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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Trackpads suck. Just gone upstairs and got my mouse and WOOHOO!
That is all.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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That goes for normal laptops too. MS mouse model 1020 FTW! 
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| Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:05 pm |
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Don't have a picture of my mouse, but it must be almost the same. It's a microsoft mouse that cost me bugger all from currys a couple of years ago.
I do miss the nipple on my mighty mouse, but I'm not driving to work to go and get it.
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| Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:14 pm |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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PS, loving Ubuntu netbook remix. It's been well thought out and works brilliantly.
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finlay666
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm
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Location: Newcastle
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I prefer the full size intellimouse Carry it round with me when I am doing 3d modelling, it's just so much easier than a trackpad, although a tablet might be better that would be even worse to carry lol _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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| Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:06 pm |
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Just looked on google and I think that's what I'm using. It's okay, but too bulky and too many buttons. All I need is one button and a nipple. For everything else, there's the command and control keys.
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| Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:24 pm |
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Geiseric
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:35 pm
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Location: Ipswich
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Thought you had an N10 tombolt? go blue tooth if you have...
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| Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:28 pm |
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tombolt
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Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I do, but don't really see the point in a bluetooth mouse. It'll use batteries and if it's further away from the machine than the cable will reach, I won't be able to see the screen!
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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Location: Manchester.
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When I'm at work I prefer to use the IBM Nipple, as opposed to the trackpads. Obviously a full sized mouse is best, but hot desking means that the less stuff I have to carry around the better, so I vote nipples everytime!
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Nick
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Location: Portsmouth
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Did you do that on purpose, Mr JV? How rude  <-- shocked smiley omg _________________
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finlay666
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Location: Newcastle
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Really? Mine has left/right and the scroller and that is it.... there are side buttons but I never use them _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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It's what I use too, with matching keyboard on the desktop. I like the side buttons for going back / forwards... except when you hit one by mistake, which happens too often. I did get annoyed once and turn them off, but then I got annoyed because they didn't work and turned them back on. I guess I'd prefer it if they weren't quite so easy to hit by mistake, but over all it's the most productive mouse I've ever found. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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I use a £9 m$ mouse from ebuyer. Have had it for five years and it still works fine with my laptop. But for a netbook, never bothered.
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pcernie
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Travel mouse thing for my netbook - I thought it would get annoying being so small, but it's not like you have much screen-space to move it across I guess  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
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Location: Bramsche
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I still use IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0s on all my machines, I take one with me, although on the move, I find an old Logitech Mouseman Marble trackball is often more suitable, it can balance on the edge of the desk and doesn't need to be moved around, but is still vastly superior to any trackpad I've used - with the possible exception of the new MacBook Pro's
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