Would you buy a mouse without a scroll wheel?

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: BigJelly
Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Dell is still providing them. BALL mice at that! MS Opticals cost $5 in quantity! Come on Michael! :| :| :|

Buying a non scrolling mouse with a ball is like buying a car without A/C, power windows and manual locks (key entry only). People still do this?

Cheers!

no
and i would not buy a non-optic mouse and i would never buy anthing less than a 5 botton mouse.

If you have broadband connection and dont have a 5 botton mouse you dont know what you're missing.

Uh... well I HAD a broadband connection and no 5-button mouse, and you're right I don't know what I was missing... what was I missing?

(The car analogy sucked, by the way)
 

BCYL

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Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Dell is still providing them. BALL mice at that! MS Opticals cost $5 in quantity! Come on Michael! :| :| :|

Buying a non scrolling mouse with a ball is like buying a car without A/C, power windows and manual locks (key entry only). People still do this?

Cheers!

no...

but until a couple of months ago my car didnt have A/C, or power windows/mirrors/locks...
 

GhettoFob

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no, my mouse needs to have a scroll wheel as well as emit different color lights from the bottom like a ricemobile
 

Eli

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Oct 9, 1999
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well, my current mouse doesen't have one, so probably.
 

Doggiedog

Lifer
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Originally posted by: shuttleteam
Dell is still providing them. BALL mice at that! MS Opticals cost $5 in quantity! Come on Michael! :| :| :|

Buying a non scrolling mouse with a ball is like buying a car without A/C, power windows and manual locks (key entry only). People still do this?

Cheers!

10 million x $4 = $40 M in savings. I'd say that's pretty smart.

Dell still sucks IMO.