The Mouse Thread
 

I dunno but this mouse there (like may other mice) looks as if it's gonna hurt your hand. I could never work with something like that. I've been using Microsoft mice since the very beginning. Preferably MS Optical Wheel Mouse, it's not too complicated, it has a nice design and as long as you don't want to play Counterstrike 24/7, it also has enough functions.

I use a very basic Logitech optical mouse. I want my mice with wires and to be optical. That's all I need.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

When I'm at my parent's place, I use a Microsoft optical mouse.

http://www.krex.com/images/from_zip/g-z/wmo_xbig.jpg

People who use dark colored text on dark background should be banned.

Hell, you know what? People who wrap text colors around their entire posts should be banned.

I like this mouse:

http://rk86.com/frolov/mouse2.jpg

As far as preference: The Revolution feels nice but is WAY too expensive. The lowly MX518 will perform just as good (I love mine) for maybe a quarter of the price.

I just got my MX Revo a couple days ago. I was debating for a long time whether or not to get it, as the price point was pretty steep, but it had a lot of features I wanted.

I'm so fucking glad I did. It is supremely comfortable, the flywheel feature is amazing, the buttons are all completely customizable with a plugin for the included software "SetPoint" called "UberOptions," and the battery lasts forever.

I also recently picked up the Kensingtom Expert Mouse:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...125-017-06.JPG

I hadn't used a trackball for about 6 years when I grabbed this one, and man have they come a long way. Last one I used was a cheapie 2-button deal wiith a cheaply-made blue ball and physical tracking. This bad-boy has optical tracking, a huge ball (hrhrhrhrhr big ballz), a nifty scroll ring built in around the ball compartment, and the two top buttons instantly registered to Dashboard and Expose on my G5. Thing's comfortable as all hell to use, even if it was $100.

Sleep mode doesn't kick in until it's been idle for about 30 seconds. As for the 800DPI, it's fine for quick graphics-editing jobs and working in OpenOffice. Can't really say much beyond that. I don't do anything with 3D rendering or science/simulation/CAD/anything else requiring super-precise movements on that computer, so it doesn't make too much of a difference to me what the DPI is on my mouse. Seems pretty precise for what I've seen so far, though.

http://www.logitech.com/lang/images/0/12250.jpg

I've got the Logitech G5. This is an EXCELLENT mouse. After going through 2 wireless mice before this, I won't ever go back. Wireless mice are downright terrible for gaming. On the other hand, I use a wireless keyboard an it's 100% the same as a wired one. Go figure.

The G5 took a little getting used to since it was a lot larger than my previous mice. The feet on the bottom, coupled with a fairly slick mousepad is ideal because it is a little heavier than the MX518. Tracking is butter smooth and runs at 500MHz rather than wireless and it's cruddy 125MHz.

The two things that have me screaming for a redesign on this mouse is the lack of a browser 'forward' button and the loose scroll wheel. However, I've learned to cope by using the keyboard for such buttons, especially for Counter-Strike.

I use a Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse for my laptop. It's quite the durable thing as it has taken drops and accidental "stepped upon." The only problem is that it's a bit small in my hand. Making it one or two centimeters longer, length-wise, would have probably make it a better fit for me.

I'm looking at the Logitech Mouse that Grawl posted above, because it's a bit bigger.

So what?

It's distracting and obnoxious when you're trying to hold a real conversation here (which is exactly what you're trying to do with this thread.)

I'm all for having your fun, but this is ridiculous and being more annoying than Ace Combat or a_ week ever could possibly be.

Don't be a dick, for chrissakes.

Fair enough, I suppose the colour can retain itself to the RGB thread.

I own a Logitech MX1000 in Midnight Black (the only practical colour, since all metallic matt paints on Logitech mice wear away and end up looking crap).
It's a great mouse and very precise, perfect for my 3D work. I have considered getting the Revolution but with a 5 year warranty on my mouse I can get a new one if it ever breaks down, and I prefer the way mine looks too. The only thing I would want from the Revolution is that flywheel which would be perfect for scrolling long threads on GFF.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9...59smallwq2.jpg

my logitech G5 :)

I always wondered, what's with that weird colour scheme on the G5? The MX510/518 have the color swirl patterns which are kinda funky and psychedelic, but not as outlandish as the G5's rusted-metal look.

Then again, for all its comfort, the MX Revo looks downright bizarre.

@CelticWhisper: I've heard from an MX Revolution review that the thumb wheel, back/forward buttons and search button can't be bound to actions in games. Is this true? Even with/without the setpoint software?

I don't know about in games, but SetPoint has some limitations. You'll need the UberOptions plugin to remove the limitations and open up universal mapping.

I'm not a hundred percent certain, but UberOptions looks like it should be able to to configure the thumb wheel in games as well.

That's the same mouse that I've had for ages, and it hasn't given me any troubles. Inexpensive and gets the job done perfectly.

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/...resized200.jpg

ive had this for about 4 years and it still works decent

http://www.logitech.com/lang/images/0/12347.jpg

there was a time where bestbuy had a deal about that mouse were it was only 25$cad (was 80$cad the normal price) and at that time I was looking for a better mice so I jumped on the occasion. I love that mouse and the ability to change the sensitivity is great in some game. Oh and I can't live without the forward/backward button now, I always find myself search for them with my thumb at my school ; ;

http://www.sweex.com/producten.php?s...54&artikel=657

2 buttons, scroll wheel. Ultra basic optical mouse, uses PS/2, cost me like 3 pounds. I guess since I've never had any better, I don't really mind it at all. I might even say I like it. This is my first optical mouse, and I've had it for years. It still works perfectly too, and I don't get any of that "cursor jumping" I sometimes hear of people getting.

