My MX1000 has periodically started to slow down / start jumping all over the place and generally be a pain in the ass. The laser looks clean, the battery is charged, and I've not changed the placement of the receiver since I bought it, so I figure it's on it's way out.

Time for a new mouse I guess. What's good? I don't need any super-hardcore gaming mouse or anything. Just something comfortable, functional, and wireless. In fact, something similar to the MX1000 would be good. Oh and it'd be nice if I did wanna play an FPS or something if it didn't skip all over the screen with any fast flick action.

Any suggestions? It's been a while since I bought a mouse.

Standard Microsoft optical? Cheap as.

Never let me down playing FPS/RTS.

i agree with chub

im still using my wheel optical mouse that ive had for 5 years place now

still goes awesome

logitech g5 here. its pretty rad, i like logitech ones cause they're nice and heavy.

though if you're on a budget it's probably not really worth the price

go the logitech G7 for around $100. Its a wireless laser mouse and gets pretty good reviews but I mean its $100 so it should. Does the g5 come with swappable battery packs like the G7?
my bad G5 is USB mouse isnt it..

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MS Inteliimouse FTW. Still using the same one I bought prolly 7 years ago plus it can be used in either hand.

Another vote for G7 - Carbon Fibre ftw!

Damn commas

Another vote for G7

+1

That mouse is very, amazingly awesome.

Intellimouse! there is nother, I stupidly spent too much money on a logif***ed.

MS FTW.

My g5 is still going after about 1.5-2 years - recommendationing it.

If you have money to spend, possibly:


This

or

this

Yes they are gaming mice but I find having 5 extra buttons on my mx518 handy in windows aswell, but yea mainy for games.

And I'm a consumer whore

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can you still get mx500s? I went looking for one a while back but couldn't find them locally

I have a G7 it is a really nice mouse but at less the a year old the batteries have started lasting only a couple of days before needing to be swapped.

I use my mouse pretty much all day atleast 5days a week for work so maybe that is expected but im sure it use to last longer originally.

My mx1000 is sucking at holding charge these days, I want to replace it but I need the third button on the side for closing applications. That g9 looks like a f***ing great replacement for comfortability compared to any other logitech atm. Nothing else feels as comfortable as the mx1000.

razer mouse by a long way.. used to use a mx510, but the razer diamondback s***s all over it. so much more comfortable and accurate. plenty of buttons too

+1 G7

So far everyone I have recommended a G7 to has been a bit hesitant over the price however after owning and using one daily all have been impressed.

I have 3 G7's, can't recommend them enough!

i got a razer diamind back

and its very accurate in games and s***, but its very uncomfortable, and sometimes even hurts ur hand.

when i get another, it will def be a logitech, they make pretty good products.

g7 ftw

can you still get mx500s? I went looking for one a while back but couldn't find them locally

I believe they have been replaced by the mx518 which is the same design but better dpi or something. I have one and it's nice to use. Comfortable, very smooth.

I have a G5 and it's great. Basically the same as a G7 except it's the corded version so you don't have to worry about dying batteries etc.

the batteries last forever in my g7. i never turn the mouse off either. plus it has a cool little battery indicator that tells you when its about to die. it only takes about 10 secs to change batteries.

MX400 - $39 at umart

no batteries = WIN

G7

G7 it is :P $100 is fine for a kickass mouse I reckon.

Thanks dudes.

I bought an MX400 for my new PC at home and I really don't like it compared to my MX500. It's got some weird scroll wheel s*** where you can move the whole scroll wheel left and right to get some extra buttons - I don't like it because I heavily rely on middle clicking for, well, everything and the middle click functionality is really awkward now because of it.

I've ended up rebinding the left/right middle wheel clicking thing to "middle mouse click" now which makes it a bit easier, but the transition between my work mouse and home mouse is still annoying.

I'll have to check out the MX518, thanks LeCock

If you're spending ~$100, wouldn't you might as well just get the MX Revolution?

G7 it is :P $100 is fine for a kickass mouse I reckon.

Thanks dudes.

you wont regret it

I'll have to check out the MX518, thanks LeCock

You'll have to look around a bit cause I don't think that many places stock them as they are pretty old.

I've been keeping an eye out for the 518's and haven't been able to find one so far :(

I have the exact same problem on my g5 with that tilt wheel trog, ended up binding them to DO NOTHING. Still doesn't help for games since mouse3 used to be my use button :(

MX Revolution looks ugly and very f***ing uncomfortable. I wish I could get the battery changed in my MX1000 :(

Using left and right scrolling is virtually useless if you're using a good resolution these days. I've never had to actually use it yet. Pretty useless in my opinion although someone using different software may disagree?

I've got an MX Revolution and I love it. It has the big chunky feel of the old Mouseman+ which I always loved, and the free scrolling mousewheel is just beyond awesome, the mouse is worth it purely for that feature alone. I hope that feature filters down and logitech start putting it on their other mice, cos its the best new thing to be added to mice since they went optical.

Umart getting the new g5 2007 revision on the 25th...I recommend them!

http://www.transdiffusion.org/tmc/thames/images/ibag1985-dangermouse.gif

+1 for G7

Yeah G7. At the time I thought "What the hell am I doing?!", but I'm probably not going to buy a mouse for many moons to come. It just f***ing works.

mx518 = mx500 "v 2.0" so to speak, so no point looking for a mx500.

That said, the two thumb button G5 i referred to earlier in this thread seems preety much identical to the old mx500 / mx518 design except they've moved the positions of the "sensitivity buttons" (i just bind them to other commands anyway), added the weights & that tilting mouse wheel. I'd recommend that over mx518 anyway.

Note that I currently have an mx518 but want to upgrade to either G5 2thumb or G9. & looking at the G7 it seems to be a cordless version of the g5 without the extra thumb button.

And to throw an extra mouse into the mix, Microsoft & Razor have teamed up to make the "Habu", which has the same button layout as a G5, & mixed the shape of the "Diamond Back" & "IntelliMouse v3.0". That maybe your bag if for some reason your "anti-logitech"

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=092&active_tab=systemRequirements

Hmmm, how much of a nerd Am I? Hope my ramblings were informative