my next door neighbor had one of these bad boys circa 2005, and i HATED it, but he had Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 and Sim City 2000 and I did not, so we had no choice
Even in high school I knew I was going into the digital art space in some way for my Major in undergrad and so we saved up multiple birthday's to get the big iMac G4. You know the one with the half orb base and the goose neck supporting a huge monitor that you could position. It came with the one on the left, just a huge clear button on the top to click, no right click left click or anything. The side buttons did something and I don't even remember what because you never used them, they were so awkward.
I eventually wanted a scroll wheel so I upgrade to the one on the right. I hated this thing so much. Just ever month or so getting out an index card and rubbing that fucking ball all over it until it finally worked again. Just gross gray trails all over your index card. Even beyond the little ball, it broke more often than it should. I think I had three of these over the years.
This motherfucker right here was supposed to be the future of FPS controls for five minutes in 1997.
I used this keyboard as my daily driver for a long time and I will not hesitate to use it again if they, like, reissued it as a mechanical keyboard. I miss having dedicated system function keys so much.
