Last week, something stupid happened to my keyboard at home. It just decided to quit working. So I tried a different keyboard that was laying around.. no good. I tried no fewer thand 4 keyboards before giving up. Finally, Rob brought down this tiny little USB keyboard with a built-in touchpad mouse. GAH! It was awful. Apparently, I rest my thumbs on the keyboard, because I was constantly repositioning my cursor mid-typing.
So today, among the thousands of other errands we had (Jake turns 2 tomorrow, and we hadn't done a thing to get ready for his party), we went to Best Buy. HOLY CRAP! I had ZERO idea how stupid expensive a keyboard and mouse were - and I saw mice separately, but not keyboards - they were all packaged with mice. A new mouse was fine - mine was old and didn't have that middle finger wheel thingy, and I was always trying to use something that wasn't there.
So... I just got everything out of the box, plugged in the wireless USB stick, and put batteries in the keyboard and mouse, and BAM - everything worked right out of the box. I'm so happy. And now to have a normal keyboard again, where my thumbs don't make the cursor jump to another paragraph mid-sentence, is such a beautiful thing. I'm almost over how stupid expensive this hardware was.
Oh so happy!
Oh so happy!
Julie Fugina
#26 in the order of the PAO
#26 in the order of the PAO
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Hurray for you! I use a laptop and constantly hit the touchpad with my thumb doing the same thing! arrrrrr.
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I KNOW! I just couldn't deal. I have a normal keyboard and mouse setup at work, and the mouse has a wheel, and just having that touchpad and no mouse was more than I could deal with.
I'm finding that I may need to install the software that it came with though - to slow the mouse down. It zips across the screen too fast for me to track where it went. LOL.
I'm finding that I may need to install the software that it came with though - to slow the mouse down. It zips across the screen too fast for me to track where it went. LOL.
Julie Fugina
#26 in the order of the PAO
#26 in the order of the PAO
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[quote="jfugina" Apparently, I rest my thumbs on the keyboard, because I was constantly repositioning my cursor mid-typing.
And now to have a normal keyboard again, where my thumbs don't make the cursor jump to another paragraph mid-sentence, is such a beautiful thing. I'm almost over how stupid expensive this hardware was. [/quote]
Hi Julie
I thought it was just my laptop that does the jumping while typing. It annoys me so much!! Sometimes I can't even find where it jumped to..
And now to have a normal keyboard again, where my thumbs don't make the cursor jump to another paragraph mid-sentence, is such a beautiful thing. I'm almost over how stupid expensive this hardware was. [/quote]
Hi Julie
I thought it was just my laptop that does the jumping while typing. It annoys me so much!! Sometimes I can't even find where it jumped to..
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I adore the wireless keyboard and mouse on our home pc! We have a video projector taht runs through the computer (DVD drive) and I can take the keyboard and mouse over to the couch (computer sits in a corner of the living room) and still use it... all with no cords to trip over! This is a big plus cause I'm a huge klutz... if there's a cord anywhere, I'll find it and trip over it! My only regret is that it's not a wireless ergonomic keyboard, since my tendonitis will flare up if I type on it too much when I'm at home (see, this chatting is painful for me! ). I have an ergo one at work, so no problems there as long as I sit right.
Wireless is bliss....
Monica
Wireless is bliss....
Monica
No. 28 in the Order of PAO
Chief Bearer of the Torch and Admin
Chief Bearer of the Torch and Admin
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I can't believe how expensive mice and keyboards are either, it's crazy! I had a wireless mouse, and I was constantly having to change the battery, so I gave up. The cords don't bother me though, since my mouse and keyboard are both on the keyboard drawer.
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I have to keep the mousepad thingy on my laptop locked. lol Its scary how expensive things are getting!