on 16/5/02 11:21 pm, Andrew Crystall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 16 May 2002 at 14:59, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > >> Reggie Bautista wrote: >>> >>> >>> I've been considering getting an optical mouse for my PC. >>> Has anyone here had a particularly good or bad experience >>> with those? >>> >> >> They're less than optimal on *some* surfaces, such as >> mirrors, glass, etc. with no variation in color or >> texture. >> >> But otherwise it's worth the extra $20+ just for >> the fact that they don't stick, and you won't have >> to open it up and clean the ball & rollers when the >> mouse only moves to the left. > > Personally, I note that they ARE $20 more (more over here), and that > they give sub-optimal reaction times for me on anything other than a > very smooth, black surface I know the original Apple designed mouse (rubber covered ball-bearing, rollers) was very good
http://library.stanford.edu/mac/mouse.html and copied by everybody else (actually I'm sure they all paid the license fees - the patents must have expired a long time ago), but the new optical mice are very good. The Apple version is very nice anyway... -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
