[MG] good optical mouse? (Was: good 2-button mouse?)

[Jacob K]

I think that mouse is called the Razor.

on 12/14/02 7:28 PM, Bill Reburn at bill at pacificcoast.net wrote:

> I can't find any right now - but there is always an ad running in a couple
> gaming magazines (maybe MacAddict also).. There is some mouse that has more
> than double the res. of anything on the market. I believe it may be
> specifically designed for your purposes..
> 
> Have you asked over at the MacNN or MacAddict forums?
> 
> On 12/14/02 12:29 PM, "Nevin Steindam" <thenevin at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>>> Nevin, do you find the performance of your optical mouse sketchy on all
>>> surfaces? Do you use just your desktop? Is it glossy?
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>> I'm using a soft mousepad with a good surface and picture for lasers.  No
>> thin lines or anything else that easily confuses the mouse.  It works fine
>> for normal computer activity.  The problems happen if I try to move fast in
>> a game.  As far as I can tell, this is just a limitation of the laser
>> technology.
>> 
>>> Either that - or you have a lower optical
>>> resolution with your mouse. The newer ones are higher (can't quote numbers),
>>> and provide a pixel to pixel higher perfromance rate than a 'normal' or
>>> older optical mouse.
>> 
>> That is probably it.  I'm using a two-year-old Kensington mouse, and I
>> think at that time there was only one basic resolution used by all optical
>> mice.
>> 
>> Can anyone else who's had similar trouble with old optical mice (works fine
>> in normal circumstances, but not in intense games) confirm for me that the
>> problem went away with newer, fancier optical mice?  I'll probably be
>> buying a new one within a few months (to replace the 1-button Pro Mouse
>> that I'm using on my second computer), and I'd like to be confident that it
>> will work.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Nevin
>> 
>> (By the way:  If anyone else is using a Kensington optical mouse, I've
>> found that its performance is much better if you turn the Kensington
>> drivers OFF.  Under OS 8/9, at least.  I'm just using the aforementioned
>> Pro Mouse on my X machine.  The Kensington drivers do some cool tricks that
>> can be useful in normal applications, but the standard Input Sprockets do
>> everything you need in games.  And in many games, especially ones based on
>> the Quake 3 engine, I couldn't turn around at even a moderate speed until I
>> disabled the drivers.  After that, everything is fine as long as I don't
>> shoot around as fast as I can.)
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> Bill Reburn
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