Optical mice

[.cage]

Yay or nay?
And that's including use in games....

 

[Kempo]

yay for the microsoft intellimouse explorer imo

 

[Testin da Cable]

me too
works fine heh

 

[Hashmonster]

yay, i have the logitech one - works well and makes the room glow at night

 

[Perplex]

Yay

Plus, get an MS one. You get a free replacement every 6 months by phoning them and saying "it's jittering about, triedit on 5 different pcs"

voila, new mouse in the post 2 days later

 

[Kempo]

hehe n1 perp i think ill have to try that was thinking of getting a new v3 one coz ive got one of the older ones u think they'd gimmie one of the new ones for an old one?

 

[old.Jas]

I found I got wrist ache from the explorer as it was quite big (well... thats what I blamed it on ). I got the Intellimouse Optical instead.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/default.asp

 

[Perplex]

Originally posted by Kemposaur
hehe n1 perp i think ill have to try that was thinking of getting a new v3 one coz ive got one of the older ones u think they'd gimmie one of the new ones for an old one?

Nah, already tried that - they told me to get lost

 

[Kempo]

o well
hmm what are the thoughts on the new wireless optical one from ms its £45 on dabs will it being wireless ahve much effect on its performance?

 

[old.Explosive23]

I like ball mice better tbh.. my Logitech Pilot one is cool

 

[Testin da Cable]

the word used to be that wireless mice would give you a slight amount of lag.
that, and they're a tad heavy due to the batteries.

 

[old.mike15]

yay on optical I got an optical logitech iFeel and like it for everything.

 

[mankatron2001]

i've got a microsoft optical jobby, and i'm quite happy with it - for both games and general use :]

 

[Kempo]

any more opinions on wireless mice? r they any use for gaming? do the batterys run down quickly etc?

 

[Custy]

Someone from my clan has a wireless one and i heard nothing but complaints from him.

Get a normal MS intellimouse explorer or optical. Much better than a ball mouse and you can turn off the lights and to hand shadow patterns on the wall.

 

[Fex]

I've got a microsoft intelli optical and it's gr8 no probs what so ever

 

[Kempo]

ok thnx tdc and crusty i reckon ill jsut get the new optical one then

 

[Kempo]

So perp you wanna gimmie some pointers on getting this free replacement i might do that 1st then if i feel like getting a new one i can still do that

 

[old.Kez]

Originally posted by Kemposaur
o well
hmm what are the thoughts on the new wireless optical one from ms its £45 on dabs will it being wireless ahve much effect on its performance?

Spending £45 on a mouse is unequivocally tragic.

 

[.cage]

Spending £45 on a wireless mouse is even more so, wireless stuff is always shit, particularly headphones, I fucking LOATHE my wireless ones.

 

[Kempo]

Gee now ive really feel part of the community, Kez has had a go at me! im honoured i really am

 

[mankatron2001]

i don't see the point in wireless mice/keyboards at all, the only hassle they really save is having one less wire dangling around behind your desk.

 

[FuZor]

Logitec I-Feel optical gets the thumbs up from me!

 

[Sar]

<--M$ Intelli Optical, wee white one with side buttons on either side.

Works a treat in Q3.

 

[(Shovel)]

Originally posted by mankatron2001
i don't see the point in wireless mice/keyboards at all, the only hassle they really save is having one less wire dangling around behind your desk.

Which for me, who keeps treading on my keyboard wire and watching my keyboard fly off the back of my desk, it is amusing but potentially tragic. I recond a K/B may be ok - but then, it may not. Certainly would never touch a wireless mouse for a games machine - for a dev. only machine though I could see the benefits.

 

[mankatron2001]

yeah that's true enough, as well as offices where you've got people wandering around your workspace. though for game use, or personal use i'd probably get pissed off with losing signal/batteries dying midgame or something :]

 

[Sar]

Wireless mice suck for gaming, cos they only sample at 40Hz, so moving about is as jerky as feck.

USB samples at 125 which is yum

 

[Stazbumpa]

Me uses Micro$haft Intelli Explorer. Partly because its the only 5 button mouse that CS recognises as actually having all 5 buttons.

 

[PR.]

Can anyone recommend a nice optical mouse that is small enough to carry around with me laptop.

I saw a nice kensington mouse which had a retractable usb cable but they only sell it in the US

 

[Sar]

The Intelli Optical's about as small as you'll get tbh, unless there's some obscure optical mini-mouse knocking around. It's USB and pretty nifty. As mentioned above it's what I use for my main PC, and I'm getting a lappy in 2 months, and I'll use it on it as well.