What gaming mouse to buy for portability?

So, I have an M11x. I take it to school with me every day, and I have a lot of free time there, which becomes MW2 time. I'm using an old wireless Logitech mouse at the moment, and I want a new one.
I'd prefer wired, but I want a short cable. 2-3 feet max. Is there a simple way to shorten cables? If need be, wireless is acceptable.
Other than that, small and durable is better, since it will spend a lot of time in my bag. Any suggestions?

 

can i ask u why u don't want wireless mouse??
anyways, i game on-the-go too! and i use logitech wireless mouse.
The thing is having a good mouse really depends on you, you should go around PC stores and try'em.
If you find one that is suitable you should just buy it.
If you want shorter cable, you can just kinda roll the wires onto your usb connector of your mouse, maybe not......
GOOD LUCK!

 

Its easy to shorten a cable if your comfortable cutting it and splicing it back together.

You can also look at mice that use a removable usb cable and just use a short cable. It may not fit as well as the regular cable made for the mouse though.

You probably can buy replacement cables though so you can buy an extra just to make it a short version.

 

Check out the Razer Orochi. It's a compact portable mouse with a detachable 3-foot USB cable, with 4,000 DPI and 1ms response in wired mode. You can also detach the cable and use it wirelessly via Bluetooth, but only up to 2,000 DPI and 8ms response in Bluetooth mode. It also includes a carrying pouch for the mouse and the cable.

 

I liked my orochi <s>expect</s> except *baka grammar nazi was here* the fact it was defective and razers horrible support, so that is why I did not directly recommend it and just a mouse similar since there are others that do dual wireless/wired.

 

(1) The size / shape of your mouse will depend a lot on how you plan on holding your mouse. Are you a claw-grip, palm-grip, or fingertip-grip person?

(2) The best mice you can buy are wired mice. They always perform at top-performance, are inexpensive, and give you LOTS of options to choose from. You get up to ~5700dpi, and 1000Hz / 1ms USB polling rates.

Next down the list are 2.4Ghz wireless mice. Lots of options to choose from, and many of them perform at the same level as top-end wired mice. You can find mice up to ~5700dpi, and 1000Hz / 1ms USB polling rates. The major drawback is that you need to deal with managing battery life.

At the bottom of the list is Bluetooth. Not too many options to choose from, and most of them are non-gaming mice. The closest "gaming" mouse you can find is the Razer Orochi... 2000dpi and 125Hz / 8ms polling rate in Bluetooth mode. You get up to 4000dpi and 1000Hz / 1ms polling rate in wired mode. But if you need to use your mouse in wired mode to get full performance, why not just get a wired mouse?

And this is what I use to shorten the cable on my mice. Simple, cheap, and Ctrl-Z-able.




(3) Beyond just the specs, the quality of the imaging sensor also matters a great deal. I never realized this to be a problem until I owned a mouse with a crap sensor (Cyborg R.A.T.7, a very highly-rated $80 "gaming" mouse).

Mice that use imaging sensors made by Philips suffer what is called a Z-axis problem, where lifting the mouse off of the mousepad will cause the cursor to jump about 200 pixels down-right diagonally. The Cyborg R.A.T.7 suffered from it, because it used the Philips Twin-Eye sensor. Many Razer mice suffer from this Z-axis problem from using a crappy sensor as well. Just do a Google search for "Razer Z-Axis" and you'll find several examples of this, like this one here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhFKOq8CM8


The highest-rated sensor among super-hardcore mice geeks is the Avago 9500-series sensors, found in the Logitech G500, the Logitech G9x (not the Logitech G9), the SteelSeries Xai, and the Roccat Kone. They are precise, deadly accurate, and are least affected by things like Z-axis and negative / positive acceleration. The one caveat is that some of those mice mount the sensor off-center, which can be weird if you tend to mouse at the edge of your mousepad.