HELP! Need a new mouse!

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

My trackball mouse is slowing reaching the end of its life. So then it's time for a new mouse, woot woot. Sorry anyways, I need a new mouse and it's going to be for a Mac that I will be dual booting XP/Vista to play some games. So I need recommendations. If I get a gaming mouse, will it work on the Mac side? If not, should I spring for an MX Revolution, is that good for gaming? Or should I just get a new trackball mice, any good ones out there that I can use for gaming?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

If I get a gaming mouse just for the Windows side, can I still use the gaming mouse, even with reduced functionality? As long as I can use the left, right, and scroll buttons on the Windows side, I'll be happy. Is that possible?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I'm pretty sure it'd work as long as its USB (which most are). I know two of my past optical mice worked well enough with my old iBook and OSX 10.2.

If you really want driver support with a gaming mouse for both Windows and OSX, I know the Razer Pro|Click (basically a Diamondback with a white shell) has drivers for both.

Not entirely sure about vista support though, so if you're really planning on working with Vista a lot then you'd probably be able to get a better mouse and just use it in its vanilla form for OSX.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Let's say for example I get a Razor Diamondback or a Logitech G9. Can I use it as a regular mouse on the Mac side?

 

[Solodays]

the MX Revolution is a horrible gaming mouse.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Originally posted by: Solodays
the MX Revolution is a horrible gaming mouse.

It's just good for desktop work huh? Ok, so anyone know if you could use a gaming mouse with reduced functionality on the Mac side?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: ChAoTiCpInOy
Let's say for example I get a Razor Diamondback or a Logitech G9. Can I use it as a regular mouse on the Mac side?

I would be surprised if you couldn't, as I said before, my past USB mice worked just fine on the mac side...including the extra buttons in right click, forward, backward, scroll wheel and scroll wheel click.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Well if it ends up not working I can always return it.