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Re: [OT] MS really understands the Mac
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Re: [OT] MS really understands the Mac


  • Subject: Re: [OT] MS really understands the Mac
  • From: Luis Ernesto Hernandez <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:43:51 -0400 (VET)

To me it seems like they did a bit of sloppy driver-porting to the Mac and
assembled the literature in a hurry, as to meet a deadline, so it makes
you wonder if they perform quality-control for Mac products as deeply as
they might for the PeeCee market. Just a thought.


Luis E. Hernandez
A R C H I T E C T




On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Bill Briggs wrote:

> Take a peek at the following page and Microsoft's requirements for their
> wireless mouse -- especially the bit about being compatible with
> MacOS (you need to page down to see it).
>
> From the MS web page listing requirements for their IntelliMouse Explorer
> wireless mouse <http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wie_req.asp>:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To use Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer and IntelliPoint mouse
> software with the scroll wheel and all customizable buttons, you need:
>
> * One of the following operating sytems:
> o Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x
> o Mac OS 10.1 to 10.3 (excluding Mac OS X)
> * 15 MB of available hard-disk space
> * An available USB port
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Apparently they can't even spell "operating systems"
>
> I guess they really go for the quality when hiring staff.
>
> - web
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