Would you buy a mouse without a scroll wheel?

[sharkeeper]

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!

 

[dighn]

no

 

[notfred]

The dell mouse that came with this PC at work has a scroll wheel.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: dighn
no

 

[thatbox]

Of course not.

 

[MrAwesome]

that is crazy talk. crazy.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

what system would they give that with? For some reason I'm seeing $3k+ workstations with that in my head...

 

[EngenZerO]

nevar

 

[BigSmooth]

Originally posted by: notfred
The dell mouse that came with this PC at work has a scroll wheel.

Same here. It's only a minor annoyance when I encounter a mouse that does not have one, but that's some serious penny-pinching by Dell.

 

[dullard]

Certainly, I find them annoying (when you just want a middle click, they often scroll accidently messing up everything you've worked hard to do) and I can never seem to scroll very fast (or with any changes to the settings, then I cannot scroll very accurately). Die hard 3 button mouse user here.

 

[Beau]

:Q

No wheel?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Absolutely not.

 

[TheNinja]

The wheel is the best Jerry.....the best!

 

[sharkeeper]

what system would they give that with? For some reason I'm seeing $3k+ workstations with that in my head...

[Chris Tucker Expression] OH HELL NO![/Chris Tucker Expression]

Optiplex G150 something. P4 2.6GHz (NO HT) 256MB, 120GB IDE HDD, Windows 2000 Pro SP3. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard and Office 2003 Standard. 17" Dell Flat CRT. Two thousand bucks! :Q

Cheers!

 

[LordMorpheus]

My mouse has two scroll wheels.

I would never buy one with zero.

 

[Bootprint]

Well maybe in an emergency.

You know the kind, 3 in the morning, 5 feet of snow just fell in the last 4 hours, it's christmas day and you live in a mennonite community.

 

[Tetsuo]

Hell no

 

[calpha]

No. Never. I'd rather Die.

 

[Dacalo]

No way.

Scroll is just too useful.

 

[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.

 

[Wozster]

NEGATIVE

 

[Spencer278]

I only buy mice with one button. I could never figure out what the other buttons do.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Yes, but that's because I prefer IBM's Scrollpoint Mouse. Hold down a trackpointer instead of endlessly pushing a wheel to scroll long pages, much easier. Plus horizontal scrolling. I'm surprised it never caught on.

 

[sharkeeper]

I only buy mice with one button. I could never figure out what the other buttons do.

This doesn't apply to Mac users!

Yes, but that's because I prefer IBM's Scrollpoint Mouse. Hold down a trackpointer instead of endlessly pushing a wheel to scroll long pages, much easier. Plus horizontal scrolling. I'm surprised it never caught on.

Those things feel like pressing on a sandpaper coated eraser! :Q

The MS mouse feature horizontal scrolling (tilt wheel) and acceleration so if there is a large sheet one flick of the wheel and you're flying.

Cheers!

 

[OulOat]

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.

You are obviously missing firebird or opera.