R.I.P. mx1000 laser, 2005 - 2017

I feel at a loss, like losing my own hand.

This feels :'(

12 years ?? how does it last that long ??
Mine were done within 2 years average

@Jilano Still need to use the mouse for using my desktop though

@linux thanks... i need to go with my wired mouse now ...

@sam9669 Well, i took really good care of it, cleaned it every month, made sure the contacts for charging were not rusting, and i have a general respect for my hardware, ensured my oldest computer is now like 19 years old (an HP xw6000 workstation with - i shit you not - a Xeon i386 processor and 1GB ram and classic SCSI drives)

When our mouse died, se die with it :(

@Jilano i checked this one out during my lunch break. Quite excited about it, guess that will be my next heavy duty mouse for the coming years. Hope it lasts 12 years as well.

Ahahah, I keep the corpses of 3 of them. Glad I'm not alone 😛

@Atlas That's more of a gaming mouse, where my use case is more dayly dev works, and pixel precision. I'm no more into swaggy stuff, so i've set my mouse successor to the mx master for now. Thanks for the suggestion though!

I'm more sad when my mouse stops working than when my prosthetic hand stops working. I'm deeply sorry for your loss, but it's in a better place now.

@NeatNerdPrime I have the same model since 2004. Now only lasts 6 to 8 days of heavy use on a single charge but otherwise still going strong. Have my condolences and ++

To everyone, thank you for your condolences... The problem why it is declared dead is that the left mouse button does not respond anymore as it should be. Resulting in various times the mouse releases the button while held, If i could just fix the switch inside it... but breaking open the mouse would simply destroy it for sure... Oh well, thank you all for your shared grief.

@Atlas you sir are a gentleman and a scholar! Your instructions led me to fix my mouse!

TL;DR: fixed mouse with 5layered scotch tape, saved a personal relic.

> open up mouse because i think 'what more dmg can i do'?
> open up mouse, appauled by the amount of dirt and hairs creeping in, cleaned it out with high pressure air and a non-static brush
> notice the left mouse button has a deeper 'groove' then the right mouse button, right where the swith is supposed to be, lightbulb in my head turns on.
> reasoning 'that groove is deeper because of all those pushes on the left button molding the plastic deeper, meaning the pressure on the switch diminished because it vannot push deep enough to make contact'
> decide to tape the contact area of button and switch with 5 layers of scotch office tape in small squares, see pic.
> remount everything back, ensuring to not screwing the bolts too tight breaking the chassis
> turn on mouse
> ...
> it fucking works as it used to be! Huzaaaah!!!!!