On 12/20/23 11:30 AM, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
Until about a year ago my experience with Logitech mice had been
good. Those that had died normally did so after falling off a desk,
which I don't really see as a manufacturing fault.
But since then several I've bought have all failed with the problem of
LMB sending double-clicks when pressed once. That includes two
separate "Pebble" mice.
I've also been sticking with Logitech mice for many years. Specifically,
M100/B100/M110, &c.
But my brand-loyalty has been eroding, because they've been cheapening
their product. In particular, it wasn't that long ago that, without
changing the model number, or making any public announcement, they
pulled support for PS/2 (and therefore for passive PS/2 adapters) from
what had been, up until then, dual-mode mice. Not a major problem for
Linux, running on current hardware, but a *very* major problem for me,
because I also run DOS (IBM PC/DOS 2000, with no WinDoze whatsoever) on
antique hardware.
Fortunately, I live and work near what can only be described as a
computer junk shop, where finding antique hardware, some of it still
new-in-box, is not terribly difficult.
But I can definitely confirm that Logitech is NOT making mice like they
used to.
If only Unicomp made a mouse as good as their keyboards . . . .
--
James H. H. Lampert
