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.