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Wedge or Teardrop?
well, I have both. I had to hook one of them up to my G3 since the USB mouse is being used on something else. I choose the teardrop, it has much better tracking, and it's broken in more than my wedge, which is more of a collectors item, as it looks new. No wear.
so, what's your poison between the two?
btw, if you don't know, the boxy Apple ADB Mouse I=wedge, the rounded Apple ADB mouse=teardrop.
oh, and thanks to the eveil forum monkeys, I can't turn this into a poll.
-digital
so, what's your poison between the two?
btw, if you don't know, the boxy Apple ADB Mouse I=wedge, the rounded Apple ADB mouse=teardrop.
oh, and thanks to the eveil forum monkeys, I can't turn this into a poll.
-digital
I like the feel of the teardrop better, but as was said above, the button is a bit delicate and I frequently end up having to click 2 or 3 times before it responds. I think the button contact inside wears out or gets dirt buildup that interferes with it. I disassemble mine and keep it as clean as I can, but I still have problems with it. I think it is getting close to replacement time for that one. Luckily I have quite a few of them from all the machines I have acquired over the years.
I also prefer the teardrop. More ergonomic for my hand. I like both actually but the teardrop just feels better.
Of course, both of them beat the early IBM mice.
http://zog.typepad.com/malaysia/ibmmousewirelss.JPG
Of course, both of them beat the early IBM mice.
http://zog.typepad.com/malaysia/ibmmousewirelss.JPG
Heh,
http://www.oldmouse.com/pics/xerox/RG-AltoTop.jpg
Xerox Alto mouse and
http://www.oldmouse.com/pics/xerox/XeroxStar.jpg
Xerox Star mouse. Looks like IBM tried to copy the Star mouse.
http://www.oldmouse.com/pics/xerox/RG-AltoTop.jpg
Xerox Alto mouse and
http://www.oldmouse.com/pics/xerox/XeroxStar.jpg
Xerox Star mouse. Looks like IBM tried to copy the Star mouse.
I do! What's wrong with the puck mice? They match the G3 iMacs. I haven't seen another mouse that matches my Tangerine trayloader as well as the puck mice do. I prefer the later ones with the indent though.
Between the ADB I or ADB II, I prefer the ADB I. It's more clicky.
Over the ADB I mouse I prefer trackballs, like my Kensington TurboMouse 5.0.Well, if I come across any of them I'll send them your way. I just can't stand them. I can at least moderately tolerate the one with the indent, but the non-indented one just keeps moving out of place, requiring me to look down at intervals to make sure that it hasn't moved again....that just ends up wasting my time. Maybe as a collector's item or as a USB test device as mentioned earlier, but it's just not practical IMO for regular use. :-/
I just can't stand them. I can at least moderately tolerate the one with the indent, but the non-indented one just keeps moving out of place, requiring me to look down at intervals to make sure that it hasn't moved again....that just ends up wasting my time. Maybe as a collector's item or as a USB test device as mentioned earlier, but it's just not practical IMO for regular use. :-/ well its a hate it or love it design, definitely, but for me it doesn't get any better than the first day i opened up my imac (with a whopping 96MB ram and a 4GB HD thx very much), got out the mini-keyboard and the usb puck mouse and started playing Quake.They just look a really uncomfortable shape to hold - there must be a reason why all other mice are roughly the conventional shape and not round! Are they not uncomfortable? I wouldn't mind having one/some for collectability purposes though!
ahh...those were the days.
I wonder if anyone has ever removed the cable from a puck mouse and used it as an actual hockey puck? My parents use one on the iMac, mainly because that's the original mouse that came with it.
Probably my favourite Apple mouse out of all of them is the "brick", mentioned earlier. I've got one for my Mac Plus and I like the "squashy" click of the button.
Probably my favourite Apple mouse out of all of them is the "brick", mentioned earlier. I've got one for my Mac Plus and I like the "squashy" click of the button.
i love useing the teardrop, for one its comfortable on the hand. but the drawback is that the button is exposed more than the wedge design mouse you will get a few click's off and not release you have your finger close to the button or you hit the side of the mouse against something and what ever you hit will click it.
i don't like the wedge mouse cause after awhile it starts to hurt your hand but the good pint is is that the button is in a great place and isnt as easy to trigger a click cause of a finger with a mind of its own or by bumping it into something or by picking it up.
but i would rather use the tear drop design cause like i said its easier on the hand
i don't like the wedge mouse cause after awhile it starts to hurt your hand but the good pint is is that the button is in a great place and isnt as easy to trigger a click cause of a finger with a mind of its own or by bumping it into something or by picking it up.
but i would rather use the tear drop design cause like i said its easier on the hand
I now prefer the teardrop for the exterior feel/comfort factor; it fits the hand better than the wedge, I think. When I can, though, I change the switch in either for a cheaper switch from a PC mouse - quieter, easier clicks. The Plus' brick mouse always irked me - it usually squeaks, and you have to press so much harder than with later mice. Or that's the impression.
