*swears vociferously*

[Dymetrie]

Yesterday morning, for no reason, my lovely wireless desktop (pretty much this one) decided to go screwy on me... Every now and then (pretty much every 15-20 minutes) for no reason the cursor would scurry off (moving windows, right clicking, using the magnifying tool) and do what it wanted...

No change this morning so have ripped out the wireless and am back to y old Trust wired keyboard and M$ wired intellimouse...

Now these pieces of hardware are pretty old (and the keyboard media buttons don't actually work properly) so I'm looking at getting a new desktop set either wired or bluetooth (although I can't really afford bluetooth despite finding a dinovo bluetooth desktop for £82 yesterday ), and either M$ or logitech.

I would seriously love the dinovo but can't really justify the expense

So I've been looking around and have found this which looks pretty ok and I could combine it with a new one of these (currently have one which is 3-4 years old so is on its last legs ) or one of these 'cause it looks pretty ebil and funky

So basically I'm asking for any advice/suggestions/other that people may have as well as good places to source a new desktop/keyboard/mouse at a reasonable price


(for some reason my typing seems to be slightly better now, this could be due to the different keyboard shape or mebbe because a wired keyboard doesn't drop/lose keystrokes like my wireless one seemed to )

[kaiowas]

Whenever I need mice/kb on a budget I just go to ebuyer and buy a cheap black logitech keyboard and microsoft mouse. Usually don't pay more than £15-20 for the pair.

[Justsomebloke]

If you want a Superb Budget keyboard then the Speedlink Ultra Ally jobby is what you want.
I've had one over a year now & battered it with BF2/Spamming forums & the like.
Heavy ally design which makes it sturdy hard wearing & it never moves during critical frag sessions. Flush lap top style keys so your fingers don't get caught up when they fly about over the keys & all this for just over 20 quid

[Matblack]

I have a Dinovo and I've always been very pleased with it, the customer service is excellent and despite being secondhand, when the mouse charger stopped working they happily sent me a new one. They are expensive but no other keyboard/ mouse has ever lasted me the time these have. They do do a wireless rather than BT set which I think is a bit cheaper and you might want to consider

I'm quite tempted to get a new Dinovo Laser, so if you were interested then I'd be happy to let my old set go secondhand, everything works well, its just a little worn.


MB

[semi-pro waster]

If wired then the re-released Intellimouse Explorer V3 is definitely worth a punt although if you look around then you can still sometimes find the originals secondhand - I picked up a spare for £5.

Keyboard wise, I'd still be suggesting Microsoft, mine is currently at least 4 years old and still works as well as it ever did, the lettering on the keys hasn't even worn off yet and that is with near-enough use every day.

[Dymetrie]

That's quite tempting MB, would depend how much you want for it (it is the BT version yeah?).

Saying that, I have become somewhat accustomed to the M$ comfort curve rather than a straight keyboard, and after some digging around on various sites I've managed to find:

Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Black

and

Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3

The pair for ~£30+P&P doesn't look too shabby to me....

Now to fire up Kelkoo and see if I can find even cheaper

[Feek]

Those two at DABS will suit you nicely. It's a nightmare going back from a curved keyboard to a straight one. I like my G15 but I can't type for **** on it.

[Flibster]

MS Natural 4000 - £25 for the oem iirc
Logitech MX 1000 - £45ish

The MX1000 lasts for over a week on one charge for me.
MS Natural 4000 is the most comfortable keyboard I've ever used. Have every machine I use either running one of these or a MS Natural Pro.

Simon/~Flibster

[Dymetrie]

I can pick up a Natural 4000 with a wired mouse for ~£23+p&p.

Was opting against it as whilst I like the comfort curve I find the natural slightly too far for me (although if I gave myself time to get used to it then I'd probably end up as comfortable with it) and when I looked at the tech-specs they stated that the keyboard was 3.6" high... There's only 2.6" clearance on my desk (slidey drawer goodness) and it's only 8" deep from the front of the drawer to where the clearance needs to be....

I'm pretty sure I said BT or wired Flib

[Flibster]

Originally Posted by dymetrie

I can pick up a Natural 4000 with a wired mouse for ~£23+p&p.

Was opting against it as whilst I like the comfort curve I find the natural slightly too far for me (although if I gave myself time to get used to it then I'd probably end up as comfortable with it) and when I looked at the tech-specs they stated that the keyboard was 3.6" high... There's only 2.6" clearance on my desk (slidey drawer goodness) and it's only 8" deep from the front of the drawer to where the clearance needs to be....

I'm pretty sure I said BT or wired Flib

3.6" high with the legs up to tilt the keyboard more and the front lift as well. I don't use them so it's only about 2" high at the highest point at the back.

Whats wrong with the MX1000? You're not a militant leftie are you?