On Sun, Jun 05, 2022 at 04:54:18PM +1000, jcoyle@iinet.net.au wrote: > That's what I meant Larry - I use them all the time now. I was somewhat surprised that my latest HP box came with a wired mouse and keyboard. My recent purchases (Dell tower systems for my wife a couple of years ago, and one for me last year) both came with wired mice and keyboards. I can think of two reasons - one is that the're probably slightly cheaper, but I'd guess that the main reason is to remove a possible point of failure when troubleshooting the system.

It may also be the due to the supply chain crap Covid introduced. I've noticed other inexplicable shortages It's probably just laziness. I hadn't really looked on-line. When I need a mouse, I'm used to just going to Staples or Office Depot and buying a generic corded wheel mouse. I really should just go on Amazon, find one I like and buy a dozen of them. I can't use those track-pads that come with laptops, so the first thing I do is disable it and get an external mouse ... which is where I developed an aversion to wireless mice. Early generation wireless mice were pretty awful. The last time I had to buy a replacement mouse for my laptop, I was out of town and the only place I could find one was Walmart, and I ended up with an expensive gaming mouse (which ain't one whit better than the generic mice I usually get from Staples/Office Depot). On 6/6/2022 5:08 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: > That is remarkable, as the major mail-order firms here can also supply a > wide selection of wired ones within one day. > Apart from the advantage of not having to change batteries, a wired mouse > doesn't have the habit of dropping from my desk on the floor ... > > Henk > > Op ma 6 jun. 2022 om 21:19 schreef John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com>: > >> Around here the stores are pushing wireless really hard. The stores that >> stock wired mice are usually out of them. >> >> On 6/5/2022 9:54 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>> My wireless USB mouse didn't work well. I bought last week a Logitech >> B112 >>> silent wired USB mouse having 1.8 meter wire for 12 euro. >>> These wired ones for office applications are not at all hard to get here. >>> Henk >>> >>> Op zo 5 jun. 2022 om 13:32 schreef John Sessoms <jsessoms002@nc.rr.com>: >>> >>>> Wired USB mouse, no batteries. I don't think new computers come with the >>>> PS/2 mouse or keyboard ports. This computer has what look like HDMI >>>> ports where I'd expect them to be on the mother board. >>>> >>>> Clean, basic scroll mouse on a clean mouse pad. Optical sensor is clean. >>>> I haven't tried moving the mouse to a different USB port because they're >>>> all full, so I'd have to move everything. >>>> >>>> The mouse works Ok on my other computer ... I thought to check that. The >>>> mouse from the other computer IS a PS/2 mouse so it doesn't work on this >>>> computer. >>>> >>>> Windoze thinks the drivers are up to date. If it was any of the easy >>>> answers I'd have already found it. >>>> >>>> I hope I don't have to buy another mouse. These plain vanilla wired mice >>>> are getting hard to find. >> >> >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com