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StarNamer@work15-Dec-22 4:53

StarNamer@work

15-Dec-22 4:53

I'm left handed, but back in the 1990's did a lot of basic support which involved going to the user's desk and using their setup, mostly right-handed.

Eventually, I thought "🐘 it! I may as well switch to right-handed."

30 years later, it now feels natural! Smile | :)

PS: I use a Logitech MX Master 2S. Useless for the left hand!

Mircea Neacsu15-Dec-22 0:30

Mircea Neacsu

15-Dec-22 0:30

For the past two years I’ve been very happy with Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED[^]

Like you, I’m a leftie, but I switch mouse periodically to avoid RSI. That makes me prefer a wireless mouse to avoid changing the chord run. This one seems to be the perfect design: it has a super long battery life (must be a year since I last changed the battery), very good response time and a top sensitivity of 10000 DPI (I use it at 5000).

All the Bluetooth mice I’ve had, had the bad habit of disconnecting every now and then so, although I like the idea of Bluetooth, I had to give up for the moment. This one has a receiver that occupies a usb port, but if you were considering a wired mouse you already accepted that.

Mircea

PIEBALDconsult15-Dec-22 1:45

PIEBALDconsult

15-Dec-22 1:45

For the past few years I've been using silent mice by Verbatim because I got annoyed by all the clicking.
I have simple needs.

Gerry Schmitz15-Dec-22 4:04

Gerry Schmitz

15-Dec-22 4:04

The one I'm using is a "Staples" wired laser mouse; about $15-$20. Surprisingly good. Nice weight; left or right grip; textured thumb wheel.

Bought 2 or 3 different "cheap" ones at the time out of frustration of never finding one around when I needed (a new) one. They all worked out.

"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I

BernardIE531715-Dec-22 8:06

BernardIE5317

15-Dec-22 8:06

May I please inquire why you dislike non-wired . It is difficult for me to understand as i find the wire often catches/snags etc. so i insist on wire-less. By the way i also insist on a smooth pad surface and found teflon ideal especially the solid blocks over woven sheets I am surprised manufacturers of mouse pads do not utilize the material

honey the codewitch15-Dec-22 8:39

15-Dec-22 8:39

I don't like dealing with batteries and charging, particularly when I'm always at my desk, and in some cases I've actually misplaced wireless mice. The cord doesn't bother me as long as the mouse is a little bit weighted.

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

peterkmx15-Dec-22 12:38

peterkmx

15-Dec-22 12:38

I recently bought Steelseries Rival 3 wired mouse. It seems to be for gaming, but I did not notice anything unusual Smile | :)

... It seems to be quite handy, which is crucial, and also it changes colors ... Smile | :)

. At first, I found it somewhat over the top (do I really need a mouse which changes colors ?), however, after a few days/weeks I became addicted to these colors. So far, it's 5/5 for the producers as they delivered something really useful and fun to use ...

Dan Neely16-Dec-22 4:25

Dan Neely

16-Dec-22 4:25

In similar circumstances I've been using Logitech G903 mice for the last few years on my work and home PCs. It's a symmetric design with thumb buttons on both sides. Can run in wired or wireless mode (I do the former). You can fiddle with the weight, but I've not. I've had 1 fail after about 3 years with a button that sends multiple clicks.

Only complaint is that their crapware makes it very unintuitive to reprogram it from right to left handed defaults (takes about a 30-60m each time); and I haven't been able to get the save settings to the mouse feature to work; meaning I have to wait for their crapware to load after a reboot before my mouse turns off the frag harder disco lights, swaps the button layout, and cranks the DPI up from it's default of about 3 to make it actually usable.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

Oi Griff !

pkfox14-Dec-22 22:53

pkfox

14-Dec-22 22:53

Must be time for an Oi Craig Robbins !

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

OriginalGriff14-Dec-22 23:08

14-Dec-22 23:08

I'm busy - you do it! Laugh | :laugh:

@Craig-Robbins

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pkfox14-Dec-22 23:16

pkfox

14-Dec-22 23:16

I don't know how to

OriginalGriff15-Dec-22 0:17

15-Dec-22 0:17

What do you want me to do, write an article on it? Laugh | :laugh:

pkfox15-Dec-22 0:19

pkfox

15-Dec-22 0:19

Yes

seriously though do you just prefix the username with @ and an email will be sent ?

OriginalGriff15-Dec-22 0:43

15-Dec-22 0:43

~~Yep!~~

OriginalGriff15-Dec-22 0:46

Did someone catch the license # of that CPU?

15-Dec-22 0:46

Scratch that, it's slightly more complicated - the username can change, but the addressing doesn't.

So your username is "pkfox", but your address is "@" followed by "petepjksolutionscom"

If you go to the user home page, the text you want is under the "username - Professional Profile" bit.

honey the codewitch14-Dec-22 20:01

14-Dec-22 20:01

It took me all day to get back where I started - a working development machine. Same chassis, all new innards, moved away from my brief tryst with AMD back to an Intel monster. In this case I went from a 65W Ryzen 7 4750G which I thought was plenty fast to a screaming 125W i5-13600K with a mobo to match it. My RAM went from budget rate DDR4 to top shelf DDR5-6000 CL 32

"Aggressive" is the word I'd use to describe this little i5. It clearly feels it has something to prove, because in single core performance it swings pretty close to what an i9-13900k does. Can recommend this CPU to the exclusion of others in the latest Intel lineup if you want top shelf performance on air cooled and without breaking the bank.

My system drive went from middle of the road last gen NVMe to something about 3 times as fast, a Samsung 990 Pro.

I still haven't overclocked the CPU.

I can't find reliable benchmark software that I like, so I "benched" it by turning off vsync and launching Fallout 4.

Prior to this upgrade, it would struggle at 4k to get 60FPS. It mostly did, but would often dip into the 50s.

After the upgrade I get between 120fps and 150fps with no vsync. Same video card, mind you - a 2080TI

I did this for compile speeds, so upgrading the GPU didn't matter.

But reading and writing files at 7GB/s sure does.

I love that new PC smell you know?

Now just ignore that my old fans are dying and my HDD is physically rattling at this point. Move along, nothing to see here. My machine is NICE! pay no attention to the smoking parts. $Shucks | :-\$

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

Daniel Smith 202215-Dec-22 2:35

Daniel Smith 2022

15-Dec-22 2:35

Thank you for this information.

Daniel Pfeffer15-Dec-22 4:12

Daniel Pfeffer

15-Dec-22 4:12

Enjoy.

I would ask how much of your development time is actually spent compiling (as opposed to writing code, tracing through the debugger, etc.)? Is the speedup really worth the money?

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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honey the codewitch15-Dec-22 4:40

15-Dec-22 4:40

I mean, no? But that's not why I did it. It was a matter of this: I pay taxes on this money I don't really need to have, or I get a faster machine, give my sister a faster machine, and save myself the aggravation of waiting. Waiting in general I mean. For anything. This computer takes longer to post than to boot.

To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.

BernardIE531715-Dec-22 8:17

BernardIE5317

15-Dec-22 8:17

May I please inquire the boot time . I am also upgrading my 🐷 of a machine . From AMD A6-9225 to intel i7-6700 from HD to PCIe SSD both had/have DDR4 16GB . The new machine will arrive in a few days . If i it had originally i assume my current project would have been completed long ago as i find myself waiting waiting waiting for builds to complete which i am tired of doing . The boot time of my current 🐽 prior to a recent upgrade to from HD to SATA SSD was measured w/ a calendar .

honey the codewitch15-Dec-22 8:42