Adata Teases XPG Gaming Mouse with 1 TB of Solid State Memory

[MadMummy76]

I'm with you on this. I mean, my mice tend to last 5+ years, but theys till wear out, and it would be a shame to have to dispose of something tied to it when it does...
I know today's wireless mice are better than in the past, but I still want absolutely nothing to do with anything wireless.

If it can be wired, I wire it. If it cant, I try to use it as little as possible.

The cheaper wireless mice that work on a single AA battery for months, are still terrible. I'd not use them for anything but web browsing or word processing on the road with a laptop. But higher end wireless gaming mice are indistinguishable from corded ones. Of course these have to be charged every 3-4 days depending on use. That's why I have two, and I simply switch to the other one when the battery dies. Because I can't be dealing with a cable even while it is charging.

I so hated cables on mice, getting tangled up,interfering with my movements, or if it's too loose then getting caught on the pedals under the desk. I couldn't be happier to get rid of wired mice. I don't care about wireless keyboards, those stay in place so the cable stays in place it can be tucked away out of the way.

 

[MadMummy76]

I guess my take is, you might expect a raging temper-tantrum from a freaking 5 year old, but if you are still doing that by the time you are 12, there are some serious underlying mental issues that need to be worked out.

It is better to let anger out than let it eat you up from the inside.

 

[Denpepe]

And watching videos and browsing the web on a phone is actually terrible.
WTF would you use a tiny touchscreen instead of a proper desktop

While I agree with you, MP3 players and Digital photo camera's almost went the way of the Dodo due to smart phones taking their place.

 

[Endgame]

While I agree with you, MP3 players and Digital photo camera's almost went the way of the Dodo due to smart phones taking their place.

I’m pretty sure DSLRs are still the camera of choice for photographers. I’ll give you the MP3 player though

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

Uh... you people do realize that just because the mouse functions break (buttons, laser/optical reader, etc..) doesn't mean it can't still function as a storage device with the built in SSD.

Not to mention SSDs don't last forever either.

 

[Brian_B]

I’m pretty sure DSLRs are still the camera of choice for photographers. I’ll give you the MP3 player though

Yeah, but the only time I ever see a camera any more is because it's a professional photographer, at a staged shoot.

 

[Endgame]

Yeah, but the only time I ever see a camera any more is because it's a professional photographer, at a staged shoot.

It’s not just staged shoots - I doubt you would see a wedding photographer using a phone.

the phone camera is for the same people that used to buy e-machines or corollas. They don’t care about any of the details, and as long as it turns on and takes a picture, that’s all they really want.

 

[Denpepe]

the phone camera is for the same people that used to buy e-machines or corollas. They don’t care about any of the details, and as long as it turns on and takes a picture, that’s all they really want.

Well I'd rather sell the amount of phones that get used for photo's (among other uses) then the nr of proffesional camera's from a business standpoint.

 

[MadMummy76]

While I agree with you, MP3 players and Digital photo camera's almost went the way of the Dodo due to smart phones taking their place.

Because a phone can do everything an MP3 player can, there is no compromise there. As for digital cameras, it only replaced the low end point and shoot cameras.

 

[MadMummy76]

Uh... you people do realize that just because the mouse functions break (buttons, laser/optical reader, etc..) doesn't mean it can't still function as a storage device with the built in SSD.

Yeah, I'll think about that when I'm on the market for a really awkward mouse shaped external SSD. And prey that when the mousey bit fails the ssd still remains accessible.

Not to mention SSDs don't last forever either.

Well, I'm not so sure about that. They certainly last longer than mice, where something is guaranteed to fail or become too worn to use sooner or later. Meanwhile the very first SSDs we got at my work are still in use, and no worse than a new SATA SSD. And they didn't have an easy life.

 

[Zarathustra]

Not to mention SSDs don't last forever either.

I mean, nothing lasts forever, but these are not the bad old days of early OCZ drives anymore.

I've had Samsung drives in heavy write applications on my server (cache etc.) and I've used them for 8+ years and they've still had 35+ % wear left when I took them out after all that time.

 

[Brian_B]

It’s not just staged shoots - I doubt you would see a wedding photographer using a phone.

I'm not in the business so I may not have the lingo and such correct, but I can't think of anything more staged than a Wedding.

 

[Brian_B]

Well, I'm not so sure about that. They certainly last longer than mice, where something is guaranteed to fail or become too worn to use sooner or later.

I'd agree with this. That said, a typical thumb drive - hit or mess. I have a bad habit of accidently running thumb drives through the laundry, and a lot of them out there are the absolute cheapest thing that could be possibly manufactured.

Going over a USB interface I imagine it more like a replacement for a thumb drive than an internal NVMe. Wouldn't be bad at all for a user profile and saved games, backups, etc - not sure I'd want to boot and run an OS or entire game from it though.

