2006-10-06 23:21:18 · 9 answers · asked by DS 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
the last 2 or 3 years i guess
2006-10-08 11:35:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The replacement in my experience has been more gradual then a full on switch.
For example the Optical laser mouse has been around for a long time but was at first more popular with the gaming crowd. since they were expensive they weren't that common.
Then as the price of technology dropped I saw more and more of my friends using the optical mouse.
now almost everyone i know uses them, and almost ever system comes with that(but then a lot of the lower end system packages still come with a rollerball mouse to shave costs)
2006-10-07 06:41:02 · answer #2 · answered by jorlwind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That happened this year, a lot of problems occured with ball mice, and a number of ideas were put forward to replace them, the fiber optic mouse repaced it this year because they are more reliable and ore respinsive and less sluggish than a ball mouse, and you don't have to do much cleaning with them
2006-10-07 06:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probable around 2000
2006-10-07 06:37:35 · answer #4 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have not replaced thm but joined them, ball mice are still very widely used.
2006-10-07 06:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didnt know optical were as standard?
2006-10-07 06:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that was the year when the rats began to get the betterof them. Hope this helps.
2006-10-07 06:32:11 · answer #7 · answered by Paul J.C. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are we talking about real mice, robotic or the computer form.
2006-10-07 06:24:33 · answer #8 · answered by russellhamuk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2009 i think
2006-10-07 06:28:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