Wireless mice - any good? lag?

Hi,

I'm interested in a mouse for my new laptop which is equipped with bluetooth and WiFi.

Can anyone tell me the ins and outs of 'wireless mice' and 'bluetooth mice', and most importantly is there any delay or lag on either of these?

Do I need any additional components such as plug-ins for USB ports etc? my ideal mouse would have no plug ins, be simply a mouse which can wirelessly connect to my laptop with zero lag.

Please help, cheers

 

for gaming the logitech mx700 and mx900 are generally regarded as the best wireless mice for gaming. For everything else though you generally don't need the super high response times and most mice will work for that.

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You might want to look into a bluetooth mouse as a normal wireless mouse does require a transmitter to be connected to the USB port.

After the hassle of connecting a mouse each time I wanted to use my notebook, I decided to just take a little time to learn to use the touchpad and pencil head, now I'll never use a mouse again as using my thumb and forefinger are much faster and more accurate than the mouse ever was.

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A bluetooth mouse is what i'm looking into.

Can someone explain these to me, the ones I have looked at, eg. Logitech 900 posted by Quikster come with some sort of tower which needs plugging in to the mains - this is no good for me. I need a mouse which is a stand-alone item, which I can pull out of the case, sit it on the desk and get underway without usb plug-ins, mains plug-ins, etc.

Cant the bluetooth be built into the mouse? As I said my laptop has built in bluetooth. I guess then there is the problem of power. I'm confused to say the least.

 

I have the MX900. The base station serves as a Bluetooth adaptor if you need it and a charging base station. So you'll be able to pair the mouse with your notebook due to the internal Bluetooth, but you will need to keep the cradle for charging.

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Thanks

How many hours do you get out of your charge roughly? and am I right that there is no ball beneath the mouse?

 

No ball, that's what optical means, just a lazer light. I can get 3-4 days of regular use, but I normally charge overnight.

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Well, I had an Aitek optical wired mouse that finally gave out over the weekend. The cord was too short and I yanked it in all sorts of directions. Picked up an HP rechargeable from Radio Shack over the weekend...somewhat happy. It works great and having a scroll wheel is a blessing, but:

1. The charging cradle is flimsy. THe mouse just sits on the contacts and can easily be moved.
2. No On/Off switch or battery saver option. Pain in the arse when the mouse sits in your bag and a button is always hit.
3. No seperate configuartion utility. Not a big deal for me, but I can see people getting confused when they go to adjust their mouse properties and change options for their touchpad.

The biggest annoyance is there is no way to prevent it from accidently coming on. For now, I'm just taking one battery out until I need it....pain.

Afterthought: OK, maybe it would help if I read the directions and stopped acting like I know everything. If your press the connect button for 2 seconds on the mouse, it turns it off. Now, I'm happy!!

 

I haven't tried wireless out yet on a notebook, but my dad has a dell Latitude D8000 or something like that. He also has a Logitec wireless keyboard/mouse combo. Whenever his laptop goes into standby, it totally loses the connection to the mouse/keyboard and the only way to fix it is to restart the computer. Just thought I'd share that.

For myself, I bought a Viewsonic USB keyboard, a Logitec MX310 mouse (wired but optical) and a USB 2.0 hub from newegg.com. Supposedly the mouse works very well for games. Not like the MX 510, but good enough.