On 12/19/23, local10 <loca...@tutanota.com> wrote: > Dec 19, 2023, 15:30 by hfollm...@itcfollmann.com: > >> I have to ask: are you currently located at a remote location like the >> ISS >> station or similar? > > No, nothing like that. > >> Why would you go down this rabbit hole when the right >> thing is to replace faulty hardware especially when it is cheap hardware? > > I've been replacing them, I have 4-5 mice like that, they all fail with the > same defect after 6-12 months or so. So I thought perhaps there was a way to > fix them instead of buying a new one every 6-12 months.
Same has been my experience for over two decades. I used to feel blessed if they would last six months. I finally switched tactics last year and tried gaming mice. I thought about the way they're used. It's comparable to how much I click for emails and research related to ongoing Life.. shtuff. If I can help it, I'll never buy a "regular" mouse again. I'm still poverty level so I buy bottom dollar electronics, used and otherwise. If you can find "cheap" new gaming mice, the price kind of evens out with buying multiple regular mice during a specific time period. That means it's longer in between those times of frustration when they fizz out always at just the wrong time. In thinking more on it, I've tripped into a couple sales where the alleged "gaming" mouse was the price of regular ones. Yeah, in that case it might be purely about the appearance of gaming and not the mechanics, but those mice still lasted longer so something was thankfully also tougher under the hood, maybe just enough to satisfy average (novice) consumers' expectations. :) Cindy :) -- Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
