30 Sep
2010
30 Sep
'10
12:29 p.m.
On 9/30/10 3:01 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
And if my mousebutton fails at a time when I need to get something done
_THEN_. I would rather have to kludge up a repalcement for a microswitch
-- if necessary 2 bits of wire that I could touch together -- than a
replacement for a custom IC.
Come on, you don't have a box of mice kicking around? Even
nontechnical people I know have at least two or three in a closet somewhere.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
True. You have to realise, though, that even for stuff
I am going to use,
I prefer things I can repair. I know this is odd, but I would rather have
something that needs minor repairs every couple of years (like replacing
microswitches) but if I do that can carru on running for many years than
something that runs fine for 5 years and then fails in a way that I can't
fix.
Fair enough. And I do see where you're coming from, but for
something as pedestrian as a mass-market mouse, personally I don't go
that far. More power to you, though.