No good trackballs around here.. looking for a mouse.

**Archangel** · 10-21-2006, 09:15 AM

Im using the MS Trackball optical atm.. its the 2nd one i had,.. but they arn't sold anymore here. and i dont really feel like shipping them from somewhere not close

as for the spaceball... $400 is quite cheap.. its no mouse, but its a tool to zoom, turn ans scroll in CAD drawings really fast ( very cool for the 3d drawings)

PC eye · 10-21-2006, 10:12 AM

Don't feel bad about not seeing the Trackball Optical or Trackball Explorer in a place you can order either from. Microsoft no longer carries either model. You would have to go to a place like Amazon.com or EBay for those now.

I'm glad I bought a spare along with the one in use now. The enamel is starting to show signs of wear after all of that SOF2 and HL2 action.

liquidshadow · 10-22-2006, 03:27 PM

I'd recommend the Copperhead. The blue lighting on it wil match your keyboard. Also, there are a decent amount of options for you to tweak as well as 5 different profile settings you can make. It slides really easily on my Steelpad 5L with the teflon feet.

[-0MEGA-] · 10-22-2006, 04:05 PM

I used to have the MX510, MX518, and G5. Out of those, my favorite would have to be the MX510 because it was comfortable, had two side buttons, and didnt have those annoying sensitivity controls on it. What I dislike about those controls is that out of the box, it seems either too slow or too fast, and you need to go into the windows control panel to slow it down.

Honestly, I prefer my current Microsoft Optical ($10) mouse to the G5, anyday.

PC eye · 10-22-2006, 10:45 PM

The Microsoft Optical models are nowhere as flimsy as a number of brands. You wouldn't believe the original retail tag on the Trackball Explorer I mentioned earlier. I did come across a good review on that showing $74.95 as the suggested retail price. You can read the review at http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...xp/index.shtml

No matter how good a mouse is there's nothing like having a good keyboard to go along with it. MS and Logitec alike have some interesting models and combinations to look over. The MS models can be seen at http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo...ionalType=Sets
Logitech keyboards and combos can be seen at http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...S/EN,crid=2200

The one I can say about Logitech is that they still carry trackball mice where Microsoft dropped their's. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...S/EN,crid=2199

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liquidshadow Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 1,030	I'd recommend the Copperhead. The blue lighting on it wil match your keyboard. Also, there are a decent amount of options for you to tweak as well as 5 different profile settings you can make. It slides really easily on my Steelpad 5L with the teflon feet. __________________ Intel Q6600 \| D-Tek Fuzion Block Asus P5K Deluxe \| Swiftech MCR320 Rad G-Skill 4GB \| Swiftech MCRES-MICRO Res WD Raptor 150 \| EK FC8800 GTX Block Seagate 320GB \| 3 * Yate Loon DM12SL Samsung S182 \| Swiftech MCP655 Pump Coolmax 700W Antec P180b BUY MY STuff: http://www.computerforum.com/80556-comp.html

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10-21-2006, 10:12 AM	#12 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,803	Don't feel bad about not seeing the Trackball Optical or Trackball Explorer in a place you can order either from. Microsoft no longer carries either model. You would have to go to a place like Amazon.com or EBay for those now. I'm glad I bought a spare along with the one in use now. The enamel is starting to show signs of wear after all of that SOF2 and HL2 action.

10-22-2006, 10:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
PC eye banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,803	The Microsoft Optical models are nowhere as flimsy as a number of brands. You wouldn't believe the original retail tag on the Trackball Explorer I mentioned earlier. I did come across a good review on that showing $74.95 as the suggested retail price. You can read the review at http://www.activewin.com/reviews/har...xp/index.shtml No matter how good a mouse is there's nothing like having a good keyboard to go along with it. MS and Logitec alike have some interesting models and combinations to look over. The MS models can be seen at http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo...ionalType=Sets Logitech keyboards and combos can be seen at http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...S/EN,crid=2200 The one I can say about Logitech is that they still carry trackball mice where Microsoft dropped their's. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...S/EN,crid=2199