How are the Microsofts compared to the Logitecs? Can anyone recommend one for in the $100 range?
I like the linear scroll wheel for work (spreadsheets, code, other docs, etc) and the clicky wheel for games. I use an MS Natural 6000 wireless mouse at work, and it's honetly the best mouse I have ever used. It is a little hard to get used to at first, because of the hand angle, but after you get used to it, you have no wrist pain, and it's very easy to use.
Great mouse but is hindered by two flaws:
1) Scroll button is too smooth (no ratcheting)
2) Huge-ass receiver module (it's as big as the mouse itself!)Show Image(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/2/9/5/5/0/webimg/193568857_o.jpg)
Microsoft should make an updated model with Bluetooth!!!! Have you looked into the Lenovo Bluetooth Laser Mouse?
Try Ctrl-scroll zooming with something smooth. It ain't pretty. (Ctrl-TrackPoint scroll is even worse, though, as you don't have a physical point of reference with that.)
Flaws are in the eye of the beholder:
1) The smooth scroll wheel is great for scrolling around in documents and web pages (the side to side scrolling is also very nice). I find racheting wheels only really useful for gaming or some other application where being able to scoll one "notch" is necessary, and I do not find them useful at all when scrolling in documents.
2) I put the module behind the monitor, so I don't even see it. The Logitech wireless mice I have had weren't a whole lot better in the size department, either, but I did think they looked a little better.
I've been using a Mighty Mouse Bluetooth at home more or less than it came out and it works well and batteries last long. But lately I prefer the old noname ps/2 wired mouse I got in the office.
Why did wireless mouse become so popular? They are heavier and even the best 2.4 Ghz tech sometimes can have hick ups.