Now i have made my first million from Ciao i am going to take it a bit easier
Now i have made my first million from Ciao i am going to take it a bit easier
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I dropped my mouse in a bowl of soup &, not surprisingly, it stopped working so i had to get a new one.
I was on my way to a meeting so i popped in PC world on the way & was quickly bemused by the amount of mice on sale. I had been advised by a friend to get my laptop completely wireless if i was going to bother using external components & after smashing my LCD screen with an external keyboard last week i decided to accept this pearl of wisdom.
some of the choices available were frankly ridiculous - yes Mr Gates, £80 for a mouse! and in a bit of a rush i picked up the Logitec V450 despite it not having a price tag or section on the shelf (sort it out PC World). Once the store full of supposedly computer specialist had finally got their till working i realised it was £34.99, which is about as high as i would have wanted to go for a wireless mouse (considering you can get a normal one for about a fiver)
Anyway, enough background, to the mouse
What's in the box - The mouse is in a massive amount of packaging which only includes a disk, 2 batteries, a USB plug which holds the transmitter, the mouse (minimal instruction leaflet about the same size as the disk) & a little bag for your mouse to sleep in
Setting up - The bottom of the mouse has a release button to pop off the top so you can put your batteries in, 2x AA. Very easy to do, i just did it then in seconds to confirm it was AA batteries. Once they are in you plug the USB into a socket & you're off. It's that easy, even a cat could do it. There is also a disc you can install which enables you to open up a control panel to change settings. I put this on because i found the speed of the cursor was far too fast for my sausage fingers to handle. Once the control panel is installed you have options of changing the speed, left & right button functions, leave a streaking cursor trail behind when you move the cursor, assisted scrolling when you use the wheel etc etc. There's also a set up page for gaming so if you play PC games this may mean something to you -i was lost & didn't touch this part
As well as the set up there's a tools option where you can access online support & health & safety guidelines. This opens up a windows type help box with countless folders full of useful & interesting informatioyawnnnn
How does it work -
no idea, its all lasers & alien technology
How does it work !!!
ok, after using one of those ball mice for years and getting sick of picking out bits of fluff I switched to one of those infra redones. I found that if i wasn't on a completely flat surface & the mouse wasn't totally flat then the cursor would jump over to the other side of the screen sometimes - not with Mr V450. The laser is "advanced" so it will track on almost any surface (probably not on the top of a bowl of soup though ! ) so, no, I haven't had the same problem with this one, it glides around & once i had slowed down the speed of the cursor i am finding it very easy to use
Perhaps its a little too small for my paws, my only niggle, but there are molded trenches at the front for your fingers to sit in which make it easier to click so i am finding it to be very comfortable still. The wheel can be pushed left or right as well as clicked, which means you can zoom in and out on e.g. photos & finally, there's a slot underneath the mouse where you can put the USB which automatically switches off the power to save battery life ( and helps to make sure you don't lose it when you're traveling with it - or when its asleep in its pouch)
Overall - looks nice, comfy, possibly a bit expensive at £35, good wireless strength (2.4ghz ), good glide, moves when you expect it to.
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Congratulations...in all my years in IT provision, I've never come across 'I dropped my mouse in a bowl of soup' before. 10/10 for originality, plausibility factor zero ;-)
Expired-Account 02.11.2007 12:02
I like Logitech, looks like a very good mouse, very helpful
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