Buzz Out Loud Lounge: What mouse do you use?
(NT) Razer Copperhead 2000dpi
by ph3Ar - 4/4/06 10:39 PM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseI Use
by heundorothy - 4/5/06 10:06 AM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseThe basic Microsoft Optical Mouse at work and at home, I use the wireless MS Keyboard Mouse combo pack, that also has an optical mouse.
They both have a scroll wheel, are ergonomically pretty nice, not that expensive, last for a very long time.
Logitech G5 Gamer
by xfile102 - 4/5/06 10:39 AM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseBest mouse I have ever owned. Even better than the old Razor I used to have. More info here:http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?ref=froogle&product_code=333696&pfp=cat3
Microsoft Optical Mouse
by acedtect
- 4/7/06 2:01 PM
In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3bose
Because that's what they gave me at work. At home I don't use a mouse on the laptop, just the trackpad. On the desktop I use an IBM PS/2 mouse.
(NT) Little Toshiba Nub Thing
by Justin0077 - 4/7/06 2:32 PM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseWireless
by firestarter - 4/7/06 3:31 PM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3bosemicrosoft wireless optical mouse and keyboard combo
The cheapest one I could get at Fry's
by comppsyco - 4/7/06 3:37 PM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseCost me $4.99, PS/2, optical, some brand called "BTC." (The only game I ever play is civilization)
I have a funny mouse story
by beelissa - 4/8/06 7:27 AM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseOur mouse died a couple of years ago, so I went to walmart and bought a mini logitech optical mouse. It cost about $14. It had a short cord and came with a USB extension cord. At the time, our only computer was a desktop one, with the tower CPU unit near the floor. Even using one of the USB ports on the front of the computer (NOT my first choice for a mouse!) you had to use the extension cord in order to not have to kneel on the floor to use the mouse. The mouse I'd bought was apparently designed for a laptop. But, it should work with the extension cord, right?
Well, it didn't. I returned it to Walmart and explained what was wrong and, even though it was opened, they let me exchange it for a new one (I later went back and they'd taped together the one I'd returned and put it back on the shelf!, but that's another story). The new one had the same problem.
So, I called Logitech. They said they'd send me another one. What they sent me was a product with the same name and model number, but it looked very different from the one I'd purchased. It was dark blue, had one long cord, and the box was a different color, a dark blue and black ("gaming colors") rather than the teal and white of most logitech's packaging. The package said it was made for a PS 2. But it did have a USB connection so I tried it. It didn't work.
I called Logitech again and they said they'd send another. I tried to explain it seemed to be a different product, but my words fell on deaf ears. They said to keep the first one, and they sent a replacement exactly the same in every respect to the first replacement, and being exactly the same, it also didn't work.
My conclusion at this point was that somehow the computer I was using wouldn't work with the longer mouse cord, for some reason. I never totally understood it, but I now know that that computer doesn't have usb 2.0, so that may have been the problem.
I took the mouse I'd received at Walmart, the one I'd gotten when I first exchanged it, and had kept all of this time along with my receipt, and took it back to WalMart. I explained how Logitech couldn't seem to help me and asked to exchange it for a different model mouse. I decided on a different brand optical mouse which worked just fine, though I had to pay a couple more dollars to get it.
Fast forward several months -- I still have 2 perfectly good "PS 2 mice" stashed on my shelf (logitech told me not to return them, they said I could give them to someone who had a PS 2 but we don't know anyone who does), and now I also have a laptop computer. I wonder if it will work with that? It does! Not only that, but we gave the 2nd one to friends who had a problem with their mouse, and it worked on their laptop too.
(I know there are, or used to be, a type of mouse called a PS2 mouse, and this got very confusing when talking to the Logitech people. This was not a PS2 mouse, but a USB mouse meant to be used with a Playstation 2 -- why you would want that, I'm not sure, but I can vouch for the fact that they make it.)
Logitech did bend over backward to try and help me, though their people didn't seem to be equipped to totally understand my problem. At the time I didn't know there were two versions of USB and no one once asked me about this, nor do I know for sure if it was the problem. The people on the phone were not anywhere close to the people sending out the replacement products, so that was part of the problem, too. It took over a month to get the right mouse, which was also very frustrating, but in the end I guess I got a free mouse to save for later.
strictly trackballs - 6 @ last count
by punterjoe - 4/8/06 7:47 AM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseI switched to trackball years ago & never looked back. I now have much more of my desktop available for additional clutter! 
As for brands, I'm not too particular, but the trackballs on my work machine, & home machines are all logitechs, except for one MacAlly trackball on a spare-parts linux box running Suse9 & KDE3.2.
trackball for me too; mini-joystick...
by shawnlin - 9/10/07 4:49 PM In reply to: strictly trackballs - 6 @ last count by punterjoeI've used trackball pointing devices for the last several years at the office and I'm on a near constant search for a good device for home. I'll probably get a small-ish track ball unit.
However, I would love to either find or hack up a USB nubb-pointer with buttons surrounding it - basically a micro-scale joystick.
I just use the two button touchpad on my HP laptop.
--S
well
by rosscbrown - 4/8/06 10:53 AM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseI just thought i should comment about the MS mouse I'm using this second in an internet cafe.
Its quite old. Its one of the big optical ones with two side buttons and it really does not feel that well made, its yucky.
Most of the time I use the touchpad on my VAIO but mf finger feels like it's burning after a while and a touchpad is not much fin when using photoshop, so I have a Microsoft wireless optical notebook mouse and I am really happy with the little dude.
On the ThinkPad, I use the red little nipple thing - its a nice change.
ouch, Ross...try a tablet!
by Ravensblood - 4/8/06 1:23 PM In reply to: well by rosscbrowneven a mouse for photoshop is painful. If you have some play cash and you use PS a lot you should try to pick up a tablet...even a cheap Graphire.
check out the used stuff too like the coolpen partner, only 39.90 EUR.
http://www.wacom-shop.net/cgi-bin/wacom.storefront/44381b2900045b6c274050f3361905b5/Catalog/1020
Funny you should say that!
by rosscbrown - 4/9/06 8:13 AM In reply to: ouch, Ross...try a tablet! by RavensbloodI do have a tablet, like most of my hardware, I stole it from my dad's work.
As I just play about in photoshop and most of the time I do so from cafe's and such places, I don't get using the tablet too much.
I'm so it to getting out and about with the computer these days, quite sad.
However, I think it's good as I get so much more done when I'm out and about!
go tablet . . .
by the_deanster - 9/11/07 8:34 PM In reply to: ouch, Ross...try a tablet! by Ravensbloodi use my tablet for it all. intuitive. no wrist problems either.
A Logitech optical mouse (can't remember model)
by RodderRodder - 4/8/06 2:02 PM In reply to: What mouse do you use? by 3boseI'm seriously thinking of going wireless. starting to really hate wires. Just have too many.
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