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    Which do you prefer?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by JohnnyIrish, May 7, 2005.

  1. JohnnyIrish

    JohnnyIrish Notebook Geek

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    What do you guys prefer, a trackball, a mouse, or a touchpad?

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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    you missed that stick thingy! the one that ibm likes to use a lot.

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  3. JohnnyIrish

    JohnnyIrish Notebook Geek

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    Ew, I hate that thing! It's not even an option...someone who likes that shall face my limitless rage!! [ :p]

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    I vote optical cordless, because I don't like trackballs and if you are going to use an optical mouse, it might as well be wireless.

    I don't like the small mice though. I love the feel of the MX700. If I were to buy a mouse for my laptop, that would be it, without hessitation.

    I like cleaning the rollers. It's funny to me to see how much gunk has collected over time.
     
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    well i hate it too, but for the sake of completeness!

    After all you did include the "BALL MOUSE" [:0]! Who would even like that! Unless cleaning the roller thingy is among that person's hobbies[ :p]

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    Hey man, you might hate the thing, but I think it's excellent. I bet most of us IBM owners find it sexy

    Although I still voted for optical mouse......it's definitely better than any touchpad or that stick thing

    I didn't vote for cordless because I hate having to worry about changing battery and all that

     
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    does anyone remeber that a cordless can lag up to .3 of a seconed? you will never survive with that in any good FPS game.....

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    I can use the touchstick thing just fine, I just don't really enjoy it for anything other than simple web browsing. As for a cordless mouse lagging, well, that depends on the mouse and your systems and the batteries, and if you're worried about a .3s lag, then maybe you should be worrying about your gaming addiction instead of a mouse choice lol [ :p]

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    I prefer optical mouse because it's lighter than wireless and I don't have worry about replacing battery.

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    I prefer the optical mouse (not wireless) I hate cleaning the trackball mice. If you were to have more than one of the same kind of wireless mice in the same room then it might cause interference, as what happened to my dad at his work, so he bought a wired mouse and keyboard.
     
    Jesusfrk611, May 13, 2005
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