MS IntelliMouse Optical Good or Bad???

they are ok , but can be a pain in the ass to install , and you SHOULD still use a mouse pad , if not well , it'll probly jump around unless you have the perfect desk top surface for reflection.
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jaxon

had the same problem as you- dang mouse would clog all the time and it would suck- I got the ms optical and i couldn't be happier! The movement is SO smooth- like silk. I do still use a mousepad, because it didn't work very well with my glass-topped desk. BTW, if you're playing Quake, be sure to get the Optical Explorer version- it comes with extra programmable buttons on the side that are really helpful with zoom, jump, sidestep, etc.- it will be a few more bucks, but well worth it!! Also, I had no installation probs, it was pretty straightforward.


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I had poor luck with the MS Optical mouse. On my wood desktop or my 3M mousepad it would skip exactly like a dirty mouse ball. Actually, MORE than a dirty mouse ball. It was terribly annoying and I ended up selling it and went back to a "regular" mouse.

Mine will jump around a bit every once and a while. Also sometimes it likes to take off diagonally towards the bottom right when you move it, but other then that no really problems. When I first got it, Win2k had a problem detecting it at startup, but when it was warm booted it was fine. Another note for good or bad, mine will always glow in the back whether the machine is turned on or not. It can be cool to look at in the dark or annoying as hell, personal prefferance.

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I say screw the MS mouse... Get the Logitech MouseMan Wheel Optical mouse instead! I went through debating wich of the two to get myself and just picked up my Logitech today. I thought the buttons on the MS optical were too squishy and click too easly; trying it out in the store I had menus and crap popping up all over the place just trying to move the damn thing! The Logitech Optical is much more ergonomically designed, glides smooth, and the buttons are much more solid. The only other difference is that the MS has one more button (5 i think?) than the Logitech which has 4... but if you ask me, the extra buttons on the MS are a little awrkward to get to anyways. That's my 2 cents, hope I've helped!

- Brian

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I have a intellimouse optical and love it for playing counter-strike. It's accurate and fast....and I have never had a skip. The two extra buttons are a god send...I use the left one for reload and the right one to take a picture (since I do that a lot). You will definitely like it!

Jason

i have the intel opticall mouse and i love it, exspecial the extar buttons. i hate it when i go use the computers at school beacuse it takes me a lot longer to get around then i've got use to

plus the fact that i was about to kill my ball mouse becuase ihad to keep cleaning it and even that didn't always fix the problem. I still use a mouse pad under it becuase the mouse moves better with plastic coating on the pad.