Microsoft publishes a Manual of Style for Technical Publications (that is its title). In its latest (third) edition, on page 17, the manual tells us that the plural of mouse is not mice, but mouse devices.
(We are here referring not to the small mammal, but to the movable control module on a computer.)
So imagine my surprise when I was browsing Microsoft's sales site, at
microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=otherproducts,
and found the following:
"Learn more about Mac-compatible mice."
Ah well, it is easy to promulgate a rule; it's hard to enforce it always.
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