Optical Mice

tomparis · **Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:49 pm Optical Mice**

I know that this is a really lame topic, but who likes 'em. I love the little things. I just bought one of those mini ones for my laptop. It's sweet.

Oliver · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:33 am**

What are they? Do you have a picture?

Toad · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:37 pm**

I might buy a mini one, like if i wan't to play EF in the car. I can't use the touchpad very well.

tomparis · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:45 pm**

Here's what one looks like.

Here's mine

(The wheel has a blue LED under it that turns on when I plug it in.)

Toad · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:02 pm**

I thought you were talking about wireless mice. I have an optical on my family's desktop.

tomparis · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:21 pm**

There can be wirless oprical mice, but those are like $30 and $40. Mine was only $20.

IntrepidIsMe · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:28 pm**

I have a wireless one. I actually find our wireless keyboard to be more useful.

WeAz · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:56 pm**

i have portable everything, ihave a back pack with a built in computer carrier and LCD screen, with a keyboard and mousepad and mouse, i won it in a sweepstakes

. i can acess the internet whenever i want

Toad · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:47 pm**

Now that's cool.

Kate Janeway · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 10:10 pm**

^^That is. I didn't know that's what an optical mouse was - I have one,

Defiant · **Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:32 pm**

Optical mice are TITE. I have an all black one. And then I bought the micro one, and I use it on my desktop every so often. Its like an inch by a half an inch, very pimp.

Jadzia Lenara Dax · **Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:11 am**

My boyfriend bought me one for my birthday, and I absolutely adore it. He hated my old mouse--whenever he used my computer, he'd get angry at it, so he decided to go get me one.

~Voyager Fanatic~ · Super Genius Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 1787

Im a using an optical mouse now.

Defiant · **Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:05 am**

LOL, nice. Optical mice are so much better than ball mice.

Morphy · Forum Ogre Joined: 15 Jun 2001 Posts: 3858

I play games, and I prefer the old school mice with the ball.

Josi Rockholt · **Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:54 am**

I hate the ones with the ball. The library has optical. I like them better.

Seven of Nine · **Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:53 pm**

I've got an optical mousey. You can get them for �7. I love not having to clean them out, cos on the old ones the ball would get mucky and then it wouldn't work right

Jeremy · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:56 am**

I've got 1 optical mouse and 2 normal ones for 2 computers. I don't use the optical one so much now, because some idiot (probably my little brother or sister) got dirt or grease onto the bit where the light shines out and it randomly jumps about the screen, which is really anoying!

Jadzia Lenara Dax · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:58 am**

My optical mouse has a little scrolling thing I can make go up and down. It's a bit addictive--I kept trying to scroll up with the mice at school, only to realize they didn't have that function. o.O

IntrepidIsMe · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:09 pm**

I have that problem, too.

Defiant · **Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:40 pm**

Me too! I get used to the scroll wheel...The funny thing about my optical mouse though, is its hard to work with occasionally...If you have a shiny mouse pad, sometimes the light reflects on itself, or SOMETHING, because it randomly spins out. What it will do, is go all the way up, for no good reason. Really bad when im playing a shooter game, and suddenly im running around looking at the sky.