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Ball mice

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:music:forgot how nice they feel.
im using a nilla dell badged usb ball mouse on a 3m mousing surface.
i wish i never got rid of my boomslang back in the day.:music:
 
i been optical for the last few years.my logitech shiat the bed..(sorta) so i hooked this dell mouse up....i love it!
 
i thought i loved my logitech ball mouse

then i got the logitech optical and i never considered using a ball mouse again

now this MS wireless optical is even better, i only have to change the battery around every 40 days or so.
 
Originally posted by: ncircle
Originally posted by: TallBill
Hahaha, ball mice suck.
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coupled with a nice mousing surface?
i disagree.i gotta hunt down an old school boomslang ASAP!
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Maybe for a day, then they get a tiny piece of dirt and go to hell.. Optical feels 10 times better to begin with.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: ncircle
Originally posted by: TallBill
Hahaha, ball mice suck.
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coupled with a nice mousing surface?
i disagree.i gotta hunt down an old school boomslang ASAP!
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Maybe for a day, then they get a tiny piece of dirt and go to hell.. Optical feels 10 times better to begin with.
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Agreed. It took some serious arm-and-leg pulling and shining optical mouse LEDs in my eyes to prove that it's not harmful, but we're finally starting to buy the GDMF things at school. Now I don't have to contend with stolen balls and can put away the Q-tips and rubbing alcohol.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Agreed. It took some serious arm-and-leg pulling and shining optical mouse LEDs in my eyes to prove that it's not harmful, but we're finally starting to buy the GDMF things at school. Now I don't have to contend with stolen balls and can put away the Q-tips and rubbing alcohol.
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I can see that now.

*shines mouse into eye* LOOK, it's NOT HARMFUL!!!! *gets eyes checked, no problems detected* See, I told you, GOSH!
 
Originally posted by: Tremulant
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Agreed. It took some serious arm-and-leg pulling and shining optical mouse LEDs in my eyes to prove that it's not harmful, but we're finally starting to buy the GDMF things at school. Now I don't have to contend with stolen balls and can put away the Q-tips and rubbing alcohol.
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I can see that now.

*shines mouse into eye* LOOK, it's NOT HARMFUL!!!! *gets eyes checked, no problems detected* See, I told you, GOSH!
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Prettymuch, yeah. They were concerned that the idiot kids would use the mice to do permanent damage to each other. You're much more likely to do permanent damage by skullfvcking someone with an optical mouse than you are shining the LEDs in their eyes.
 
Originally posted by: Stumps
hehe i got an MX700, hehe don't have to change batteries...gotta love rechargables!
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i got an mx700 too.

feels so free to have no cord, and never have to change batteries. 🙂
would never go back to a ball mouse or corded mouse.
 
I had a bunch of compaq ball mice (two button slim model actually made by Logitech) that were getting thrown out and realised something! The ball is rubber coated steel. Then I remembered my wrist rocket. Man do they fly. I'd hate to be on the receiving side of one, that's for sure!

Cheers!
 
I like ball mice because I can pick them up, slide my thumb underneath, and use them like a trackball. But I've never seen anybody else do that.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
I like ball mice because I can pick them up, slide my thumb underneath, and use them like a trackball. But I've never seen anybody else do that.
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i do that all the time.:music:
 
I like ball mice because I can pick them up, slide my thumb underneath, and use them like a trackball. But I've never seen anybody else do that.
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That is also doable on an optical mouse! You can use 2000 LPI diffraction grating tape on your finger to control the MX1000 laser mouse but that is like really nerdy. 😛

Cheers!
 
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