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posted by martyb on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the Silence-is-Golden,-but-this-Mouse-isn't dept.

Since many people are claiming that small noises are a pain, Logitech set out to design mices which are about 10dB less clicky than the usual ones.
At around 25dB, the M220 Silent/M330 Silent Plus are probably near the noise floor of most office spaces, and surprisingly not a premium product (under US$30).

That doesn't sound like a bad thing for people with small places and light-sleeping partners either. Are Soylentils really bothered by Joe-the-spreadsheet-clicker, or do you believe in counter-offensive?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 01 2016, @09:56AM (#396113)

    Oh really, and when was the last time you needed to clean your mouseball? Never, that's when, because optical mice don't have any mouseballs.

    The microswitch is an unnecessary component of a touch mouse. If it were designed properly, it wouldn't have a microswitch that needed fixing.

  • (Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Thursday September 01 2016, @12:40PM

    by art guerrilla (3082) on Thursday September 01 2016, @12:40PM (#396147)

    three ballless mice, three ballless mice
    see how they cursor, see how they cursor,
    they all ran after the nerd's wife,
    who cut off their USB tails with a carving knife,
    did you ever see such a sight in your life as
    three ballless mice

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Aiwendil on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:00PM

    by Aiwendil (531) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:00PM (#396254) Journal

    Actually..
    With ball-mice I cleaned them once a year (as with my keyboards) but with optical I need to de-hair the slit near the led/receptor pair roughly every second month.

    I can only imagine what it must be like for people with cats

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:12PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:12PM (#396268)

      > I need to de-hair the slit near the led/receptor pair roughly every second month.

      The jokes write themselves...

      • (Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:19PM

        by Aiwendil (531) on Thursday September 01 2016, @05:19PM (#396274) Journal

        Draft one did not say "ball-mice"... ;)