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webmonkey44
What is your favourite mouse technology, and are high-mousepads worth buying?
Kaspers
I'm using the mighty mouse on a 'corepad'. Works perfectly.
Feels like the mouse is much more 'Expensive', yeah hard to explain, but its worth it.

Ow and by the way, in my opinion, the wireless mighty mouse sucks, because it responds way to slow,
I can work much more precisely with the wired mouse.
Alessandro17
As I wrote in another thread, since I bought a second hand Apple Pro keyboard I can't use my old Logitech MX700 any longer.
For the life of me I can't make them work together, no matter how I connect them.
Thus I am using a cheap (Eur 10) usb optical mouse (wired) which I happened to have at home.
I might buy a mighty mouse, but it gives me a funny feeling.
cash68
Avoid mighty mouses. They suck. After using one for a few days my hand started to hurt and ache. It's NOT very ergonomic. Mice should NOT cause pain.
bwhsh8r
TRACKBALL =D


seriously

that or laser, laser is 20x as accurate as optical.
Wayland
I have the Performance Laser by Logitech... never going back to anything else...
Zizou
Back when I still gamed a rough 20 hours per week I bought the Razar Diamondback tongue.gif

It was like 50 euros back then, still use it. Best mouse I ever had. (and indeed the Mighty mouse SUCKS. I used it too, just doesn't give you a good feeling.)
webmonkey44
QUOTE(Wayland @ May 17 2007, 09:59 AM) *
I have the Performance Laser by Logitech... never going back to anything else...


I agree. I have a G7.
Paranoid Marvin
QUOTE(cash68 @ May 17 2007, 12:49 AM) *
Avoid mighty mouses. They suck. After using one for a few days my hand started to hurt and ache. It's NOT very ergonomic. Mice should NOT cause pain.


Well, once you use it for a few months, the 5th finger that you have grown really helps!

Admittedly, they are quite uncomforatable to use, but they are great once you get used to it
OSXtasy
Logitech G-7 Laser.......nothing like it. thumbsup_anim.gif
Sabr
I use the Logitech G5 (exactly the same as G7 but powered by USB instead of wireless). It's nice, but the Logitech control center driver does not detect my mouse.
Colonel
I love Microsoft keyboards and mice. biggrin.gif

^ My desktop set. It's truly amazing.
mac-mini
apple sets or logitech
webmonkey44
QUOTE(Sabr @ May 19 2007, 02:37 AM) *
I use the Logitech G5 (exactly the same as G7 but powered by USB instead of wireless). It's nice, but the Logitech control center driver does not detect my mouse.


weird...

QUOTE(Colonel @ May 19 2007, 03:17 AM) *
I love Microsoft keyboards and mice. biggrin.gif

^ My desktop set. It's truly amazing.



not bad even if it isn't my taste.
non sequitur
Who said ball mice?
webmonkey44
QUOTE(non sequitur @ May 21 2007, 09:16 AM) *
Who said ball mice?



I dunno!?
NeSuKuN
G7 > all I don't care if Logitech's cp doesn't support it because I don't use the extra button. Having the battery meter in the mouse and supporting horizontal scroll and speed change is all I need.
webmonkey44
QUOTE(NeSuKuN @ May 21 2007, 07:46 PM) *
G7 > all I don't care if Logitech's cp doesn't support it because I don't use the extra button. Having the battery meter in the mouse and supporting horizontal scroll and speed change is all I need.



I see what you are saying. Unless you want to adjust the sensitivity from default or reprogram buttons you don't need the drivers.
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