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Mensaje del debate Mighty Mouse replacement? (Kensington SlimBlade)

Jolly Roger

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Más opciones 23 dic 2008, 19:56

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De: Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com>

Fecha: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:56:04 -0600

Local: Mart 23 dic 2008 19:56

Asunto: Re: Mighty Mouse replacement? (Kensington SlimBlade)

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In article <C576DFFC.29771%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>,
Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:

> In article qdOdnVx9Bft988zUnZ2dnUVZ_gSdn...@giganews.com, Tim Lance at
> see....@bottom.com wrote on 12/23/08 6:06 PM:

> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:35:38 -0600, Nick Naym wrote
> > (in article <C576D1EA.29760%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>):

> >> why would you get another MM, given its apparent intrinsic design
> >> deficiencies?

> > It served me better than any other. It has more of the features I want than
> > any other.

> > Granted: design could be SO much better/user friendly. But I also made it
> > worse by not keeping it cleaner to begin with and by being kinda rough in
> > my taking apart (3 times). It had lasted me many years. So I resolve to
> >clean more often and when I do need to take it apart I will be more careful.

> But it's not designed to be cleaned, and it quickly gets dirty to the point
> of being virtually unusable.

That hasn't been my experience at all. I rarely need to clear the track
ball on my Mighty Mouse. Once every two to four months I encounter a
situation where the ball will stop responding to rolls in one direction.
I'll take out a lint-free cloth, put it on my knee, roll the ball upside
down on the cloth vigorously for a few seconds, and it'll solve the
problem. Only one single time has that ever failed to solve the problem.
So I took the mouse apart and gave it a thorough cleaning.

> And if you _do_ attempt to clean it by taking
> it apart, you not only run the risk of destroying it -- even if you are
> sufficiently mechanically inclined (which, I venture to guess, only a
> minority of users are)

Worked out fine for me. And it only took about 20 minutes, IIRC -
re-assembly and super glue drying time included. And I was on the phone
at the time as well.

> -- but you also void its warranty.

But if it's still in warranty, and you bring it to an Apple store and
show them the problem, I'm sure they'll replace it on the spot if they
can't get it working.

> my MM's scroll
> ball is virtually unusable: it only works consistently scrolling up...I can
> get it to scroll down only after dabbing the scroll ball with alcohol and
> then inverting the mouse and "scrubbing" the scroll ball against a piece of
> clean paper. But that "remedy" only lasts a few hours, at best.

Putting alcohol on rubber is a bad idea, because some types of rubber
actually decompose when exposed to alcohol. They can become sticky and
tacky as a result of absorbing the alcohol. And that means they'll just
gather *more* of the dust that clogs them up.

The best way to clean the ball of a Mighty Mouse is the method i
described above. If that doesn't work, get yourself an X-Acto knife and
some super glue and disassemble it to give it a thorough cleaning.

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