The Wireless Revolution
So possibly I'm a few years too late, however, if you're any bit like me you'll know it's safer sticking with what works. As such, I've not been overly thrilled by using wireless computer devices. Sure, I have used a pair of wireless headphones for over five years now but I know audio works reliably through the ether. In 2000 my father bought an early Logitech wireless keyboard/mouse package which I think he used for five minutes before plugging those trusted wired peripherals back in. Not a great advert for what was an emerging technology...
Well zipping forward to a few days ago, I found myself stood in a PC store confronted with a wall of mice. When confronted with such colossal choice you find yourself thinking "if only I owned a Mac, I'd have... two mice to choose from - one with just one button and a brand new innovation with five buttons and a scroll wheel"...
Alright, mocking the Mac aside, I ended up taking home a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 which is absolutely fantastic (oh and fully compatible with Macs... so that's three...) umm and yes, my faith in wireless data components has increased. I would recommend one if you haven't got a wireless mouse already - its laser motion sensor makes it incredibly accurate and having no wires makes it a lot easier to use.
It actually would be worth mentioning that Seagate have unveiled a wireless hard disk drive at this year's CES. Yup, a whole 500gigs that's accessible at full USB2 speeds that doesn't require you to fiddle with cables inside the chassis. Just to make that clear - that's 480mbits/sec WIRELESS which pounds standard wireless LAN and Bluetooth technology into the ground.
Sound too good to be true? Mmmmh... yeah, it's a concept - though a working concept - and one that I believe if backed by chipset manufacturers would greatly benefit users. It would hopefully also lead to wireless solid state storage devices and even eventually make all cabled USB devices obsolete. So long as they get security right and ensure that my next door neighbour can't connect to my peripherals, the future of wireless is looking very cool indeed.
Well zipping forward to a few days ago, I found myself stood in a PC store confronted with a wall of mice. When confronted with such colossal choice you find yourself thinking "if only I owned a Mac, I'd have... two mice to choose from - one with just one button and a brand new innovation with five buttons and a scroll wheel"...
Alright, mocking the Mac aside, I ended up taking home a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 which is absolutely fantastic (oh and fully compatible with Macs... so that's three...) umm and yes, my faith in wireless data components has increased. I would recommend one if you haven't got a wireless mouse already - its laser motion sensor makes it incredibly accurate and having no wires makes it a lot easier to use.
It actually would be worth mentioning that Seagate have unveiled a wireless hard disk drive at this year's CES. Yup, a whole 500gigs that's accessible at full USB2 speeds that doesn't require you to fiddle with cables inside the chassis. Just to make that clear - that's 480mbits/sec WIRELESS which pounds standard wireless LAN and Bluetooth technology into the ground.
Sound too good to be true? Mmmmh... yeah, it's a concept - though a working concept - and one that I believe if backed by chipset manufacturers would greatly benefit users. It would hopefully also lead to wireless solid state storage devices and even eventually make all cabled USB devices obsolete. So long as they get security right and ensure that my next door neighbour can't connect to my peripherals, the future of wireless is looking very cool indeed.
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