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>>I buy the latest MX, Vertical, and trackball almost every year Why? My oldest actively used mice in my household are two decades old, variations of Intellim
by NikolaNovak 3y ago
>>I buy the latest MX, Vertical, and trackball almost every year
Why?
My oldest actively used mice in my household are two decades old, variations of Intellimouse.
My razer death adder was a luxury / whim purchase and is 5 years old I think.
My daily workers are ms skulpt and they're several years old each too.
(and let's not go to keyboards, where the original das keyboard and original MS ergonomic hold the fort still :).
And my Kensington trackball is at least 20y now and still works as new. I do have a razer Lachesis whose rubber started melting so I just sanded it off and back in service :)
I do have a friend who keeps buying mice but he never quite managed to explain why, other than "shiny - want!" (which is totally understandable! :), so I wonder if you have more specific criteria or needs? Am I missing out on something?
(I did buy a fancy many button Logitech once but the clutch scroll was such a massive and immediate Nope to me, it still sits in its box in the drawer :-)
- swozey 3y agoSometimes they come out with really cool updates, like when they first introduced the hyperscroll wheel. I'm still waiting for the vertical and maybe trackball (I forget if this has it or not) to have the hyperscroll wheel. Other years they don't really update anything but the looks, I skip over those. I've had some logitechs for 3+ years that wind up as my travel mice, etc.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoI think hyperscroll may be what I'm calling clutch mouse? Sometimes it has clicks,sometimes it freewheels, enabling user controlled freedom until I grab it by the cord and smash it into the wall - that one?. To each their own :-)