• Grammaton Cleric@lemmy.world
    72·
    10 months ago

    Is no one gonna ask? Just me? Alright.

    Why are there two scroll wheels on one mouse? My mind can’t handle being this confounded

    • soli@infosec.pub
      5·
      10 months ago

      My MX518 is still sees daily use, just with a family member now. I think it’s old enough to drink now (edit: not American lmao). The Logitech logo at the palm has been worn down to nothing but otherwise doesn’t look too bad.

      • Feidry@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, the reason I stopped using mine was because the feet wore off and I felt like it was time to upgrade to the better laser of the G400s. Otherwise, they’re the same mouse. Buttons in the same place, same shape. Different color, better laser and bigger feet.

        • soli@infosec.pub
          1·
          10 months ago

          I replaced mine with a G Pro Wireless. Similar enough shape that it was still comfortable to switch to but lightweight and no cable to snag. Wouldn’t go back to having a cable, such a huge improvement.

  • Thann@lemmy.mlEnglish
    152·
    10 months ago

    Meanwhile a good Xbox controller will only last 100 hours

    • SpookySnek@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      10 months ago

      I’ve used my xbox 360 controller pretty much daily since 2008, mostly on my pc. Looks as good as new, but with some tiny stick drift since a couple of months back

        • Schmuppes@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          If you have a soldering iron and know how to use it, the repair costs less than 5 dollars with parts from China. It’s not hard, I wrecked one board by getting it too hot while desoldering the old sensor. You live and learn.

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        Same!! Not daily, but at least 30-40 times a year for over a decade! Happy to find another 360 controller user. Those Xbox 360 controllers are fantastic.

        Had to stop using them last year. I had the wireless adapter plugged into a windows 10 computer, and its drivers kept failing to be recognized after every restart. After maybe the hundred time, I gave up and bought a $20 USB knockoff which so far, feels the same!

  • slaacaa@lemmy.world
    10·
    10 months ago

    Good choice buying the second for backup. As a console game pr I know nothing about mouses, but I would assume they don’t make this anymore after a decade.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
    8·
    10 months ago

    My Logitech G5 is like 18 years old and other than being dirty it has basically zero wear on it. Only thing that’s falling apart is the braiding around the wire

    • thejodie@programming.dev
      1·
      10 months ago

      Mine still works too, got it at BestBuy on clearance when they switched to the 2 side button G5. It just doesn’t fit my hand well anymore.

  • antaymonkey@lemmy.world
    8·
    10 months ago

    I still have the same Microsoft Intellimouse that I got in 2000 when I went away to college. IIRC it was one of the first that used optical tracking vs ye old ball.

    • fetter@lemm.ee
      2·
      10 months ago

      My parents bought a new mouse when I was a kid back in the early 2000s cause we had a crappy view sonic one that came with the pc. The new one was a Microsoft one and it didn’t work cause it needed xp and we had ME. Back to the viewsonic mouse it was for another 20 years until I bought them a Logitech wireless one on a pc I built for them a few years ago.

      Wild how the cheap stuff works well for so many years!

      • crimroy@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        10 months ago

        Did your parents keep ME for 20 years??? I had it in my first PC and I seemed to be the only person on the planet who had no issues with it, but even so, I was done with it after about a year

        • fetter@lemm.ee
          3·
          10 months ago

          Nah we upgraded after a few years. But ME was a struggle! Had so many crashes in Diablo 2 and EverQuest. Thats all that mattered to me.

          • theangryseal@lemmy.world
            2·
            10 months ago

            I hated Windows ME but I loved that time. I’d love to go back and chill for a couple days.

            Funny thing though, I hated that time while I was living through it haha.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’d probably still be using my CeBIT-branded IntelliMouse Explorer if it hadn’t been jostled by too many backpack rides. It was just plain good.

  • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I bought a Kinesis Advantage in 2011. I only just recently replaced it with the Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro. The key caps could use a replacement, but besides that it’s in good condition.

  • tuckerm@supermeter.social
    2·
    10 months ago

    The left one looks great. Usually we don’t think of computer peripherals as gaining a patina, but it kind of works here. Good call on buying a spare, though!