I couldn't tell you if it was the adaptor or the laptop that made the difference, but I used to use one and it worked great. The adaptor may have said it was specifically for keyboard+mouse...it's ...

I've got a USB mouse (MS) that came with a USB to PS/2 converter. It works fine hooked up to a PS/2 port. I run it through a KVM switch that is PS/2 and not USB so this is necessary. One of the boxen ...

Editor's take: One of the first upgrades I bought for my very first computer around the turn of the century was a Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer. Its standout feature was IntelliEye, an optical ...