General Discussions

**wyrmblight** · 06-29-2006, 11:05 AM

I personally love my trackball, but I know others who cannot stand them. I find them so much easier to use then a mouse. What do you use?

**Fredto** · 06-29-2006, 11:09 AM

I must say that I never tried the trackball.

It may solve my space problem though...

**Mike** · 06-29-2006, 11:11 AM

mouse - a wireless, lazer one. Absolutely love it.

Cannot stand the trackball.

**will** · 06-29-2006, 12:47 PM

mouse

lazer? is that like optical?

**Mike** · 06-29-2006, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by will

lazer? is that like optical?

Same basic concept (no cord), but no blinking light either. Batteries last longer, and mouse works better.

**will** · 06-29-2006, 01:38 PM

oh thats cool i have a wireless optical mouse, my batteries do go dead pretty quickly

**John** · 06-29-2006, 01:54 PM

Trackball here...the only thing I would use in design work ( a leftover from my autocad days). It also saves my wrist

**Frito Pie** · 06-29-2006, 02:40 PM

Mouse. Another lazer, wireless.

**smnoel** · 06-29-2006, 03:37 PM

wireless optical

**Karl89.co.uk** · 06-30-2006, 04:34 PM

Wireless keyboard and a wireless optical mouse.

No need for any mouse mats.

**TheGrandBerry** · 06-30-2006, 05:53 PM

I use an optical mouse - I love the red light!

**Lpspider** · 06-30-2006, 09:48 PM

I use a rollerball mouse, or whatever you like to call it. I think optical mouse(s) tend to be unrelable, from my experience. Either that or I always end up with a cheap or defective product. That's always my luck.

**Dr. Domaining** · 07-02-2006, 12:11 AM

Mouse, personally I cannot stand trackballs. I firmly believe I have 100 times as much control with my MX1000. It is an exceptional mouse. I have a couple of them.

**iatbm** · 07-03-2006, 03:20 PM

TrackPoint here

**KW802** · 07-05-2006, 09:20 PM

Trackball at home & work. Due to the size of my hands almost all mice are too small to use for long periods of time so a nice large trackball does the job quite well.

**ForgottenCreature** · 07-05-2006, 09:52 PM

I have a wireless laser mouse, not optical

**-JJ-** · 07-10-2006, 03:49 AM

I am not a huge fan of a Trackball. They aren't that comfortable.. For my hands at least. I use an optical, wireless Microsoft mouse that fits my needs for my laptop computer. I have tried a Trackball and they just didn't cut it for me.. The ball reminded me of the old, old mouse from the older generation notebook computers.

-JJ-

**josephine** · 07-19-2006, 05:35 PM

i use both a trackball and an optical mouse.Really cool stuff.

**peterk** · 07-25-2006, 03:56 PM

I don't like trackballs, I prefer optical mice, its so funny taking the ball out of a rollerball and replacing it with a malteser and seeing how long it takes for them to notice. I use optical mice to prevent that happening to me.

**imported_Henry** · 07-25-2006, 04:03 PM

Optical of course!