My generic Kensington laser mouse just died (I dropped it, then stepped on it). I've been trying to use the touchpad on my laptop, but it fails utterly. Anyone have recommendations for me? My price range is 40-50$ max.

I recommend the Logitech MX400. All of the buttons work out of the box in OS X (side-scrolling, back/forward), and it's a good ergonomic, wired laser mouse for the price.
Definitely stay away from anything wireless.

Any advantage to the MX610?

You know, I thought about getting that Logitech mouse recently, but I didn't see any advantage over my old Microsoft Intellimouse. Actually, I like have buttons on both sides of the mouse instead of 2 on the left.

I looked at the razer mouses (mice, meece), but it started to seem too expensive. I do wonder if it would make a difference using a laser mouse instead of regular optical, though.

Dave wrote:I recommend the Logitech MX400. All of the buttons work out of the box in OS X (side-scrolling, back/forward), and it's a good ergonomic, wired laser mouse for the price.
Definitely stay away from anything wireless.

I've had the MX400 for over a year and I love it.

pavlvs327 wrote:I've had the MX400 for over a year and I love it.

Ditto. No stupid gaming mouse hype about it either.

I like my Logitech G3 on a Razor Exactmat (speed side). But I think this article is really worth it reading, when you need help for you decision (btw, my g3 isnt that good in result there. But I play highsens, where laser fits well): http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1265679

MS Wheel Mouse Optical FTW

My recommendations for anyone looking for mice are:

Razer Lachesis-Personal favorite
Trust Predator-Another good mouse, better than the MX518 because of it's response time.
Logitech MX518-My previous mouse


As for mousepads I would recommend:

Corepad C1 if you prefer a cloth surface
Ulti mat Original if you prefer a hard surface
fUnc sUrface 1030 if you like plastic surfaces

Logitech G5, simply awesome, very precise laser mouse and hopefully somewhat cheap today (?)

Logitech MX518 is a solid option within your price range. Razer Lachesis is too expensive and for tasteless people. G5 is similar to MX518 but with a bit more bells-and-whistles, and also more expensive. A4Tech X7 mice have a good reputation and are inexpensive. First time I've heard anyone recommend Trust Predator. I'd be suspicious of Trust. As for Logitech MX400, it's only 800 DPI. The others offer considerably more for a similar price. High DPI won't magically increase your skill, but it's still preferable to have it since it makes your mouse more accurate. In other words, law of the diminishing returns applies to it.

You are two years late :p

Logitech G9!!!!!

Not this topic again. There is no answer. I like SteelSeries Ikari Optical Mouse. Even though mouse 4 and 5 broke after a few months I need a new one

Reinis wrote:Logitech MX518 is a solid option within your price range. Razer Lachesis is too expensive and for tasteless people. G5 is similar to MX518 but with a bit more bells-and-whistles, and also more expensive. A4Tech X7 mice have a good reputation and are inexpensive. First time I've heard anyone recommend Trust Predator. I'd be suspicious of Trust. As for Logitech MX400, it's only 800 DPI. The others offer considerably more for a similar price. High DPI won't magically increase your skill, but it's still preferable to have it since it makes your mouse more accurate. In other words, law of the diminishing returns applies to it.

You can actually move the MX518 at a higher speed than the G5 before it skips. The G5 has a higher DPI however and probably has a quicker response time. The Razer Lachesis is pricy, twitchy, and has a weird unique feel to it and is best used claw-style, but with the back of your palm on the mouse. I was hesitant to get a Trust Predator, but I got a sweet offer in my spam folder to get a Trust Gamer Pack Advanced that included a head set, gaming-grade mouse pad, as well as the Predator all for $20. Overall the Trust Predator is a damn good mouse that I would recommend over the MX518 if you can do without the 5 DPI stages.

Lee_Stricklin wrote:You can actually move the MX518 at a higher speed than the G5 before it skips.

Some time ago when I still used the MX518 there was some weird bug in the linux USB drivers, which clogged up the entire USB bus when the MX518 mouse was moved quickly. Now that seems fixed, and I was amazed that you actually *can* move the MX518 faster than the G5 before it skips :O

Then I can recommend both of these, although the horizontal click on the G5 scrollwheel is annoying

Logitech RX1000

Its the one I've got, its fairly cheap. Simple 1000dpi laser mouse.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... h%20rx1000

I have a Logitech MX518..although i'm not sure i've got the proper driver's installed, maybe that's why my sensitivity switches at time's i'm probably most likely playing with a low dpi setting

however my aim still is good, so it must be good!