Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 23933 2002-08-29 11:10:00 To choose which mouse? Neil McC (178) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
74951 2002-08-29 11:10:00 My d-in-law wants to get our boy a new mouse for father's day,(to go with the rats that our g/son has no doubt)She found an A4 Tech (I think it is) for $60.00. 2 scroll wheels, optical. How does that compare with the IntelliMouse Explorer that I use,round $140 ? Thanks. Neil McC (178)
74952 2002-08-29 11:20:00 perfer my sub $25 one. simple genius netscroll. not perfect but it works well and is cheap enough to replace. tweak'e (174)
74953 2002-08-29 11:25:00 I use that A4 one, its great.
Paid $37.00 on special
godfather (25)
74954 2002-08-29 11:28:00 I have the A4 optical single scroll mouse and that is brilliant. Paid $40 not on special.

Found that it worked a heap better with single colour mouse pad too. Prefferably a darker colour as my room is quite well lit during the day
dipstick01 (445)
74955 2002-08-29 11:51:00 My mouse is so cheap it doesn't even have a brand name. Got for $12 at Warehouse Stat. Wurx fine for me. 3 button scroll mouse. My only complaint is that it is a tad small, but actually it is standard size, I have big hands. SoniKalien (792)
74956 2002-08-29 12:01:00 I have had that exact mouse for over a year now. I have never cleaned it, and I have used it on surfaces as caried as a wood-grained desktop to my cord pants to a polar fleece blanket with no trouble at all. I think it is awesome, and would never go back to a dumb two or three button wheel mouse. Optical rocks!

The side buttons are excellent as I never have to hit the forward and back buttons. In fact, I now get frustrated with anything less. The second scroll wheel is usually a bit superfluous except for my cad work as I get pan, zoom, rotate etc all on the mouse.

Get It!

G P
Graham Petrie (449)
74957 2002-08-29 21:14:00 Thanks for your replies.Have passed that on and she is going for the A4.
We certainly couldn't go back to a ball mouse now.SWMBO got so mad with it,trying to wind it up to work!!
Neil McC (178)
74958 2002-08-29 21:48:00 Is this (www.dse.co.nz) the A4 Tech mouse you are all talking about?

godfather, you got a good deal at that price if that is your one. How did you other guys get it for less than $67? What other shops have them?

Hmm, maybe I should get hubby one for Fathers' Day too?
*thinks: hubby hardly ever uses the computer but too bad! hehehe*
Susan B (19)
74959 2002-08-29 22:23:00 If price is no object, and you want something that's long-lasting, I'd recommend the Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse .

I use it at work and it's excellent! no more wires getting in the way, no more cleaning the track-ball, and you can use it from around 2m away from your PC .

The downside is that it chews through the batteries, so having a battery recharger and rechargeable batteries ready to go, is always a good thing . It does give you warning that your batteries are dying, so you have around a week to replace them .

I'm not sure of the price, but I know it ain't the cheapest on the market . I don't know if I could go back to a normal track-ball mouse now .

Well, that's my 2c worth .

Cheers
Kerry
Kerry Dodds (1477)
74960 2002-08-29 22:27:00 My one was on "special" at DSE, for Trade customers only.

Your link is a dud Susan, but the mouse is the 2 scroll wheel Optical PS2/USB mouse.

I think they have the single scroll wheel optical version for $40 at the moment.
godfather (25)
1 2 3