The question I have wondered for years: Why do companies make mouses so loud?!

Have you ever been on the computer at some obscure hour and with every click you feel like you're either going to A: Wake someone up, B: Piss them off. Regardless of the reason, we accept the noise because it is such a precedent with all mice.

Well, not all. For example: The Magic Mouse.
Then there's the trackpad, which still never solved the problem on certain computers.

Don't even get me started with keyboards... Some modern keyboards are as loud as my Apple IIC.

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Dell BIOS Fail

Ok, so I don't have a keyboard at the moment, so what right? WRONG. Dell apparently thinks you need one at all times and there is no possible way that a computer could ever have a virtual keyboard or anything

Better yet, Dell decided to not have a timer on such problem but require you to press a key! Are you kidding me?

Nice one dell.

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How 15 bucks helped me save 400 on a new laptop, spoken from an ex-busted laptop!

A while back, I posted a blog post from the same laptop, suffering water damage: http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/10/9ott-9ob5v3e-3ey9o4r-0p4r9o3en6m.html

Finally, I can say that this laptop is fixed and working just as it did before, only with about an hour less battery life...

To recap the story and update it:

Someone used I a bit too much water while cleaning her laptop.
The first thing I did was make sure only the keyboard was damaged and then called the manufacturer.
Upon calling, the support, the man told me it would be about 50-70 dollars for a new keyboard.
Upon me calling that crazy, I hung up.

So I went to Amazon and searched the replacement number on the back. Low and behold, it came up for 15 bucks.
I ordered it, got it in the mail and when I opened it did not find the right keyboard, my luck.
A quick email and a few days later, a resend and retrieval, the right one arrived.

Today, here I stand knowing I saved someone 400 dollars and my reward: Brutally crushing the old keyboard

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Fun with compressed air keyboard cleaner

Now, I know it says don't turn it upside down but I did.

Look what happens:

That explains the freezing container after a few seconds.

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iPhone 4 Case With Attatched Keyboard

Finially! Just what I don't need!

I can type just fine, faster then on a computer in fact, on an iPhone. To make it better, it costs $70. A pretty good innovation for people who never got an iPhone and perhaps went to Android for it's real keyboard option. But for me, $70 I don't want to waste. I have to give them a pat on the back though, for it seems quite slim.

Check it out: http://www.boxwave.com/products/keyboardbuddycase/apple-iphone-4-keyboard-buddy-case_3968.htm

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