Craig Ramsay Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hey guys! Im after a new mouse for use with Max etc and just wondered if you guys had any recomendations for a really good mouse that's comfortable to use? I had a Microsoft mouse back home that was quite chunky that I liked but I left it in the UK when I moved. Any suggestions would be great Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesTaylor Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 i'm a fan of the optical microsoft intellimouse with 5 buttons. Useful for max as the 2 extra buttons can be assigned to rotate and min/max viewport or anything else you use continually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Just purchased a Logitech MX510. Like it alot. Very comfortable and lots of buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 I love my Intellimouse Explorer 3. I'll be looking soon, too, as those slider stubs on the bottom are wearing out. BUT I HATE the new ones! The scroller barely works and is very hard to press down. With Max, this is a HUGE deal, as you use the scroller all the time. It would work about 60% of the time as it should, most of the time I'd try to pan and have to do it 2-3 times to get it to work. I tried it on 2 machines with 2 different mouses, both brand new, out of the box, so I am 100% it was the mouse. Ergonomics are better than Logitech, imho, but I'll buy a Logitech next time, at least until MS fixes that damn button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hey Craig. How's the new job/life going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 BUT I HATE the new ones! The scroller barely works and is very hard to press down. With Max, this is a HUGE deal, as you use the scroller all the time. Yeah I noticed that aswell... complete pain in the ass because the one on my old microsoft mouse was perfect but they dont seem to sell them any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 Hey Craig. How's the new job/life going? Thing's are going great here buddy, loving working for Designstor and Toronto is great. There's loads of really friendly people here, good food and great nightlife... i'm a happy chappy How's life back in the burgh? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 BUT I HATE the new ones! The scroller barely works and is very hard to press down. Exactly! I gave them (MS) two chances by now and kept going back to my old simple Logitech. I still have this last MS one I bought new in the plastic bag for almost a year now. Its simply a pain to scroll or pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O'Hanlon Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 After buying a new Intellimouse Explorer early last year, I learned it was a useless mouse for Digital Content creation, which surprised me, as I had always expected Microsoft mice to be okay for that purpose. I think, what annoyed me the most was that Microsoft 'imposed' this particular middle mouse button across all of their product range - of 'high-end' mice that is. At the time, I was fuming, and I don't think that Microsoft 'get it' still, as far as mouse design goes. http://aceshardware.com/forums/read_post.jsp?id=115076558&forumid=1 I was recommended razor mice by some posters here: http://www.aceshardware.com/forums/read_post.jsp?id=115152310&forumid=1 So I purchased a Razor Copperback, and wow! it is one exceptional piece of hardware engineering. Unfortunately, the thumb buttons aren't strategically placed like the MX500 or MX518, so I scraped the whole Razor project very quickly. The middle mouse button on the Razor Copperback is nowhere near as accessible as it is on the Logitechs either. I have bought an MX518 now, which has the same shape and feel of the MX500 I use at work. Except the MX518 has far better optical technology built in, which speeds up the work a lot. At least the MX518 has what you need in a DCC mouse - a middle mouse button, without that rocker switch business, which makes real time pan hard to do. The MX518 also has two thumb buttons, so in AutoCAD I have access to snap on/off and ortho on/off. Without types of features, you are going nowhere with a mouse design for DCC. Unless you happen to use photoshop and don't need thumb buttons and press-able roller wheels at all. However, the MX500 has worked well for me using the older Mouseware (now replaced by Set Point drivers) drivers for a good year, and I will continue to some use out of my MX500 for a long while to come. I just feel comfortable in the knowledge that the MX518 is there to step into its place, when the time finally comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOOXY Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 I agree with allen...logitech mx550...is what i use and is very responsive and confortable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thing's are going great here buddy, loving working for Designstor and Toronto is great. There's loads of really friendly people here, good food and great nightlife... i'm a happy chappy How's life back in the burgh? Craig Glad its going well Same old same old here. Live it up mate. Come back when you think you should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulcalif Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Logitech. Their acceleration method alone, found in the logitch mouse drivers, are enough reason to buy their mice. They use some kind of non-linear acceleration based on speed, and it works like no other. It's so simple, but it makes a huge difference when you get used to it. It allows you to navigate with ultra precision at low speeds, and whoosh to the other end of a 20"+ monitor with the quick flick of the wrist. I've been addicted to them for over a decade. They also make consistently great hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Amazon is running a screaming deal on the logitech G5 right now. $52 and you get a $30 rebate. They market the G5 as a gaming mouse but I see many of the features as very usefull for 3D. Better hurry they will run out quick. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AY5YI4/103-3313098-6043026?n=172282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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