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Title: Logitech Trackman Marble T-BC21
Post by: ashort on Fri, 06 April 2012, 11:20:09

I've always maligned (well, I've always at least said "it's not for me") the Logitech Trackman Marble because the ball is for the index or middle finger, not the thumb.  I love the thumb trackballs from Logitech, I've bought many of them and the M570 is just the latest one in the line.  

Today I left my M570 at home (DOAH!) and instead of using the horrible trackpad (it's not even a good trackpad) on my Thinkpad T510, or the Trackpoint red stick thing in the middle of the keyboard (my opinion of those varies sharply from some others here - I HATE Trackpoint!) a co-worker dug up a T-BC21 trackball for me (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/429/4680).  I was being nice - "Get that ugly piece of crap away from me", doesn't play well in an office setting, especially to one bearing an offering - when I plugged it in and started using it.  

I expected terrible things to happen - the earth opens up, we all die, something like that.  

I'm still using it and nothing terrible has happened yet, and I like it.  At least as much as I like a good MOUSE to point with.  The M570 is still my favorite, but I'd buy one of these T-BC21's now.

I rescind most of the bad things I've ever said about the Trackman Marble.  It's a matter of preference, and even then (now), it's still not bad.

Title: Logitech Trackman Marble T-BC21
Post by: RPro on Tue, 10 April 2012, 15:43:21

I use this at work and isn't that bad aside from lack of easy scrolling. I'll have to check that wiki out!

Title: Logitech Trackman Marble T-BC21
Post by: fossala on Tue, 10 April 2012, 15:51:18

After using my slimblade my mum bought that trackball. When I bought my ltrack-x I gave my mum the slimblade.
Edit: That sounds like I am 10 and live with my mum. She came round one day and used it.

Title: Logitech Trackman Marble T-BC21
Post by: ashort on Thu, 12 April 2012, 13:40:34

Years ago, when building a system for "me mum", I bought a trackman marble wheel for her.  She wrinkled her nose at it, saying "I don't want that, I want a mouse!"  I told her to use it for three days.  If she didn't like it then, I'd buy it back from her.  Recently, she replaced that years old trackman marble wheel with a Trackman M570.  

:becky:

Title: Logitech Trackman Marble T-BC21
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 12 April 2012, 13:43:54

While I'm not a huge Trackball fan, my GF's Lexus CT200h's nav system has a trackball-like interface that is nice.  I do too much Excel work where I find trackballs hard to maneuver when highlighting cells and such.  I have a CST (I think) trackball somewhere I bought out of peer-pressure here on the 'Hack.