Mice - corded or cordless?
 

I have both - an Apple Mighty Mouse, cordless, a Logitech cordless mouse and a Logitech corded mouse. I've had so much trouble with the Logitech cordless that I've put the corded one back in its place. Your views and comments would be appreciated.

Cordless - some are good, some are bad. Some interfere if you have multiple ones close to each other.
Corded - I always feel my hand is being dragged because of the cord.

Incidentally, I had a first the other week - a bluetooth-related DoS by an apple trackpad against a Mighty Mouse.

Corded all the way.

I'm fedup of batteries / recharging / bluetooth hissy-fits .... etc. etc.

back in the days when I ran the software support team at a well-known now defunct large supplier of PCs to the UK home market, we had a failure rate of wireless mice approaching 70%
Things have much improved, but still don't trust them.

In this particular case, with the Logitech wireless, I wonder if part of the problem is that the Logitech mouse software has been installed? That software is junk and only really exists to provide a back alley for Logitech to download spam adverts onto the PC. Most mice simply work when they're plugged in - they don't need the crapware that the manufacturers supply. In many cases that software cripples machines

I have switched to wireless mice. I've bought the cheapest on offer. Two are Logitech and one is branded Microsoft. I just plugged them in and have never downloaded any software. They have been trouble-free. Battery life is so good that I forget the last time I replaced a battery. The Logitechs have a red LED which blinks when the bat is getting low. The latest one claims really long battery life. I usually leave the mouse turned on even when I am not using the computer.

The only time I ran into a problem whas when I was about to give a talk. My wireless mouse drowned out the mouse of the speaker who preceeded me. Simple fix was to turn off my mouse until it was my turn to talk.

seacue

I use a Logitech cordless mouse & cordless keyboard.
I've never had a problem with either.

Mice - corded or cordless?
 

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Logitech wireless optical mouse. I've never had any problems with the wireless function. The optical sensors do throw the occasional fit over the reflectivity (or specular quality) of the surface I use it on.

There are gyro/inertial mice out now. I've never used one. I understand there are some operational issues. One can't lift the mouse to reposition it, as mouse movements do no depend on a surface. But they'd be interesting to try.

Thanks for that tip, Milo but, yes, it is installed via the Logitech Control Center.

The consensus here is for wireless mice and I have to say I have had no trouble at all with the Apple wireless mouse. I have a sneaky feeling that the problem with my Logitech wireless mouse is that I am running it on rechargeable batteries. These start fully charged at 1.2 V whereas standard AA batteries start at 1.6 V. Just a thought.

prefer cordless - plus it frees up a USB slot on most machines

Been using a Logitech cordless for years and cane easily say it's the best mouse I have ever had (and I've messed around with 'puters since before you needed a mouse). It's a rechargeable rather than having batteries that I change - I had a similar one at work which had exchangeable batteries and it didn't work nearly so well and in the end I went back to a corded one.

When my original - and by then long-discontinued - Logitech wireless started playing up I scoured ebay and managed to find a factory refurbished example of the same model which I still use today. When I looked in the shops for current models there was nothing to match it ergonomically.

I can't really comment about the software - it's installed with all 'phone home' and the like options switched off. It adds a little functionality that the native drivers do not but I could happily live without it - it doesn't seem to bundle any disadvantages.

I do hours of mouse work on photoshop using a 30 inch monitor. The sweeps of the mouse are constantly getting hung up by cords tangling against other stuff on my desk top (beer bottles etc.)

It turns out you need a large sweep of the mouse to do the fine stuff in PS.

A wireless mouse solved this problem

Another vote for Microsoft cordless keyboard and mouse, batteries easily last well over 6 months.

That is NOT a reason to suggest someone gets a wireless mouse. :ugh:

Walk into any graphic design shop and you will see wired mice PLUS Wacom tablets.

If you're seriously into your Photoshop / Illustrator, no mouse or trackball, wired or not is going to do you any good..... the pros' all use Wacom tablets for a reason.

And anyway, if you need a large sweep of the mouse, wired or not, then you've got your mouse calibrated wrong.

Note, I never suggested that this justified anything for somebody else. It was experienced based info.

and no, the mouse is not callibrated wrong if you're working with the fine edges in photoshop over a foot of screen travel and have the normal jitters after a beer

of course your mileage may vary

Cordless, always!

My desk is always covered by whatever hardware I am working on at the time (I make prototype and proof of concept electronic equipment) and I found that a mouse with a wire just gets tangled up all of the time. Additionally, I swap mouse hands regularly (several times an hour) because it helps to keep the dreaded RSI at bay.

I have a few sets of rechargable AAA cells, a cheap charger and three cordless mice on the go. No conflicts seen.

Rans6......

Most of my computing is with a Dell Vostro 3300 laptop, so I use the excellent glidepad. However, my old Dell Latitude X200 is hidden away and is connected to a 19" Toshiba TV / monitor. I hate too many wires and cables across a desk, so I use a Logitech M215 cordless mouse with it, which is excellent. But having made a mistake in the past with Logitech cr@pware CDs, I simply plugged in the receiver and all has been fine. For the few times I need to use a keyboard with the X200, the Windows On-Screen Keyboard application is good enough.

For presentations I use the excellent Logitech R400 wireless presenter, which is truly plug and play. Although it has a built-in class 2 laser pointer, which can occasionally upset those jumped up, bottom-fondling failed wheelclampers of the airport Stasi.

Logitech cordless (that came with the c-less keyboard), which I was warned about and have had no problems whatsoever. Simple and efficient (for my textual needs). At first I thought the USB will be a pain in the youknowwhat, but attaching it to the mouse when taking the laptop somewhere reminds me to switch off the mouse, which makes the battery-thing really reasonable. Plus I switch hands, too, mostly when searching for something, and can scroll and click on different surfaces, not just the table (as a change for the hand and arm). Wouldn't imagine having a cord again.

My experience of cordless mice has been better than I expected, except in one area - when several PCs are plugged through a KVM switch cordless mice tend to refuse to play.

The best mouse I ever had was the trackman marble thumb ball, I miss greatly the old ps2 corded one I originally had.

EG

Thanks again for your collective wisdom. We've decided that a wired mouse is easier - you don't have to replace the batteries and we've plenty of spare USB ports, so just ordered the Logitech M500 corded mouse with super silent scroll wheel for Mrs Sunnyjohn, while I will continue to use my Apple Mighty Mouse. It is handy to have a corded mouse for when you can't find spare batteries!