Man, I thought I was getting a steal! I took my forty bucks down to walmart and got the most expensive wireless keyboard and mouse. I got the most expensive because you normally get what you pay for when you are purchasing electronics. Not this time.
I use my keyboard often but not just for typing. When I am in Photoshop, I use my left hand for keyboard shortcuts and my right hand on the mouse. Some of these keyboard shortcuts are three to four keys at a time. Let me tell ya, it wasn’t happenin’ with the Micro-Innovations. It couldn’t even multi select files in my file browser when I held down the shift key. I will say though, It was nice to beable to open up calculator with the grey button at the top. But that’s it
And the mouse was worse. It was battery operated and had a switch and a button on the bottom for turning on and off. If it shut off while in the on position (it did this often when I left alone for five minutes) I would have to turn it off for a minute and then turn it back on. If the little red laser came on, then I would press connect if it didn’t come on, I would turn it back off and wait longer. Now you wouldn’t have to go through that process if you remember to turn it off before you get up for five minutes.
Needless to say the forty dollars was placed on a gift card when I returned the set back to walmart. The lesson to be learned here is always keep your reciept when shopping at walmart and think twice before buying a wireless keyboard and mouse with a brand that is unfamiliar.
There will be a sequal to this post so stay tuned for the post on what I replaced the walmart innovations with.
Let me guess . . .
You bought an old manual typewriter.
Those were really cool. They had a bell that rang when you got close to the end of the margin. Really high tech.