Newegg.com question

[Un4GiveN]

I was recently going to buy a Microsoft wireless Intellimouse Explorer off of newegg and I don't know what to make of this comment that is on almost all of the mouses for sale "**Must be purchased with hardware!**" What does this mean?

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[Twitch]

Well, I noticed that all the mice that have that next to them also say "O.E.M."...sounds like you can't buy just the mouse by itself? I'm not sure though.



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[dhlucke]

lol....mouses


They have the same thing for windows OS last I checked. You should be able to find something for a dollar on their site in case you really don't need anything else. Look under the accessories.

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[Cuda]

OEM means it must be purchased as part of semi-complete system. The prices on these items are usually better than Retail. It allows system builders to make a profit on thier complete systems.

 

[shifty_jim101]

Try ordering from www.googlegear.com
Intellimouse (optical 5 button OEM) runs about 23$ with 2day shipping, they automatically 'sell' you an audio cable for $0.00 in order to comply with Microsoft's OEM policy
PRetty freakin sweet if you ask me

 

[upec]

I would also recommend www.googlegear.com. I also have good experience with them.

 

[jankphil]

i've delt with both newegg and googlegear, googlegear's great as long as you don't have to return anything (they sat on my ram return for 2 weeks, 2 phone calls and 3 e-mails to get them to send something back) newegg has a great return service. (psu died, got one back within a week) that's about the only difference between them. But with OEM windows, i see that being a requirement everywhere, probably pack it with the product your buying so it doesn't get killed. A lot of OEM products (suck as windows) come with a booklet and cd, and that's it. Packing it together probably saves on shipping costs.

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[AMD_Man]

lol....mouses

That is the correct plural term, you know. Mice is only for the living variety.

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[Grub]

What if you had mice using mouses? Would the collective term then be mices?

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[hellodeadcat]

I have that mouse.. it sits and collects dust at the moment. I thought it had terrible response time (do not try to play games with it) and it ate batteries. Just for the heck of it, I tried installing the driver to see if there would be any performance gains (yes wishfull thinking). The driver wanted to phone home to m$. What bill gates wants to know about my mouse usage is well beyond my grasp.

 

[dhlucke]

That is the correct plural term, you know. Mice is only for the living variety

ROFL. I'm sorry. ROFL

A: "I'd like to buy two mouses please"

B: "Did you say mousies?"

A: "Do you have two mouses I can buy?"

B: "Do you mean mice or mousies?"

A: "Screw you! I'm going home!"


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[Twitch]

I think "mice" is correct. That opinion and $1.00 still won't buy me a Latte at Starbucks.



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