• Tailz (she/her)@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw this. Those mice were a pain. I had to take the ball out from the socket and get rid of dust and debris so many times so it would work normally

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      3 days ago

      It was so disgusting digging all the gunk out with a toothpick, cotton swabs, and alcohol.

      Optical mice were such a huge improvement everyone I knew (except the weird trackball guy) switched as soon as they became available and never looked back.

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        3 days ago

        The first optical mice absolutely sucked compared to trackballs.

        Fortunately, that period did not last long.