Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
lol, not even close. They were around long before Microsoft started selling them.
-David
Oh come on - you knew what I meant. Yes, I had some piece of crap "optical" mouse on my Apple IIGS in the early 90's, but it needed a stupid mirrored grid pad. The first optical mouse us commoners could afford was from Microsoft and started replacing ball mice pretty quickly.
It appears this thread has taken on a life of its own.