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good wireless mouse

  • 26-12-2009 11:10pm
    #1
    waxer1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭


    hi all

    i am thinking off using my telly as a monitor the whole time now
    and im going to have to get a lazer wireless mouse and keyboard..
    can anyone recommend a good make..its gona have to have about
    a 6 or 7 meter range just to be on the safe side...thanks:)


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Try and get a good keyboard with a built in touchpad (like on a laptop). Much better solution.


  • #3
    waxer1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭waxer1986


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Try and get a good keyboard with a built in touchpad (like on a laptop). Much better solution.
    good idea...do ya think i wouldent get a mouse
    with that range??thanks for the reply:)


  • #4
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    A bluetooth one should do it. A keyboard with a touchpad built in would bw much handier though. I'm trying to find a good one for my HTPC.


  • #5
    waxer1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 213 ✭✭waxer1986


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    A bluetooth one should do it. A keyboard with a touchpad built in would bw much handier though. I'm trying to find a good one for my HTPC.

    k thanks


  • #6
    Jock Strap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭Jock Strap


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    A bluetooth one should do it. A keyboard with a touchpad built in would bw much handier though. I'm trying to find a good one for my HTPC.

    Hey if you do find a good one, let us know! Seems like a good solution for myself also.


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  • #7
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    There is the logitech dinovo mini. It's quite small so very handy but it's over €100. I seen a toshiba one for about €60 as well.


  • #8
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    There's a reason why no-one uses those. You find them lying around in PC World attached to rigs and just don't realise you have to crawl to the arse-ends of the Web to pay €60+ for the privelige of actually owning one. And most of them are pretty cheap quality too - wonderfully gadgety but not always built to last. €60+ is just taking the urine :mad:

    There are even cheaper ones with built-in trackballs on Dealextreme but you're still talking upward of €30 for one of them; again a bit steep for peripherals that look like they fell off the back of a lorry :o

    Edit again: Found a nasty cheap trackpad one there too. But its bulky, cheap and costs €40. Poo.


  • #9
    darealtulip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭darealtulip


    http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=touchpad+keyboard&x=58&y=21

    I was looking for one aswell, so are they any good or are they all sh1te?

    same thing as OP, just want to use my telly as monitor for my second rig. I have a remote control now which is fine for watching film but would like to have a keyboard aswell.


  • #10
    dogpile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭dogpile


    Picked up one of these in PC world for only 30 euro http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2008283,00.asp

    its sold as a laptop mouse but works great, it's a nice size and has all the features you'd get in a much more expensive mouse


  • #11
    MaxFlower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭MaxFlower


    Solitaire wrote: »
    There's a reason why no-one uses those.

    I have this and find keyboard excellent, especially when surfing/working from the couch. Good thing is all you need for support is your lap.

    I have wireless mouse/keyboard combo but you can really only use it at a desk. I have tried trackballs in the past but did not like them.


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