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I'll answer that later. For now, I wanted to point out a solution for those not lucky (or damned) enough to have USB ports or be running Windows 98. It's a utility called PS2rate, written by Juha Kujala. This little program will basically adjust the sampling rate for a PS/2 mouse to equal or surpass that of the USB mouse. A few quick tests show that it works as advertised, namely, placing the maligned PS/2 mouse on equal or higher footing than USB. What this means is that everyone else, not just Windows 98 users, can take advantage of the "gamers' bliss," without having to buy new hardware or upgrade your OS.

Besides those who haven't upgraded from Windows 95, this includes a very important subset of the computing population - Windows NT users. When I need to get some real work done, I boot into NT. If I were to run USB, I'd have dual boot into 98, and have two mice plugged into my computer. That's ridiculous! With the recent availability of an NT rate adjustment utility, there's absolutely no need to go to USB, nor would I have to waste resources by plugging in a PS/2 AND USB mouse together. By the way, they don't always "coexist peacefully." Ever play SHOGO? Unfortunately, that game just croaks if you use a USB mouse. Having a PS/2 mouse installed at the same time doesn't help, nor does removing the USB mouse before starting the game. So much for hot-plugging.