[dorian]

here you go Bill:
CHEAP
if you rub hard enough the logo might wear off. and if not they should make it a feature (-and also write it on the box).

[roto]

I must admit...when I saw this thread's title, I thought the subject within would be more exciting.

alas...

[dorian]

you could always hijack it!

[Bill Posters]

OK< last post on topic:

I'm probably going for:

Logitech MX 700 Cordless Optical Mouse

or

Microsoft Wireless Optical Tilt Mouse Blue, red, periwinkle or white.



OK, all yours.

[oli]

Originally Posted by dorian

you could always hijack it!

shouldnt that be in his shoes.

[Mr Fred]

or up his arse

[Bill Posters]

Originally Posted by oli

I have that microsoft mouse , great stuff throughly recommended ; didnt know there was a mac version tho.

Oli, do you find yourself making good use of the extra two buttons?

I'm now erring towards that MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer and its 3-button cousin.

[oli]

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo...s.aspx?pid=001 This is the one I have, I use the buttons for back and forward when browsing, thats about it. I love it , it feels great in your hand - it arches your hand up slightly and other mice feel flat and awkward now.

[Bill Posters]

Anyone else find the 4th, 5th, ... buttons useful?

For me, the 2nd button will be the godsend, even then, it's only likely to get a workout during browsing for opening links in new tabs and downloading link targets, etc...

(I must be the only person on the planet who doesn't (read: hardly ever) use the back and forward buttons (or keyboard equivs) whilst browsing.)

[Bill Posters]

fwiw...

Ordered and received the Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse (in 'Periwinkle' as it most closely matches the 'graphite' of my current G4).
It took a few minutes to get used to after using the Mac puk mouse for so long, but it's already making browsing alot more fluid (thanks to the second button and scrollwheel).

It's the newer version (2.0) so has smooth scrollwheel action and also side-scrolling.
A tryout a PCWorld of this and other version put me straight off the Logitech mice as they had a 'racheted' scrollwheel feel similarl to the original MS wirelessopticals and intellimouse explorer.

If anyone esle is in the market for a mouse and is considering an MS wireless optical or intellimouse explorer - go straight for the new 2.0 version (w/ smooth scrolling and tilt-scrolling).

I'm thinking that the extra two buttons of the explorer might have come in useful, bt I'm not unhappy with this one.

[Mr Fred]

how much - microsoft site not working in mozilla and i will not open IE.

[sleepingfish]

It's all those drop-down menus

[Bill Posters]

Mik, £24.99 from Amazon.co.uk


Fwiw, the MS link opens and works fine for me in MSIE/Mac and opens fine in Moz1.5 though has some type size and javascript issue, which, looking at the source I wouldn't put past being cause by bad coding.

Anyway...

[Brown]

Originally Posted by japanmik

...and i will not open IE.

hehe

[Mr Fred]

thats a good price for what your getting. I want a new keyboard and mouse for home so will investigate matching keyboard.

[Bill Posters]

I would get the W/O keyboard too, but deskspace is a bit of a premium for me on account of me being such an untidy git with papers strewn and stacked all over the joint.
Those 'internet' keyboards tend to be hooj.
That being said, it'll probably be amongst the next few peripheral toys I buy myself.

(I recently also picked up a Belkin IrDA/USB adapter to be able to back up my (pre-bluetooth) mobile phone contacts to the mac which I've now done. *phew*
Means my next purchase likely to be a simple USB port)