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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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Big decisions
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I have not posted here for way too long, so I thought I would share a big upcoming decision in my existence for some input from the vast Fetafilter audience. The background story: Raymond finally wore his computer mouse out slaying thousands of computer generated foes of all sorts. As he could not be without a computer for much more than a few minutes before turning into a jellyfish, I gave him the mouse from my desktop compy. It's a reasonably nice if somewhat pedestrian Microsoft wireless optical mouse with back buttons and side scroll. Ray likes it. That of course left me with no mouse, so I dug up an old Logitech MarbleMouse (TM) trackball that I had and put it on my desktop computer. Now don't get me wrong, I like the MarbleMouse quite a lot and used it for years. It has lots to recommend it. However I now often tend to use my desktop computer for CAD type stuff, and find a trackball a bit tedious and limiting for my style of work. So now I am faced with choosing a new mouse for my computer. This is a big deal. I am sort of particular about computer mice and have had lots of them. On my laptop I use a Logitech wireless Anywhere Vx mouse with Laser Darkfield technology. I have grown to consider this the current pinnacle of mouse development. Awesome tracking, even on a clear glass surface, thanks to the Laser Darkfield technology. Great (selectable!)feel to the scroll wheel and a decent, thought not overdone, number of assignable auxiliary buttons. The battery life is very long and you can turn it off by closing a little door on the bottom that covers the laser window. It has a nice solid feel and is well constructed. Add in the tiny USB receiver and this is a winner. By far the nicest mouse I've ever had. A tad pricey but worth every cent. Sort of sleek looking to boot. So the obvious thing would be to just get another Anywhere Vx with Laser Darkfield technology and put that on my desktop. And that was what I was initially thinking to do. Then I get this email from Logitech. It is offering me the chance pre-order the new logitech Cube(TM) portable mouse/presenter mouse. More about it here: CUBE MOUSE!!! Hmmm, small lightweight, rechargeable, touch scroll and lift it off the table and it becomes a wireless presenter for controlling power points and the like. This is most interesting. I could get one of those for my laptop and transfer my current Anywhere Vx with Laser Darkfield technology to my desktop. This looks so cool. But it this what I actually want? I don't know! What to do? Such a conundrum. I am a bit hesitant to order without actually handling it, but they DO offer a money-back, no questions asked guarantee. The smallness is a bit of a concern as my hands are not real small. But the new-and-coolness, along with the clever multi-functionality sort of call out to me. Oh how to decide? |
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| thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 10:28 PM | |
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Shakespeare- Macbeth, Chaz Style
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Homeschooling is a bit different when the college students are on winter break... |
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| thus voiced Mrs A @ 1:28 PM | |
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