Top Mice Compared

Johnny writes "Unfortunately mice are one of the most overlooked computer peripherals, while in reality should be one of the first places where your hard earned cash should be invested in. TechSpot has posted a round-up of some of the best mice currently available in the market: Logitech's MX1000 and MX518, Razer's Viper and Diamondback, and from Microsoft, the Wireless Intellimouse Explorer and the Optical Mouse by S+ARCK."

Comments

Trackball is where it's at

[JPelorat]

With a gel wrist pad, your arm only moves when you want it to, and there's no RSI or other nerve damage.

And you can use it on any surface, since it doesn't move.

I've been using trackballs for about 10 years now, can't stand regular mice anymore.

Logitech seems to make the best ones. Their Trackman series is my favorite.

Re:Trackball is where it's at

[Jearil]

you might be pretty surprised on the quick accuracy you can gain with a trackball. I've been using one for about 4 years now and, while it was difficult at first, I'm able to quite easily hit headshots in Unreal 2004; no aim bot needed.

The difficulty though is people are more used to mice already, switching to a trackball takes a bit of a relearning on how to gain accuracy once again with it. But man are they comfortable!

Integrated pointing stick-keyboard not reviewed?

[Senor_Programmer]

I hate mice and would much prefer a good quality keyboard with pointing stick like the IBM notebooks. Preferably something matching layout of my notebook keyboard, and comfortable for lap or desktop use.

Is a periperal like his marketed? Pointer?

Mousepads?

[timtwobuck]

All this talk of the mice, but what of 'high-performance' mousepads? I recently upgraded from a regular wooden desk to a 20$ job, I can't remember the name of the company, something 1080, but the mouse just glides across it. I personally think this was an excellent upgrade to make, not only for gaming, but overall computing pleasure...I'm even contemplating purchasing a second for my work machine...

I have a MS natural keyboard and a 5 button optical intellimouse.

Re:Prices Differ; profit margin is huge..

[Trevahaha]

I actually had a lecture from a guy who designs mice for Microsoft. It's true, when they design these, they have to make sure not to include certain features in their lower-end mice, as so they can have something to put in their higher-end to keep the price up. Even if it's something as minor as the groove for your finger -- it's considered a "higher end feature." It's not about the cost to make, it's about what people are willing to spend. BTW, it was a really interesting lecture -- showing the process that each design goes through and seeing the different stages of prototyping.