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Can anyone recommend a good keyborard and mousers?

I need a new keyboard and mouse My good one broke and I am now reduced to one you have to hit so hard it is like using and old typewriter. The kids have also broke 2 mice and I am down to 1 so need another 2 of them aswell, one basic but I would like a better one for me.

I play world of warcraft so a keyboard and mouse that is also good for gamers would be nice, but it must not break the warcraft rules re programmable keyboards.

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Asked in keyboard, mouse, pc asked on: 08/29/2008 12:44pm

closed on: 09/05/2008 12:44pm

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Rank: Robert Koch (8,674) | PC (17), mouse (12)

5 minutes after the question was opened (08/29/2008 12:49pm)

I recently changed mine to a Microsoft Wireless laser keyboard 6000 v2.0 with optical mouse.
No problem todate and the keybord is easy on the wrist.

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Rank: Juniorprofessor (3,589) | PC (12), mouse (7)

17 minutes after the question was opened (08/29/2008 01:00pm)

Some of the logitech keyboards and mice (mouses?) are quite good.
I've used the NewTouch™ Keyboard 200 - USB which is quite good. And my friends who game have that too. There is a gaming keyboard but I think that has programmable keys.
For the mouse - MX 518 Optical Gaming Mouse is pretty good. They also have G9 and G5 laser gaming mice but I haven't tried these. They also seem to have smaller mice for kids which you could consider.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboards/&cl=sg,en# copy
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/&cl=sg,en# copy

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Rank: Doctorate (1,679)

5 hours after the question was opened (08/29/2008 04:47pm)

I bought one of these mice
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1740019606.... copy

It's lovely to use nice and tactile and points where you point it.

As for keyboards, when we replaced the one that came with our Evesham PC, I bought one from a 'cheap' shop for £3 and it was by far the best keyboard I've used. We played WOW too and used this kbd for it.
Most computer shops have some nice kiddie mice.

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Rank: Albert Einstein (21,586) | keyboard (37), PC (17)

6 hours after the question was opened (08/29/2008 05:52pm)

I've got a Z-board for gaming - it allows you to insert different keyboard layouts into it for different games, but is perfectly adequate on the regular layout. Not sure if physically replacing the keyboard with something with a different physical layout counts as against the WoW rules, though (although how they'd detect it I don't know, and it strikes me as a rather silly rule, for what it's worth!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ideazon-Zboard-Starter-Battlefield-Bundle/dp/B000MDXN0Y/... copy

As for a mouse (and also the keyboard!), you may want to get yourself 2 - one for gaming (a nice little precision laser optical mouse jobby) and a cheap and cheerful 2 button for the young folks to bash about.

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