Dell mice, grrrrr, scurge of the earth!!

[TAKTAK]

They hurt my hands too... something to do with either the length or height of the hump...

i think it's the height of the hump, cos my a4tech x750f's quite long, but it's marvelous to use

[Marcos]

but there so moreish

edit: actually this reminds me of college, which was a mac haven for some daft reason, so i had to use one of these:

same here, daft mice

[imm0rtal]

I have this same mouse (M-BAC-DEL5) as it was given to me by a friend... I do have a question though: Where are the drivers for it for vista? It just doesn't work. Plug and pray seems to give me errors about how it's missing a crucial string because the INF has something to do with Win95?? Not sure... but at any rate I'd love to know where I can find the drivers for this for Windows Vista.

Thanks

[TAKTAK]

THIS?

[imm0rtal]

I've tried it... but it doesn't actually solve the issue of the mouse not working in vista... under the description, it's for "Optical Premium Software Patch for Solving MS Office 2007 Scrolling Issue"... it doesn't appear to install the drivers for the mouse... it's just meant to fix that one particular issue. :\

Thank you.

[dodgybob]

The bank I work for is so stingy that the new computers have mice with balls in them. Then again that sums this place up nicely.

[Agent]

The bank I work for is so stingy that the new computers have mice with balls in them. Then again that sums this place up nicely.

I thought it would have been cheaper to make optical ones these days?

[dodgybob]

To be fair this is the same bank that is getting rid of staff to replace them with temps at much higher cost to them (and of course much lower productivity) becuase their wages come from a slightly different balance sheet.

No doubt some manager got a promotion for 'reducing costs'.

[Splash]

So I'm the only person who actually likes these? I swiped a few from my last place of work, and I'm using them where I work now in place of the nasty ones that they supply. Granted, they're no G9 but then what do you expect for something supplied with a PC?

[Agent]

Am I the only person who has a spare mouse to take about with him?

[imm0rtal]

Why are there no vista drivers for this mouse?? Haha... it's aggravating.

[Behemoth]

Am I the only person who has a space mouse to take about with him?

Probably.

We have some really awful Compaq ones on our PC's at work, ball mice again that get all gummed up and it was my job to clean the suckers out last time.

[Agent]

Why did I write "space mouse"?
Think it was after reading about Spaced in the compo thread

[TAKTAK]

Why are there no vista drivers for this mouse?? Haha... it's aggravating.

i could have sworn it is plug and play.... are you sure it is not a problem with the mouse itself

[stevie lee]

Am I the only person who has a spare mouse to take about with him?

nope I have 1 or 2, maybe 3..

I'm the designated pc guy at where i 'work' so i carry spares for a lot of things..

only got the job after the other guy thought this was a good idea:-
battery charger for scooter, plugged in wall supplying 8 amp charge, guy drops paper clip into one of the vents, tries to remove it with a screwdriver while it's still turned on.. charger cover sticks in ceiling, lots of smoke, guy says "how did that happen?"


anyway.. dell mice, I had one with a lever instead of scrolly wheel, everytime you pressed the lever you got a B.S.O.D. it is now in about 100 pieces and very flat. a sledge hammer sorted it...

[MadduckUK]

only got the job after the other guy thought this was a good idea:-
battery charger for scooter, plugged in wall supplying 8 amp charge, guy drops paper clip into one of the vents, tries to remove it with a screwdriver while it's still turned on.. charger cover sticks in ceiling, lots of smoke, guy says "how did that happen?"

thought that was going to be a BOFH moment, but the guy didnt die... near miss