Probably the pins got knackered or theres dirt inside the shell. Take all keys off, give it hoover and then pop em all back in and I'd have thought it would be ok..
>where we tried to think of any specific piece of hardware made by Microsoft which wasnât a mouse or keyboard.
>A later revision of the game ruled out webcams too, after that addendum we were stumped.
and two pages later:
>since the Sidewinder line effectively died off.
Microsoft also built Joysticks and steering wheels (both with a good price->quality ratio). And I think I remember a Game commander something, like a non-moving mouse with ten buttons for AoE or the likes ;-)
I can't fault MS Hardware, I've never had any problems, and if I'm honest, all the above are at least 5+ years old and still work like new.
I have a microsoft mouse, that is about a year old. The scroll wheel only works in one direction (I have now idea how it manages that) and the right click is intermittant.
With the new mouse, have they gone back to a clicky scrool wheel? Smooth ones are rubbish for games (and pretty much anything else IMO)
When shown the same type of split-design ergonomic keyboard that is used by Richard
high five! ms natural keyboards ftw
in fact MS peripherals are all pretty bloody good, just the logitech MX series of mice was much better then the intellimice of the time
although both logitech and MS' new mice are pretty dire imo
I would have finished reading the article. But I got distracted; by the fact that you couldnât remember they made the sidewinder joystick. Of all the devices to forget, how did you forget that one? They have as mentioned made the finger print reader, the steering wheel, and a few other random devices along the way, I could also be so picky as to point out the microphone as well, while not the most complex device, still a peripheral.
As a side note, they have made some solid keyboards and wireless mice. They arenât really tagged for enthusiasts so much, well aside from the new sidewinder and the MS Razor collaboration. But for the HTPC and general user they work quite well. Though I usually do point people towards logitech, they seem to have more features with less cost on a lot of devices. But I wont discredit MS for some good designs over the years, especially with their keyboards.
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>where we tried to think of any specific piece of hardware made by Microsoft which wasnât a mouse or keyboard.
>A later revision of the game ruled out webcams too, after that addendum we were stumped.
and two pages later:
>since the Sidewinder line effectively died off.
Microsoft also built Joysticks and steering wheels (both with a good price->quality ratio). And I think I remember a Game commander something, like a non-moving mouse with ten buttons for AoE or the likes ;-)
With the new mouse, have they gone back to a clicky scrool wheel? Smooth ones are rubbish for games (and pretty much anything else IMO)
in fact MS peripherals are all pretty bloody good, just the logitech MX series of mice was much better then the intellimice of the time
although both logitech and MS' new mice are pretty dire imo
As a side note, they have made some solid keyboards and wireless mice. They arenât really tagged for enthusiasts so much, well aside from the new sidewinder and the MS Razor collaboration. But for the HTPC and general user they work quite well. Though I usually do point people towards logitech, they seem to have more features with less cost on a lot of devices. But I wont discredit MS for some good designs over the years, especially with their keyboards.