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cowabunga
12y ago
I had the same problem with the Apple mouse. The two AA batteries lasted about a month at best. I've had the M185 for 9 months now and it's still got the original single AA battery in it! I threw a single AA in my bag in a ziplock
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cowabunga
12y ago
I have back/forward keys on my keyboard and tend to use them instead of the mouse.
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12y ago
http://bigv.io/ (bytemark) support FreeBSD no problems at all. Edit: you just select "none" as the OS and point it at a FreeBSD 10 amd64 image URL as the CD image and it'll install fine and use virtio drivers
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cowabunga
12y ago
I had a serious Mac typing problem. I had a T61 and got seduced by a 2011 MBP. Liked it for about 3 months and then realised I couldn't type properly on it and that it was knackering my productivity. Also as I'm in the UK, the key
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cowabunga
12y ago
Ex Mac user and now ThinkPad user here. The MBP pad makes my fingers sore after a couple of hours as the surface is slightly abrasive. The Apple wireless mouse thing nips my fingers when I press it giving me sore fingers plus it weighs and
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cowabunga
12y ago
I'm no major fan of the Microsoft stack but this is false. 1. You don't have to buy every version. We just got rid of Windows Server 2008 and moved to 2012 R2. We have 5 Windows 2003 Servers that are still supported hanging on unt
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cowabunga
12y ago
The official way of doing this is to buy the CD set in which the code and keys are sent via different channels. You buy the CD set and it is mailed to you. You then verify that against the key on the web site. If the verification fails, eit
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12y ago
Which is why I unplugged the microphone and webcam on mine (Lenovo X201).
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12y ago
Having developed software for point of delivery (similar market and devices) on Windows CE approximately 6-10 years ago, I would suggest that they did indeed pick the best solution to the problem now. The symbol/intermec handhelds are