At the last meeting I reported my problems with jumpy optical mice. I had similar problems with five mice made by Logitech, Microsoft, and a generic manufacturer. Every few minutes, the mice would cause the cursor to jump unpredictably to the top or bottom of the screen. The cursor would then have to be dragged back to the working area. An old fashioned ball mouse had no such problems although ball mice have their own annoying deficiencies.
On the advice of one of the members, I tried a laser mouse. I bought a Logitech MX400 Performance Laser Mouse for about $50. It solved my problems. It gives smooth and reliable response. I had previously thought that the word "laser" in mouse descriptions was just advertising hype and provided no actual advantage over an optical mouse.
Thank you to whoever it was that made that suggestion.
Daniel Salomon
I've seen that jumpy behaviour in optical mice before. In some cases, it was high-contrast diagonal lines on some mouse pads that seemed to confuse the mouse, so replacing (or removing) the mouse pad fixed the problem. In other cases, it was the mouse that was failing and needed to be replaced.
Despite the marketing hype around laser mice, I do find they track better on most surfaces, though some surfaces will confuse even laser mice. Logitech will be putting out a dual-laser mouse soon that can even track on a glass table, but it'll be fairly pricey ($100 price range).
If you're looking for a good cordless notebook mouse, several people here at the SCRC are quite happy with the Logitech V450 cordless laser mouse. It runs for up to a year on 2 AA alkaline cells and has a tiny USB receiver that tucks into the mouse. TigerDirect has them for about $54.
On 11/09/2009 11:05 PM, Daniel J. Salomon wrote:
At the last meeting I reported my problems with jumpy optical mice. I had similar problems with five mice made by Logitech, Microsoft, and a generic manufacturer. Every few minutes, the mice would cause the cursor to jump unpredictably to the top or bottom of the screen. The cursor would then have to be dragged back to the working area. An old fashioned ball mouse had no such problems although ball mice have their own annoying deficiencies.
On the advice of one of the members, I tried a laser mouse. I bought a Logitech MX400 Performance Laser Mouse for about $50. It solved my problems. It gives smooth and reliable response. I had previously thought that the word "laser" in mouse descriptions was just advertising hype and provided no actual advantage over an optical mouse.
Thank you to whoever it was that made that suggestion.
Daniel Salomon
On 09/14/2009 03:27 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
If you're looking for a good cordless notebook mouse, several people here at the SCRC are quite happy with the Logitech V450 cordless laser mouse. It runs for up to a year on 2 AA alkaline cells and has a tiny USB receiver that tucks into the mouse. TigerDirect has them for about $54.
I will second Gilbert's recommendation. I have a couple of these mice and they are excellent. Staples often have them on at $20 off so the price is $50 or lower.
-- Bill
On 09/14/2009 07:49 PM, Bill Reid wrote:
On 09/14/2009 03:27 PM, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
If you're looking for a good cordless notebook mouse, several people here at the SCRC are quite happy with the Logitech V450 cordless laser mouse. It runs for up to a year on 2 AA alkaline cells and has a tiny USB receiver that tucks into the mouse. TigerDirect has them for about $54.
I will second Gilbert's recommendation. I have a couple of these mice and they
Oh I see it was Gilles
are excellent. Staples often have them on at $20 off so the price is $50 or lower.
-- Bill _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
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