It's a Windows' world

You want to do amateur or power-level computing? Then there is no other choice than Windows! Period. As a Windows user you don't have to spend tons of a money for a Mac PC (sorry Mac guys but Mac is nothing else than an expensive PC now) and you don't have to waste time on forums to learn how install stuff. All that Linux/Mac can offer you can get on Windows and get is better. I spent many years working with Linux but it was always only my second choice. Sorry Linux friends, but I said it.

Monday, August 15, 2011

SpeedLink Styx laser mouse

I got a new laser mouse. It was pretty cheap. The brand is SpeedLink. The hardware part seems good but the driver is unusable. They said that the mouse has 5 programmable buttons but after a while it loses the function assigned to the buttons So, the 'programmable' buttons are not that programmable. I will wait 48 hours to see if the support will give me a solution to this problem else I will send it back right away.

Also 70% of the weight is distributed on the back of the mouse. When you list it you have to grip it really well else it will flip in your hand.

Pros:

Cheap
High DPI
Cable is soft/flexible but resistant

Cons

Driver issues (renders the buttons inoperable)
Uneven weight
Extremely heavy for a mouse without batteries

I will go back to my old mouse for the moment.

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Update November 2012

The left button started to age. Sometimes it fails to click normally.

2 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 25, 2011 at 3:38 AM
so what did you found out? i have the same problem :/
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GuruOctober 3, 2011 at 10:35 PM
I contacted SpeedLink support and described the problem. They said that I have to send the mouse back.
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