Suggest for a very portable decent quality laptop mouse.

I'm buying a S55t-B5152 , and I realize that I want a mouse for it. Of the three major uses that I have for it; notetaking, mild use for engineering assignments, and miscellaneous college work such as essay writing, I imagine that I will need the mouse mostly for the engineering assignments. If possible, could you guys suggest a mouse that is:
a) Very portable. Hopefully it will fit the pouch of a laptop case.
b) One with which I will not have to worry about battery. It's fine if the mouse is physical cable. I have also heard of wireless mice that charge directly from the USB port, in which I am quite interested. An extremely long battery life would work as well.
c) Not jittery. I will probably not use this computer for engineering more often 5 hours a week, considering that I will do the bulk of my work at home. However, I would like for this mouse to run smoothly, without jumping around. The most likely surfaces that I will the mouse on are

• A lecture hall desk
• A wooden library desk.
• The area on my laptop next to the trackpad.

d) It of course does not have to be a gaming mouse. I do not need macro keys or extremely smooth dpi that will never mix a single pixel. However, I would like to be able to be able to disable mouse acceleration if its software has it built in.
e) My budget is whatever it takes. I am willing to go up to $60 if the mouse is really convenient, but I would prefer to stay in the under $25 bracket.

Thank you in advance for any suggestion for you might have, and if you choose to, for sharing your knowledge and experience with me.

 

Microsoft Mouse 3500. Simple, cheap, small, wireless, works on all surfaces and can take quite a beating

 

Any more or less modern Logitech.

 

Logitech Marathon M705

 

+1 for Logitech Marathon M705.

It's a portable mouse with a small USB receiver. The battery lasts forever, so battery life / charging becomes irrelevant on this wireless mouse. It's reliable, "good enough" performance to be used in just about any situation, and relatively inexpensive.

Whenever someone needs a good general purpose mouse, I almost always recommend a Logitech M705 Marathon Mouse.

 

MS Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 is good but its bigger brother the 4000 is better with its smooth scroll that I think will be useful for engineering. It uses bluetrack so tracking is good on most surfaces but that kind of performance does tax the batt a bit. I solve that issue by using eneloop rechargeables.

But if you want something tiny go for Logitech M187.... its is my go everywhere mouse that I keep in my jacket pocket.

 

I was looking for the same the last few days.. More info here. Hope it helps

 

http://www.amazon.com/Visenta-Bluet...F9R8V0W1&dpSrc=sims&dpST=_AC_UL480_SR480,480_

i like this mouse but it has gone up in price 27 dollars since i recomended it to you.

its actually more expensive than the microsoft arc touch now.

 

@stamar Yes, I saw that earlier this morning. Unfortunately. I guess I was lucky. I got mine today and it's been great till now Easily paired with the laptop, folds and unfolds without any hassle. Pretty nice precision and control too.

It's a bit small for my huge hands but I guess it's just a matter of getting used to it.

 

If anyone is still interested, just a heads up on the Visenta Bluetooth Rechargeable mouse. The price has dropped again to $44.99 (as of Sep 1, 2015, 1 PM EST). @stamar

 

For basic stuff, I don't feel like recommending an over-the-top mouse is the right way to go. Such mice are great, don't get me wrong (I have a ~$60-ish Logitech G9x for my desktop), but personally I use a Logitech M510 for laptop use and it does just fine for ~$20 (Amazon).

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-mouse-m510

 

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I agree with jarhead. I'd much rather have a high-quality reliable mouse (that has basic mouse functions), over a mouse with lots of great features but unproven reputation.

Mice from Razer. Madcatz RAT7. Wireless mice from brands that market themselves as high-end gaming mice, or companies you've never heard of. Most of the mice I have bought from those guys end up malfunctioning or dying after 18 months. The only companies that made mice that simply refuses to die are Logitech, and the Microsoft Intellimouse series from the late 1990's and early 2000's.



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Yeah, for whatever reason Logitech just has a monopoly on good mouse design, though that said I've used a few good Microsoft mice before.

Safe to say, I've solely used Logitech for... the better part of a decade now.