new microsoft keyboards / mice at amazon

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: hytek369
these are crappy prices, you should be ashamed

Really? Who has it cheaper.....specifically the Desktop Pro 2.0? Including shipping? Cheapest I saw on Pricewatch WAS this price......from YesMicro, which is matched by Amazon.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Slickone


BTW, what is F-lock?

http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html

 

[BlindSight]

Hey Slickone,

I wish they would just leave the keys alone too. It really takes some time to get used to it, which can be frustrating.

As far as the F-Lock, MS gave the Function keys F1...F12 new abilities like Help, Undo, Redo, Save, Close, Etc..., but I'm used to the old ALT+underlined letter or function key way of doing things so I don't really like these new functions. To make things frustrating, the new enhanced functions don't match up with the older ALT or F key methods. For example, to close a program I would press ALT+F4. With the new enhanced functions, I have to press F6 for Close to close the program. This can be bad if you are working with browsers. Some people press F6 to highlight the address bar so if your F-lock key isn't set correctly, you may end up closing the browser when all you wanted to do was to type in a new web address. F-lock off and the F6 key functions as a Close button. F-Lock on and the F6 button highlights the address field in Internet Explorer. To switch between the old F1...F12 and the Help...Save functions you have to toggle the F-Lock key just as if you were switching between all caps and normal letters.

As far as the mouse, I actually really like it. It isn't too big and bulky and it isn't small either. The back and forward buttons on the mouse makes web and explorer browsing a breeze. I just wanted people to know that the horizontal tilt isn't really that great. Getting used to the no clicks while vertical scrolling only took me about a day and I am beginning to think I prefer the mouse without the clicks now. Be aware that you can no longer program the amount of lines you can scroll with this set. You can only program the scrolling speed, which makes sense if you understand that MS tried to design this set with smooth scrolling as a new feature. The smooth scrolling still results in some steppings or jumps when you scroll but it's not as pronounced as the older scroll technology. I find that the longer the web page, the smoother the scrolling works. For web sites that are shorter in length, the steppings become more noticeable.

 

[BlindSight]

Did I mention that the keyboard has a fake padded leather rest for the heel of your palm? It's a nice touch. Too bad they didn't include the padded mouse in the set too.

Anyway, I realize that I am beginning to sound like an MS hoe so maybe you all should wait for some professional reviews. I might be speaking with my mind still clouded with novelty, so...

 

[InlineFive]

Referrals should be a bannable offense in my opinion.

-Por

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: Krugger
Just an FYI: the new tilt mouse is only for Xp/2k systems. strange, but true.

Just one more nail in the coffin of Win 9x. I won't weep, however. My wife' s laptop came with WinMe, and it was always giving us out of memory errors and other crappiness such as USB ports that would lose printers and mice randomly. When I loaded XP on that machine it was like a priest had come and drove the demons out of the machine. It works perfectly now, day in and day out. Hasn't locked up or crashed for a long time. If MS doesn't want to write drivers for that abortion of a OS codebase, that's fine with me. It'll just drive it from the face of the earth faster, and that can't be anything but a good thing in my opinion.

 

[dchakrab]

9x and ME aren't the same thing. In my experience, 98 SE was a MUCH more stable operating system than ME, though i agree XP is more stable than both, at the expense of using a lot more RAM.

98SE's still the operating system for older boxes, unless you can switch to 'nix.

D.

 

[kennyG]

Shee..dont you guys think your a lil hard on this guy.. But true the price sucks tho !
If your going to post with ref's at lease give us a GREAT DEAL....sheee

 

[sxr7171]

What is wrong with all you people talking about banning this guy after it was revealed that Amazon puts that ref code on anybody visting the amazon.com website? I don't think it is a hot deal, but at least one poster said he/she wanted one of these badly and the lowest price they could find was $100, as opposed to to the $80 this post has it at.

Personally I would never spend this kind of money on a keyboard or mouse, but this post has helped out at least one person, and it probably helped out more.