badjava : vancouver, the interweb and other irrelevant topics

I was recently reminded why buying the cheapest product can sometimes blow up in your face. I started work one day last week only to find my keyboard was broken. I tried to get it working for about a half an hour to no avail, chucked it in the bin and rolled down to the local computer store.

They had a huge, irresistible stack of keyboard mouse wireless combos for $40 in the centre of the store. It was like a tractor beam pulled me in and made me grab one.

Within 5 minutes of using it, I knew it was not going to work out. The keyboard is small and awkward but is usable. The mouse has to be the worst mouse ever designed. When you move it to click on something, half the time it will slide to the left for no reason whatsoever. The scroll wheel clicks loudly and turns clumsily. Definitely, the worst mouse I have used since about 1998.

Do not be sucked in by the sweet price, this is a total dud.