Mouse peeves:
- rollers so encrusted with crud (skin-dust, pore-grease, cat hairs, etc.) that you feel like you're passing your hand over a stuccoed surface when you sweep the mouse from side-to-side;
- eleventeen-button mouses; and,
- glide-shmutz, the layer of the (presumably) same crud as found on rollers that, in this instance, causes the mouse to sweep so sluggishly it's an effort to move it at all.
The scroll-wheel is highly over-rated. In fact, everything beyond a single button is over-rated.
I'm currently using a Kensington ADB TurboMouse trackball (no right-click) and an indented puck mouse on my Beige tower (still with it!). Somewhere on the desk in front of me, beneath several geological strata of miscellaneous cables, papers, and bits and pieces of everything, I have a scroll-wheel USB Mouse-in-a-Box (trash-picked, but known to work, and not much missed), and a swoopy-n-swishy Logitech scroll-wheel dingus with that strange little button under your right thumb... I'd installed the software for the latter, but got bored with it...
I've recently pulled the trackball from a wrecked PB1x0 and have briefly tested it as an ADB device. Worked fine until one or two of my hastily-soldered connections on the underside of the board gave out. Current plan is to solder a section of ADB cable to a ribbon cable which will, in turn, be properly inserted into the little socket on the upper side of the circuit board... Then there's the matter of making the section of the PB's wrist-wrest flow gracefully down to the surface of the desk (probably by kerfing the underside somehow, and notching the forward/near face so that I can bend things to my will)...
Projects. Too many projects.
Mouse peeves:
- rollers so encrusted with crud (skin-dust, pore-grease, cat hairs, etc.) that you feel like you're passing your hand over a stuccoed surface when you sweep the mouse from side-to-side;
- eleventeen-button mouses; and,
- glide-shmutz, the layer of the (presumably) same crud as found on rollers that, in this instance, causes the mouse to sweep so sluggishly it's an effort to move it at all.
The scroll-wheel is highly over-rated. In fact, everything beyond a single button is over-rated.
I'm currently using a Kensington ADB TurboMouse trackball (no right-click) and an indented puck mouse on my Beige tower (still with it!). Somewhere on the desk in front of me, beneath several geological strata of miscellaneous cables, papers, and bits and pieces of everything, I have a scroll-wheel USB Mouse-in-a-Box (trash-picked, but known to work, and not much missed), and a swoopy-n-swishy Logitech scroll-wheel dingus with that strange little button under your right thumb... I'd installed the software for the latter, but got bored with it...
I've recently pulled the trackball from a wrecked PB1x0 and have briefly tested it as an ADB device. Worked fine until one or two of my hastily-soldered connections on the underside of the board gave out. Current plan is to solder a section of ADB cable to a ribbon cable which will, in turn, be properly inserted into the little socket on the upper side of the circuit board... Then there's the matter of making the section of the PB's wrist-wrest flow gracefully down to the surface of the desk (probably by kerfing the underside somehow, and notching the forward/near face so that I can bend things to my will)...
Projects. Too many projects.
When the puck was new, there were many modifications for it that would allow it to become a "normal" mouse. These were usually little covers that would slip over the mouse itself to make it similar to a generic PC mouse in shape.
I've only had problems with one puck. It was at the Goodwill Computer Works center I work at and I am going to make a safe bet this one came from a middle school. Not only did it not track well at all, the purple part of it was covered in that glitter makeup that all the 13-14 year old girls seem to wear.
I've had only a few other mouse problems in my life. I've had a ProMouse short on me and had a Compaq mouse stop tracking well--probably because its former owner was a Solitare addict. Well, there were the dozens of missing balls I've seen, but that happens in a school.
I've only had problems with one puck. It was at the Goodwill Computer Works center I work at and I am going to make a safe bet this one came from a middle school. Not only did it not track well at all, the purple part of it was covered in that glitter makeup that all the 13-14 year old girls seem to wear.
I've had only a few other mouse problems in my life. I've had a ProMouse short on me and had a Compaq mouse stop tracking well--probably because its former owner was a Solitare addict. Well, there were the dozens of missing balls I've seen, but that happens in a school.