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MS destroy mouse part II. Now with PICS !!!
muzzy:
Microsoft indeed makes great hardware. The keyboards are quite ok, too. I believe the only way microsoft could make their hardware truly suck, would be by going into vacuum cleaner market. Imagine all the slogans they could use...
bedouin:
I would never purchase Microsoft hardware purely on principle. A corporation who has made it plain they desire to dominate and control the free-flow of information through monopolization of technology and a monoculture mentality doesn't deserve my donations, even if it is $1.
And this is the same reason no one should buy an X-Box, even if it is a cool piece of hardware. My beef with Microsoft has nothing to do with quality; they could make the absolute finest OS in the world (even though the opposite is true), it's purely about avoiding a digital hegemony. If for some reason I can't afford a Mac, I'll be using Linux again. And if Linux ceases to exist, I'll use an abacus.
Aloone_Jonez:
If Linux dies it would be only because something else better has replaced it.
Annorax:
--- Quote from: bedouin ---I would never purchase Microsoft hardware purely on principle. A corporation who has made it plain they desire to dominate and control the free-flow of information through monopolization of technology and a monoculture mentality doesn't deserve my donations, even if it is $1.
And this is the same reason no one should buy an X-Box, even if it is a cool piece of hardware. My beef with Microsoft has nothing to do with quality; they could make the absolute finest OS in the world (even though the opposite is true), it's purely about avoiding a digital hegemony. If for some reason I can't afford a Mac, I'll be using Linux again. And if Linux ceases to exist, I'll use an abacus.
--- End quote ---
An X-box doesn't become worthy of its continued existence until you put Linux on it.
TB:
"How much anger does it take to destroy a microsoft mouse?"
I wager it wouldn't be a great deal of anger. A few years ago I was having a lot of problems with my wireless mouse (I got myself a wireless KB/mouse combo).....well the problems started after I changed the batteries. I'd move the thing a few centimetres and then I'd get no response from the mouse. Shaking and tapping (read as pounding) would sometimes get it going again......but usually you'd have to open it up and fiddle around with the batteries. Using different batteries had no effect. It started doing this during a particularly hectic game of Emperor: Battle for Dune. The inability to command my Harkonnen minions infuriated me so much that I stood poised to throw that f*&(ing mouse through a second storey window.
Thankfully I calmed down and plugged in my dodgy Genius optical mouse.....which I recently replaced with a Logitech MX 510. What sucks is the KB/Mouse combo is Logitech too.........and they normally make pretty kickass gear. I guess I should've tried to go for a manufacturer replacement.....but I'm not sure if I liked that wireless thing anyway. The batteries made it just a little too heavy for my liking - and it was probably too sensitive as well. Plus I hate the hassle of warranty replacements.
So, to reiterate - if that mouse had been a microsoft, there probably would've been a hole in my window........or at least one big f(*&er of a crack.
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