I prefer to not be tangled up in cords all day – hence using laptop rather than desktop (although that’s also related to the amenities- or lack of- at the company) As such, a cordless mouse was more useful for me, so that’s what I got.