 

[LazyGamer]

I’m pretty sure DSLRs are still the camera of choice for photographers.

Mirrorless is taking over and is the technology of choice - so we've switched to calling them ILCs (interchangeable lens cameras)

Yeah, but the only time I ever see a camera any more is because it's a professional photographer, at a staged shoot.

This is true, even for pro photographers.

Phone cameras have long since reached that 'good enough' point where the returns of using a dedicated camera of any sort are rather marginal - in a lot of ways the phones can do better, faster, just due to having superior processing.

And that 'internet-grade' output has taken most of the strain of output resolution away. If 4k is only 8.3MP, just how many MP does your camera need?

[as an aside, I'm using a Canon 6D, and looking to upgrade to a Canon R6 - entirely for the better autofocus, the resolution between the two is still just 20MP!]

 

[Endgame]

I'm not in the business so I may not have the lingo and such correct, but I can't think of anything more staged than a Wedding.

My understating of staged photography matches the first Google hit:

“
Staging a photograph is similar to painting a canvas. Rather than capturing the moment, artists make specific choices when staging their images. By consciously placing elements and arranging compositions, they create the events,
“

For the half dozen or so weddings I’ve been in, very little of the wedding photography is staged like a canvas. The photographer doesn’t ask the flower girl, for example, to stop mid way down the aisle, move to the side, change the lighting, then take the picture, or ask the dancing guests to pause, put their arms around each other and smile in a particular way.

 

[Brian_B]

very little of the wedding photography is staged like a canvas.

Every wedding I've ever been to, after the actual ceremony, the couple (along with key folks) go back for like 3 hours of staged pictures while everyone else gets to wait around at the bar. And odds are very high that before the ceremony the photographer is grabbing the flower girl and others (best man, etc) and staging them for some photos around the room. The actual ceremony (walking down said isle with the flower girl) is ... maybe 10 minutes?

 

[LazyGamer]

I mean, nothing lasts forever, but these are not the bad old days of early OCZ drives anymore.

I've had Samsung drives in heavy write applications on my server (cache etc.) and I've used them for 8+ years and they've still had 35+ % wear left when I took them out after all that time.

I count my failed SSDs among: Samsung, Sandisk, and OCZ, each once. OCZ was even RMA'd, and the replacement has failed.

All from the early SATA age though. Everything in M.2 format is going strong, despite occasional abuse and transition between host.

 

[Endgame]

Every wedding I've ever been to, after the actual ceremony, the couple (along with key folks) go back for like 3 hours of staged pictures while everyone else gets to wait around at the bar. And odds are very high that before the ceremony the photographer is grabbing the flower girl and others (best man, etc) and staging them for some photos around the room. The actual ceremony (walking down said isle with the flower girl) is ... maybe 10 minutes?

Could be my small town roots - only 2 photographers in town and they both basically followed the same template. They showed up a few hours before the ceremony and got to know everyone took pictures of getting ready. One male photographer (in my case the business owner) and one female (in my case, his daughter). Bride and groom pictures taken about an hour before the ceremony. Then they took pictures during the ceremony, got the families together for 15 minutes for a couple of “everyone” photos in the church, and then followed you to the reception hall and took pictures of the party till about 2am.

WTF do the 90+ guests do for 3 hours after the ceremony if you spend all that time getting pictures taken? Sounds miserable.

 

[MadMummy76]

I'd agree with this. That said, a typical thumb drive - hit or mess. I have a bad habit of accidently running thumb drives through the laundry, and a lot of them out there are the absolute cheapest thing that could be possibly manufactured.

Going over a USB interface I imagine it more like a replacement for a thumb drive than an internal NVMe. Wouldn't be bad at all for a user profile and saved games, backups, etc - not sure I'd want to boot and run an OS or entire game from it though.

Most thumb drives are crap, we can agree on that. But nothing stopped you from having an external enclosure with an SSD. If I want an external backup drive having it in the mouse is the least secure place for it, where it can fall, stuff can spill on it, constantly gets moved around.

Not to mention that using an SSD for backup is a waste anyway. I'd rather have two HDDs, in mirror, than a single SSD for the same price or less.

The more I think on it the less sense this makes. I'm trying to think up situations, but there are literally none where it would be beneficial to have an SSD in your mouse.

 

[MadMummy76]

I mean, nothing lasts forever, but these are not the bad old days of early OCZ drives anymore.

I've had Samsung drives in heavy write applications on my server (cache etc.) and I've used them for 8+ years and they've still had 35+ % wear left when I took them out after all that time.

I'm still using samsung 830 and OCZ Vertex3 SSDs at work, that were purchased in 2011, or early 2012. They were the primary workhorse until we replaced them with larger ones, but they still see heavy usage in secondary workstations. Without a single failure ever.