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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: fourzeropooh on Sat, 11 January 2014, 23:18:37

Title: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: fourzeropooh on Sat, 11 January 2014, 23:18:37: I currently use a WMO and an anker mouse. Are trackballs good and which one would you recommend?
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:12:57: Gaming: Mouse>Trackball
Stuffs to do with long term use: Trackball >Mouse
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: fourzeropooh on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:15:24: Quote from: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:12:57
Gaming: Mouse>Trackball
Stuffs to do with long term use: Trackball >Mouse

Which trackball would you recommend for simple non gaming work?
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:18:23: Quote from: fourzeropooh on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:15:24
Quote from: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:12:57
Gaming: Mouse>Trackball
Stuffs to do with long term use: Trackball >Mouse

Which trackball would you recommend for simple non gaming work?
kensington is what i use Slimblade and the expert. the balls feel real nice.
Logitech is good to, bit i think they look ugly with their hybrid mouse/trackballs things..
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: fourzeropooh on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:26:52: Quote from: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:18:23
Quote from: fourzeropooh on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:15:24
Quote from: Ghetto Caps on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:12:57
Gaming: Mouse>Trackball
Stuffs to do with long term use: Trackball >Mouse

Which trackball would you recommend for simple non gaming work?
kensington is what i use Slimblade and the expert. the balls feel real nice.
Logitech is good to, bit i think they look ugly with their hybrid mouse/trackballs things..

Thanks for the help!
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: fourzeropooh on Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:28:38: How good are the Kensington Orbit Optical and Orbit with Scroll Ring?
Title: Re: Trackball or Regular Mouse?
Post by: piglickjf on Sun, 12 January 2014, 03:57:20: I've been using the Kensington Orbit (optical, and before that the old non-optical) for years and I like it a lot, I find it very comfortable.

I use it for everything, including games, without any problems. I'm not a hard-core gamer, but I spend my fair share of hours gaming and while my skills are probably only mediocre at best, I don't have any difficulty gaming on it.

My biggest complaint would be the lack of a middle button (or any other extra buttons, for that matter). Lack of a scroll wheel is slightly inconvenient, but it doesn't bother me too much - most of the scrolling I do is in firefox, and I have an addon called grab and drag that covers that.

I've heard good things about the Expert and Slimblade, but I haven't tried either one. I wish there was local storefront where I could try one out, but I've never been able to find one.

PigLick