"Nothing sucks like Electrolux"

Post #443,713 by Andrew Grygus 12/2/23 1:44:18 AM 12/2/23 1:44:18 AM Reply	"Nothing sucks like Electrolux" Legendary failed advertising by Electrolux in USA - I have no idea whatever whether this actually happened or if it's just a legend - but it's one of those things that should have happened even if it didn't.
Post #443,715 by scoenye 12/2/23 2:46:48 PM 12/2/23 2:46:48 PM Reply	Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZrQqnRhmZ0 If nothing else, it does seem they used the tag line in the UK market.
Post #443,717 by drook 12/2/23 8:44:55 PM 12/2/23 8:44:55 PM Reply	Remember when Microsoft tried to make a mouse? Review at the time: Microsoft won't make anything that doesn't suck until they make a vacuum cleaner. -- Drew
Post #443,723 by pwhysall 12/4/23 1:03:18 PM 12/4/23 1:03:18 PM Reply	They made the Intellimouse Explorer, which at the time was the GOAT mouse.
Post #443,725 by drook 12/4/23 3:24:52 PM 12/4/23 3:24:52 PM Reply	"I got bettah" -- Drew
Post #443,726 by pwhysall 12/4/23 3:40:19 PM 12/4/23 3:40:19 PM Reply	TBH they’ve never made a bad mouse They’ve made a lot of very boring business mice, but their mice have always been at least usable. Apple, OTOH... ...yeah. That.
Post #443,728 by crazy 12/4/23 3:52:56 PM 12/4/23 3:52:56 PM Reply	While I agree that was actually good hardware The best possible mouse wasn't a mouse. It was the Kensington expert mouse trackball. That thing is incredible. It's like the old centipede trackball. Rock solid. I could twitch my thumb to have a slight press and make it fly across the screen and then catch it with my pinky while simultaneously clicking with my thumb as it traveled over the icon I wanted. Then I'd flick my pinky back and drop it exactly where it needed to be. Years of mouse usage destroyed my ulnar tunnel. It's kind of like carpal tunnel but a different pathway. I could not use a mouse and found out that many people who use mouse hardware end up like me. But after 2 weeks of using the trackball, my arm stopped hurting and my productivity multiplied immensely. I strongly suggest that all people try the Kensington expert mouse if they currently use a mouse.
Post #443,733 by drook 12/4/23 11:33:14 PM 12/4/23 11:33:14 PM Reply	If I were a hardware guy ... I've always wanted to find a control panel for a scrapped Missile Command arcade game and turn it into a computer trackball. -- Drew
Post #443,735 by pwhysall 12/5/23 2:00:23 AM 12/5/23 2:00:23 AM Reply	At the risk of derailing CRC’s thread... ...actually I’ll make a fresh one.

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