Optical Mice

I have tried a generic optical and an M$, the generic has been given away, the M$ will not be replaced.

[quote]Originally posted by putergrrl:
<strong>I have a M$ optical, and find it to be rather nice if you use a mouse pad with no design on it. I found that a design can cause a little unwanted "jumping" of the cursor.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ah, thanks for the info, I wondered what was causing that...

Back to the Main question - I received an Ms Optical Intellimouse free from a supplier and quite like them. I found it quite easy adjusting to the speed difference, and the ride is much smoother as they say.

Logitec are good, solid products also, so take your pick.

I really like my Logitech Cordless Optical. Works really sweet.

I personally like my MS optical mouse. It feels better than the logitec optical to me. My hand does get sore faster on either mouse though so I still like my logitech trackball for gaming.

[quote]Originally posted by pakprotector:
<strong>Danimal to answer your question I've used mine in both PS2 and USB. It is faster and somewhat more responsive in USB mode, but not so much that it makes a h&!! of a lot of difference. It's much more smoother than my old ball mouse too.
:D </strong><hr></blockquote>

Yes it is faster in usb mode, but If you boot into safe mode you will have to remember the key strokes to get around windows.

I have just about every mouse that M$ makes and I can't tout them enough over the competition though kensington mouse in a box was pretty good for a while. It's the one thing they really got right.

The optical mouse is nice but it's still not a fine of a precision as the ones that still use the ball. I have found the the M$ scroll mouse to be very nice for my photo editing and fine/precision work. The intelimouse explorer with 4 buttons and a wheel is wonderful for general computing but I have found that it is still a little "jerky" when doing precision work on graphics and whatnot. No cleaning the thing all the time is really great though.

About USB mice - don't expect to use them when installing the OS. Only 2000 has ever picked up the USB mouse from the get go and it was still not functional until I had the OS fully installed. 98 did not even recognise the USB mouse's presence.

[quote]Originally posted by ilovetheusers:
<strong>...About USB mice - don't expect to use them when installing the OS. Only 2000 has ever picked up the USB mouse from the get go and it was still not functional until I had the OS fully installed. 98 did not even recognise the USB mouse's presence.</strong><hr></blockquote>

During installation, I usually just use the USB to PS/2 adapter until installation is complete.

read my thread on Logitech opticals...$10 and better than all the other mice I spent $40 or $50 on.