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I don't know anyone who uses a wired mouse anymore. Especially on a laptop.

• krapp 12y ago
  I still use a wired mouse and a wired keyboard for my laptop (since I prefer the size and of a standard keyboard to the little rubber chiclets HP calls a keyboard.) It has literally all the advantages of a wireless setup, without ever having to worry about batteries. This trend in laptop design towards providing fewer ports for what seems to be little more than aesthetics seems a bit backwards.
  • veidr 12y ago
    > It has literally all the advantages of a wireless setup ...except for the main advantage, which is the wireless setup's entire reason for existence?
    • krapp 12y ago
      How often do you put a wireless mouse or keyboard somewhere you wouldn't also put a wired mouse or keyboard? It seems to me the ergonomics are likely to be the same for most cases. Fair enough if you think wireless is advantageous in this case but I personally don't. Or if it is, it doesn't outweigh the disadvantage of having a mouse that can run out of juice.
• alasdair_ 12y ago
  Gamers still do, that's about it.
  • frandroid 12y ago
    Some of us hate having to charge multiple devices.
• ForHackernews 12y ago
  I don't understand why anyone uses a wireless mouse. You have a device that's utterly useless except in close proximity to its parent, why wouldn't you just plug it in and never have to charge it?
  • dragonwriter 12y ago
    > You have a device that's utterly useless except in close proximity to its parent, why wouldn't you just plug it in and never have to charge it? Wireless mice aren't convenient to keep plugged in with many laptops in many carrying cases/bags/etc, and having to plug it in increases the set up time before useful interaction. So, for laptops typically used on-the-go, I see them as a negative. And, mice can be useful fairly distant from a CPU; they usually aren't useful far from the keyboard (which can also be wireless) and, depending on the display size, may need to be close to the display. I mean, its not like we live in the era when most computer use involves switching disks or other similar activities that require physical interaction with the CPU case, so there's no particular requirement that the CPU needs to be that close to the keyboard/mouse for the setup to be useful.
    • ForHackernews 12y ago
      That's a good point w/r/t desktops, you could easily have the CPU case hidden away down behind the desk or something, but the parent comment said "especially on a laptop" where the monitor/keyboard/cpu are somewhat bound together. I guess you're right about the setup time, but that seems like an extremely minor irritation to me, compared to the moderate irritation of swapping out or recharging dead batteries. Ultimately, I suppose it's a personal preference: Do you prefer a tiny annoyance every day, or greater annoyance (still negligible, in the grand scheme) every few months.
• walshemj 12y ago
  I do I started to get aching mouse hands after using the wireless touch mouse and I like not having the cursor zoom all over the place if i accidentally nudge the mouse