Comment Re:Microsoft Optical Mouse (Score 4) 100
I own one of the optical mice, actually I bought it the first day it was released in stores.
It has several issues people should know about though. It doesnt work on glass or reflective surfaces (the LED doesnt get picked up properly by the imager on them), also it doesnt work too well with glazed surfaces (like a shiny table surface), it does work really well on textured surfaces though, a mouse pad works well, so does a book cover etc.
It has some really bad problems with fast mouse moving though. You cant just move the mouse around ultra quick as one would in a game of quake. The optical "camera" inside the mouse cant track the surface fast enough, so it loses its tracking and the mouse goes crazy. Sucks. The only solution is the crank the mouse to a high resolution in whatever game your playing (assuming the game requires quick mousing).
The mouse also works great under windows (both USB and PS2), and works well under Linux (ps2), however it cannot function as a serial device, as the current supplied by the serial port is not enough to supply the LED and camera within the mouse, so using a PS2 to serial converter will not work.
All in all its a pretty neat device, and works with everything after a bit of tweaking. I personally hate cleaning ball mice, so I really like it.
KAMEL
It has several issues people should know about though. It doesnt work on glass or reflective surfaces (the LED doesnt get picked up properly by the imager on them), also it doesnt work too well with glazed surfaces (like a shiny table surface), it does work really well on textured surfaces though, a mouse pad works well, so does a book cover etc.
It has some really bad problems with fast mouse moving though. You cant just move the mouse around ultra quick as one would in a game of quake. The optical "camera" inside the mouse cant track the surface fast enough, so it loses its tracking and the mouse goes crazy. Sucks. The only solution is the crank the mouse to a high resolution in whatever game your playing (assuming the game requires quick mousing).
The mouse also works great under windows (both USB and PS2), and works well under Linux (ps2), however it cannot function as a serial device, as the current supplied by the serial port is not enough to supply the LED and camera within the mouse, so using a PS2 to serial converter will not work.
All in all its a pretty neat device, and works with everything after a bit of tweaking. I personally hate cleaning ball mice, so I really like it.
KAMEL
