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Rules for optical mice
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I am afraid I have had the same experience as you with several differant optical mice including the original supplied mouse on an iMac.
I believe the very expensive Logitech and Microsoft offerings are much better as they employ multiple beams, as for me I have gone back to my excellant Logitech cordless mouse WITH BALL (it's no big deal cleaning those rollers once a month) lol.
Martin
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I believe the very expensive Logitech and Microsoft offerings are much better as they employ multiple beams, as for me I have gone back to my excellant Logitech cordless mouse WITH BALL (it's no big deal cleaning those rollers once a month) lol.
Martin
Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.
'Fraid to say that even Logitech opticals throw wobblies sometimes... Mine here is an M-BJ69 model, and occasionally darts across the screen for no apparent reason. But then again, maybe it spotted the cat lurking behind the server licking his lips 
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adkmom
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- Nov 13, 2002
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Hi Aj,
I think you've had a run of bad luck is all. I am currently using Logitec, Memorex (super-cheap), & Belkin. The Mini-Belkin was for my kids (it's actually a "laptop" mouse, they say)- it fit their hands better. Both the Memorex & Belkin were free after rebate but were less than $30 to begin with so definitely not high-end. I like the Logitech most of all- very smooth with nice button feel.
My mice are running on Win98SE, Win2000, XP Pro, & Linux- never a burp from any of them. I should add that my kids are constantly dropping the darned things & even that doesn't seem to affect them.
Try again- & look for one with high read numbers (how often it checks for movement)- good luck!
Mom
I think you've had a run of bad luck is all. I am currently using Logitec, Memorex (super-cheap), & Belkin. The Mini-Belkin was for my kids (it's actually a "laptop" mouse, they say)- it fit their hands better. Both the Memorex & Belkin were free after rebate but were less than $30 to begin with so definitely not high-end. I like the Logitech most of all- very smooth with nice button feel.
My mice are running on Win98SE, Win2000, XP Pro, & Linux- never a burp from any of them. I should add that my kids are constantly dropping the darned things & even that doesn't seem to affect them.
Try again- & look for one with high read numbers (how often it checks for movement)- good luck!
Mom
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