Back to Basics: the 1983 Microsoft Mouse
With the rapid advancement of technology that has happened within the past twenty years alone, many of us have already ended up taking for granted things that, years ago, would have been considered amazing. One of these would be the humble mouse.
In this day and age, a lot of people already consider this PC peripheral as an extension of their arm, and even toddlers are acquainted with its use very early. However, there are also those who demand a lot from the mouse. These days, a typical mouse should have a scroll wheel, at least five buttons, Bluetooth, infrared, wireless connectivity, USB ports, LED lights, a coffee stirrer, lasers, x-ray generators, kryptonite, AND it should come in a whole palette of colors and themes.
Okay, we were kidding about the coffee stirrer, the X-ray generator, and the kryptonite, but you get the picture, right?
Well, just to put things into perspective, take a look back and behold glorious 1983 technology: welcome the Microsoft Mouse. It features two buttons, the ability to impersonate a trapezoidal block of cheese, and it comes in ONE color. Oh, and it comes with Microsoft Word, the game Life, Notepad, and a tutorial on the proper usage of a mouse. All yours for the wonderfully low, low price of US$ 195.
And you thought your plain, old mouse with only three buttons and a scroll wheel sucked…
With the rapid advancement of technology that has happened within the past twenty years alone, many of us have already ended up taking for granted things that, years ago, would have been considered amazing. One of these would be the humble mouse.
In this day and age, a lot of people already consider this PC peripheral as an extension of their arm, and even toddlers are acquainted with its use very early. However, there are also those who demand a lot from the mouse. These days, a typical mouse should have a scroll wheel, at least five buttons, Bluetooth, infrared, wireless connectivity, USB ports, LED lights, a coffee stirrer, lasers, x-ray generators, kryptonite, AND it should come in a whole palette of colors and themes.
Okay, we were kidding about the coffee stirrer, the X-ray generator, and the kryptonite, but you get the picture, right?
Well, just to put things into perspective, take a look back and behold glorious 1983 technology: welcome the Microsoft Mouse. It features two buttons, the ability to impersonate a trapezoidal block of cheese, and it comes in ONE color. Oh, and it comes with Microsoft Word, the game Life, Notepad, and a tutorial on the proper usage of a mouse. All yours for the wonderfully low, low price of US$ 195.
And you thought your plain, old mouse with only three buttons and a scroll wheel sucked…
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