29 Sep
2010
29 Sep
'10
10:44 a.m.
Unlike a
custom silicon device. OK, I am
strange, but I nearly always favour the simple solution.
Sure, but this is a mass-market device that will never be
"collectible" in any sense. The choice is between a cheap device that will last maybe a year or two and give limited
functionality, or a more
expensive device that will last more likely a decade or more (I have
several decade-old expensive Apple optical mice) and give enhanced
And how many of those used capacitive sensors in place of switches?
functionality.
"I'm not rich enough to buy cheap tools." ;) *poke*
Indeed not. But equally, I want to be sure that when I buy the expensive
tool I am actually paying the money for what I want. And not, say,
gimmicks that do noting for the useability or reliavility of the tool.
-tony