[CUBE] Alternative mice

[Fred Terry]

De gustibus...

Well, seriously, I like cordless mice because the mouse cable bunches up on
me with regular mice. I must be an erratic/frenetic mouser.

You are right that there are trade-offs, but I think it is only keeping the
mouse in batteries or keeping it recharged. I did find the MX700 more
convenient (but alas it was my former company's property) since it was
rechargeable. You do have to plug in a USB receiver, but you would be using
a USB port for a regular mouse.

To each his own. But I would highly recommend a multi-button, optical mouse.
Nothing beats right-clicking to pop-up the contextual menu, and optical mice
are incredibly smooth.

  pf

On 6/3/04 9:30 AM, "Michael Blossom" <blossom at megsinet.net> wrote:

> If I may ask (out of curiosity, not skepticism), what's the big
> attraction of using a cordless mouse?  Is it that some people like to
> take their mouse further away from the keyboard than a cord would
> allow, is it that people find the cord aesthetically distasteful, or
> something else?
> 
> I'm always in favor of reducing cable clutter, but with cordless mice
> I'm unsure about the tradeoff, since you still have to attach a USB
> receiver, right?  And then you have to worry about replacing or
> recharging batteries in the mouse?
> 
>> I am using the Logitech Cordless Mouseman Optical mouse on my cube and I
>> love it.  I have also used the Logitech MX700 with success. Logitech has
>> been very good about updating the drivers, and the software works very well
>> with Panther.
>> 
>>   pf