The surface I use it on is just the (varnished) bare top of my wooden desk. I had a mousepad for a while, but it works better just on the desk.

Cheap and cheeful. Beats cleaning my balls every few months =p

At my college, they use the mice grawl linked, but I don't notice any difference between theirs and mine.

I've been thinking about getting a Logitech MX1000 or MX Revolution for my Mac Pro... but Logitech's styling really turns me off. It just screams "OMG I'M HARDKORE FRAGGIN N00BS." Lame. I wish they could make a mouse that was as understated as the Apple Mighty Mouse, but had one of those smexy Logitech sensors in it. Flywheel idea's kinda cool, though I really like the horizontal scrolling ball in the Mighty Mouse. Not having two discrete buttons sucks though, in those rare situations (mostly games) where being able to click/click-and-hold both at the same time would be useful. So many tradeoffs.

That said, I'll probably get one eventually, just for having it. The 1000 isn't as guilty of the l337 g4m3r styling as the Revolution is. Plus, my old MX900 (<3 Bluetooth, hate that Logitech has abandoned it) has a wonky left button, where it randomly (and more and more often) double clicks instead of single-clicking. Yuck. Then I'll just move the MM over to "portable duty" w/ my PowerBook.

For those who own the Revolution: I have also heard that the wheel click (middle wheel on the top) does not function as a normal wheel-click (Closing tabs in Firefox). If this is the case, does UberOptions fix this? I can grab this thing at Staples for $59.99, but I want to be sure before I buy it.

Yea, Sweex makes pretty good products that are extremely cheap. Got 2 cases, one something-in-one external card reader, a wireless network card and a keyboard by them and they have all been working great.

I usually go for every other generation of Logitech mice. The MX700 was the first wireless mouse I got from them, then I skipped the MX1000 and selected the G7 (the 65 minus the weights and wire), which I use now and love. <3

I'll probably skip the Revolution and get whatever comes next... unless it's THAT good. :tpg: I haven't tried it yet, or even know about it until I saw this thread.

That happened for a while with my old MS Intellimouse. I fixed it by jamming the thing on fingernail clippers that's used for cleaning under your nails underneath the mouse button. There was a little bit of dirt/dust/gunk that had worked there over a few years worth of heavy use and the button made a bit of a 'pop' sound when I did it. Started working perfectly normal afterwards. Did the same way to clean out my mousewheel that had started to stick a bit after years of use.

Right now I own the intellimouse I mentioned above (for an idea of how old it is, I bought it with the $50 Best Buy gift certificate that came with my 8x4x32 Iomega CD-RW drive that didn't have Buffer Underrun protection) which I use with my laptop and when I play games. I also own the Logitech MX700 wireless keyboard/mouse which I like a lot, although they both tend to have problems when playing games. They keyboard will just stop responding for a few seconds occasionally, and the mouse has a bad problem with not detecting MouseUp actions, so I'm stuck firing my gun even after I've let go of the button, so I'll blow through a while clip when I really don't mean to. :(

Was thinking about upgrading to a new wired mouse that has the ability to change DPI settings from on the mouse, but I'm just too cheap and haven't played a PC game in months. =/

@Free.User: I've heard that UberOptions can fix that problem. I haven't tried it myself, but looking at the options dialog shows a reconfigurable middle-click and a number of comments on Neowin has confirmed it.

@Killmoms: The MX Revo looks a lot less like a gamer mouse in person than it does in screenshots. I also hear wireless mice are crap for games. From what I've seen, companies like Razor are far more guilty of style-over-substance "l33t k!dd!3z" designs (ridged buttons, WTF?). The MX Revo feels more like it was designed with office apps in mind than games, what with the fast-scroll and auto-search features.

Yeah, wireless mice can't update as fast, apparently. Though, in my case, I completely suck at twich-gaming FPSes like Q3/4 and whatnot anyway, so I don't play them. :)

New mouse and a Wacom 6 x 11. These are the input devices I need to obtain.

Car comes first though.

I use a Logitech G7. I like using wireless mice, but hate when they die on me. Gotta put them on the cradle for an hour or two regardless of what I was in the middle of doing. So, the removable battery pack thing is pretty great for me. It doesn't have a ton of buttons or anything like that, but the DPI switch right there on the hardware is pretty cool, and works independent of the drivers. I did have a problem with the left button a couple weeks ago--it started sticking or something, and a single click would turn into two clicks. Some moderator in their forums suggested clicking it over and over as fast as you can for 10 minutes or so, and that cleared it up.

Haha, that would be the best tech support phonecall ever. Just sitting there ten minutes with an operator while you click your mouse mercilessly.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/939...semuis4ke0.jpg

That's my mouse. It is a Labtec wired optical mouse. Nothing fancy, just two buttons and a scroll wheel.

I have had it for about 18 months and not had any trouble with it. It was all I could afford back then, I think that it set me back £4.
I'm in the market for another mouse though, I just feel that it is time for change. I really like the look of the G5, but I'm not sure if I want to spend £45 on it.

Is it really that good?

I just grabbed the MX Revolution from Staples for $60. I've had about a week with it, and so far no complaints. UberOptions has solved all button mapping issues, and I haven't found the low DPI to be a bother. A+, would buy again.

Wait till you really get a feel for the thumb wheel. It's a little tricky at first, a lot of my "turns" registered as "clicks," but once I got used to it I mapped it to Ctrl+Tab to flip tabs in Firefox. Friggin' awesome.

Somebody is going to flame the hell out of me for doing this I just know it.

APPLE FOREVER!!!!

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