So I've been using a ball mouse for years and years now, and I just finally switched to The DAMN FINE Logitech MX700. It's cordless, optical, and feels fucking good in your hand. There are many functions to groove with: Back and forward buttons on the left side above an indent for the thumb; a quiet-yet-relatively-firm scrollwheel; two buttons, above and below the scrollwheel, for an alternate way of going up and down (and rather fun, too); another button below that Down button that acts like the Alt-Tab program selector; topping it off are of course the left and right buttons that seamlessly flow into the body of the mouse.

None of the buttons are intrusive, and the mouse is made from silver plastic and sort of a black matte softer materal - kind of like the stuff they use on scrollwheels. It's got a great bit of weight to it - not too heavy, but it doesn't feel cheap and light. I even like Logitech's mouse driver software, as you can easily configure any of the buttons to do whatever you want (as well as adjust speed settings and check the battery level, but the tiny red LCD would come on the mouse if you were running too low). This could come in much handy whenever I get some more RAM and do more video editing; I already experimented a little, making the Up and Down buttons Copy and Paste and so forth - it's really intuitive.

Loaded with "Fast RF" technology, this mouse literally performs like a corded one. There's no lag, nothin'. Not even when dealing with intricate work in Photoshop, or sniping a guy in Half Life. The batteries are rechargeable Nickel-Metal-Hydride's and can be pumped up quickly and painlessly by dropping the mouse into it's docking station anytime. I haven't had any problems with the batteries, and hopefully I'll never have to replace them (or at least, for many years to come).

That ended up more like a mini-review of the MX700, I guess, but my question is what mouse do you use?

Side Note - I've found that optical mouse perform like shit on the wrong surface. Which is dumb, because they're supposed to perform great anywhere. The trick is in finding the right mousepad. While the MX700 performs with minimal problems on my desk or even my pants leg, having a mousepad collection for once really came in handy. I'm using a pad now with a really zoomed-in photo of a bunch of Hershey Kisses, and the mouse performs BEAUTIFULLY, no stutter to speak of.

Maybe some day I will scan in my mouse pads - I probably have 30 or 40. (Anyone else collect them?)

Somebody really loves their new mouse....
I'm content with the mouse I use now, the standard HP mouse that was supplied with my computer. It sports two buttons for maximum clickage and a scroll wheel which doubles as another button. This comes in hella handy when I need something within easy access in a game such as the zoom in function of a sniper rifle in half life or just plain scrolling down pages.
...What?

my bro has that same logitec mouse except its like 2 years older and there is only a wheel, no other other updown buttons between the two mouse buttons

personally i hate it!
first, the mouse lags, even ever so slightly, i hate how it lags
secondly, havnig a mouse with batteries is a pain in the ass, and costs more money that its worth

third, because i'm left handed all those extra fangled buttons mean nothing because i cant even use them because my thumb is on the other side of the mouse

Haha, that's definitely not "the same logitech mouse" then.

Logitech actually has a TON of different mice, a surprising number of them wireless. The one I have retails for $80 and is rechargeable. It's the MX700 model, which is very similar to the MX500 except it's cordless.

i got a micro-inovations optical wheel mouse, feels good in my hand, and works better than the one my pc came with

i never knew anyone could write that much about a mouse! mines hand shaped and it ses microsoft, it has two buttons and a wheel thing...........that is all i have to say on the matter!

.... wow.... it's a mouse :blink:

<!--QuoteBegin-sttikjt+May 1 2004, 02:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sttikjt &#064; May 1 2004, 02:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> .... wow.... it's a mouse&nbsp; :blink: [/quote]
That's what I kept telling him when he kept bitching about UPS being too damn slow for his tastes. I think he was a little jealous because I got my evil dead shirt before him getting his mouse.

I got the MX500, the non wireless version of your mouse. I've had it for just over a year now.

I have a Kensington optical, its the biggest piece of shit I've ever used. DONT EVER BUY A KENSINGTON!

The damn left click (the most important button) doesnt click or hold down half the time, so I have to click it on the edge (its a very wide mouse) and it feels weird in the hand. The side buttons are good, but they are too hard to click when your hand is actually on the mouse, rendering them useless.

i bought an mx500 in february. as far as i know the only difference between in at the mx700 is the wireless.
but it is a very good mouse, some say its better than microsoft explorers, i know someone who used to have an explorer v3, then went to an mx500 and will never go back.
although it has a lower dpi than microsoft, the sensors are supposed to be the best around so theres no chance of lagging at all. i've forgotten how fast they go... a meter a second it could be.

the mouse i've had is this'un <a href='http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=3,CONTENTID=4992' target='_blank'>http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products...,CONTENTID=4992</a> , funny how we all happen to have logitechs. all ya need now is a nice cool mouuspad with the shquishy get wrist rest, mine's green.

I have one mousepad with a squishy gel wrist rest but I place another mousepad on top of it, so I have the wrist-rest with the functionality of another pad.

(Scanning in my mousepads now, actually, I have almost 40 total.)

too many pads................. :blink:

Toupee . . . you have reviewing issues. I swear, every time you tell me about something, it's a mumfucking review.


(hehe . . . worked "mumfucking" into a sentance . . . hehehe)

Tee hee.

Anyway...

<a href='http://www.hostultra.com/~pomegranate/mouse.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.hostultra.com/~pomegranate/mouse.htm</a>

A little rushed and sloppy I know; gets the point across though.

Why bother scanning in that lame-ass blue mousepad. You could have saved time and hard drive space by going into paint and making a blue box.

Yay I don't have a Logitech mouse. I guess I'm a weirdo.

I've got a <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=008' target='_blank'>Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical</a> on my desktop and a <a href='http://www.kensington.com/html/1211.html' target='_blank'>PocketMouse Pro</a> for my laptop even though I never use it. A mouse feels really weird after using a trackpad for a long time.

<!--QuoteBegin-Llamadragon2.0+May 4 2004, 03:48 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Llamadragon2.0 @ May 4 2004, 03:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why bother scanning in that lame-ass blue mousepad. You could have saved time and hard drive space by going into paint and making a blue box. [/quote]
why bother doing a website on mouse mats in the first place??

why bother doing a site on alot of things for that matter???

for example


<a href='http://suzann.com/stuff/collections.htm' target='_blank'>http://suzann.com/stuff/collections.htm</a>

only u would look for that.....