Monday, September 6, 2010

Wireless Keyboard and Mouse

After having missed a chance at buying what seemed to be a really good wireless keyboard and mouse from Lidl, I managed to get another equally good bargain. This time it was from merging sales of PC World and Currys in Blanchardstown. I'm not sure what brand the Lidl offering was, although a little shout out to my neighbour, who bought it, would reveal it.They are both € 20, although the one from PC World was marked down from € 24.

I am currently using it as we speak, so to speak. Not too bad a response from the keyboard and mouse, however, I have yet to change any settings on the system apart from the mouse sensitivity. The sensitivity was way higher than my wired mouse.

There is an option of setting the resolution lower on the mouse although I might not try it unless there is significant battery savings. The keyboard has useful keys such as volume mute and up/down which is highly warranted for me as I use a laptop on a table near the couch.The single USB connection saves on an extra USB port and the wireless nature offers a lot less clutter and tangle.

I had used a wireless keyboard and mouse from Microsoft 5-6 years ago. The experience wasn't too great, and I couldn't justify owning something for that price so I decided to sell it. It wasn't the same usb stick type base. More like a chunky thing that sat there and took up space. Things have improved since then, noticeably the usb connections and the battery life. Something i'd really like to own was the Logitech keyboard and mouse combo for at home or just the Logitech wireless laser mouse with nano unifying USB receiver if I'm using a netbook or smaller laptop on the go. Although the PC Line wireless keyboard and mouse I have at the moment doesn't have extra buttons or features, I will be happy with it for a while to come yet. Read this for my further usage experiences.
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