Kensington mice, don't buy one!

I love my logitech optical wheel mouse, when you make quick jerky movements with just about any optical mouse they jump around erratically

I have a few kensington opticals and had similiar problems until i installed their latest software. Logitech sucks for gaming and I'm just not overly fond of the microsoft mice. Besides when I throw it against the desk after getting hammered in UT its only 12 bux.

I have had my MS wheel mouse for 3 years and have never had a problem... WOW, maybe MS needs to manufacture hardware instead of software.

The users almost always kill whatever mouse you give them. Being repeatedly dropped on the floor is always good for electro-mechanical equipment in plastic housings. Parking the 17" multimedia monitor ontop of the mouse cable is good, too. Eating your lunch off of your mouse pad is good for longevity, as well. Wrapping the mouse cable up in the workings of the keyboard tray so that the cable gets severed is cool, too.

Logitech OEM PS/2 Wheel Mice -- varying between $9 and $12 Canadian -- are an excellent combination of price and quality of construction.

A4Tec, already mentioned as being very cheap, are also good value, but the mechanics and finishing are a little rough by comparison to Logitech. I hate the ones that scratch along the mouse pad making a sound like fingernails on a chalk board.

Did have a MS INtelliMouse Explorer until my 18 month old son decided to use it as a 'rope' to try to climb onto 'Daddies Desk'. needless to say the cable broke inside and it also blew the PS/2 ports on the KT7A-RAID (both M'bd & Mouse) and they still don't work even after replacing the 'protection fuse' on them. So after having to fork out to replace both K'bd & Mouse (for some reason the MS Internet K'bd I had wouldn't work with the USB convertor), I have 'relegated' myself to a MS Optical Scroll Mouse (damn I miss those side buttons) running through USB & a New MS Internet K'bd with a working USB convertor.

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After a number of years with a plain MS ball mouse, I treated myself to a optical scrolling mouse, the brand name is "Optical Mouse" later I bought another optical scrolling mouse (for the shop) from a different manufacurer thinking they are all the same. There is such a difference that I'm going now to look for another one like the first. I can't say enough good about the scrolling optical made by "Optical Mouse" https://forums.windrivers.com/

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