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Thread ID: 89031 2008-04-18 02:24:00 Finding a decent mouse - Morgenmuffel (187) Press F1
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659878 2008-04-18 02:24:00 Ok with wifey and kid sick, I'm working on the wifes machine and I have noticed her mouse is a tad poked about 1 out every 10 mouse clicks becomes a slow double click, I realise the days of dismantling and repairing your own mce are gone.

But I am having issues finding a replacement the wifes mice is

A4 Tech WOP-35PU

I can't seem to find it anywhere, and it must be 4 - 5 years old

I don't necessarily need the same model (although that would be nice), but the wife is very used to this mouse so I want one that is

Corded (we have a toddler who likes putting things in unique places)
optical (cause little fingers wouldmake mincemeat of a ball mouse)
a forward and back button on either side of the mouse,
and a fairly symmetrical design as one of the Kids is a lefty
A reasonable price, $40 max
4-5 buttons

There seem to be loads in the US but I can'tseem to find any locally, I haven't trawled the NZ Net sites yet, but yes I have looked at pricespy but unfortunately I have to check each mouse as they don't say on the pricespy listings the number of buttons and there are no images
Morgenmuffel (187)
659879 2008-04-18 03:02:00 Good luck Nigel - I had to find a specific mouse for my SWMBO too and oh boy, was it a struggle. Solved it by taking her to Harvey Norman's and Warehouse Stationary and got her to pick a new one. She did, although not totally willingly ("I luuuuuuved my old mouse").

sarel
sarel (2490)
659880 2008-04-18 03:03:00 Hmmm

microsoft seem to have some quite nice cheapies, leaning towards this one (www.microsoft.com)
Morgenmuffel (187)
659881 2008-04-18 03:46:00 I've almost exclusively used MS ones - they're easy to get used to. Explain to yer missus that a new model/shape/design will only take a few days to get used to and she'll never look back. Greg (193)
659882 2008-04-18 04:21:00 www.pricespy.co.nz
That one is 5 button, symmetrical design, meets all your requirements :)
utopian201 (6245)
659883 2008-04-18 05:06:00 I like this one, cheao nd durable:
pconlineshop.co.nz
Blam (54)
659884 2008-04-18 06:18:00 Always used the symmetrical optical Microsoft usb with ps/2 connection, and can customize the left and right menu's with a wide selection of menu's. Cost about $60 about 3 yrs ago at the stationary warehouse, and no problems. Maybe check out these one's at NZ's C1 shopping Mall (www.c1com.co.nz) kahawai chaser (3545)
659885 2008-04-18 20:14:00 I love my MX Revolution.;) Crow1985 (6683)
659886 2008-04-18 22:01:00 Logitech or MS.

A4 aren't too great.
pctek (84)
659887 2008-04-19 00:01:00 Logitech or MS.

A4 aren't too great.
Yeah I realise that it's just this mouse has been really reliable on a machine that the kids batter the heck out of.

Anyway i'm leaning towards the intellimouse optical (c1com.co.nz) cheapest seems to be about $40 including shipping so I'll probably look at purchasing a couple of other things at the same time
Morgenmuffel (187)
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