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A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by coreymaass »

teslabox wrote: post #13

I wish they'd bring back the Microsoft Trackball Explorer - the button switches on mine eventually wore out. This had five buttons - left, right, scroll-click, forward, back (all programmable). https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=microsoft%20trackball%2... Question for the lefties: what kind of pointing device do you prefer? Mouse? Touchpad? Do you prefer to swap L&R clicks when you use other people's computers?

I'm a leftie but started on mice in the 90s with my right hand, so I never had to relearn. I used the Microsoft Trackball Explorer for a decade. I'm many years into the Logitech Cordless TrackMan Optical, but mine is starting to have problems. Every couple of months I look for the "next thing" but didn't know there's a patent on trackballs preventing production. Heartbreaking.

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by coreymaass »

noelwelsh wrote: post #25
teslabox wrote: post #13

I wish they'd bring back the Microsoft Trackball Explorer - the button switches on mine eventually wore out. This had five buttons - left, right, scroll-click, forward, back (all programmable). https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=microsoft%20trackball%2... Question for the lefties: what kind of pointing device do you prefer? Mouse? Touchpad? Do you prefer to swap L&R clicks when you use other people's computers?

I use a trackball in my right hand. I use a trackball as it's more ergonomic, and I've had wrist pain in the past from using a mouse. I use my right hand because the oppressive burden of living in a rightie dominated world has made me somewhat ambidextrous. I switch to a mouse in my left-hand for the occasional times I'm gaming. My last two trackballs have been imports from Japan. Apparently somebody claims a patent…

Any tips on Japanese models, and where to buy them?

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by eberkund »

jdietrich wrote: post #14

Too little, too late. Zowie copied the classic Intellimouse shapes, but offer them in a range of sizes with a class-leading optical sensor. https://zowie.benq.com/en/product/mouse.html The new Intellimouse preserves the old shape, but ignores the thing that made it legendary in the first place - the MLT04 sensor, which was (entirely accidentally) perfect for FPS gaming. Microsoft don't even mention their choice of se…

I have both a Zowie and the new Intellimouse and my Zowie which I have been using for about a year at home is already succumbing to double click issues. The Microsoft mouse I've been using for about 6 months at work and I don't have any complaints yet. I previously used Razer deathadder mouses and found they were also poor quality and started double clicking after a few months of use.

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by Schumer »

hs86 wrote: post #10
IshKebab wrote: post #4

This is great, but I really wish they'd bring back the "Wheel Mouse Optical" - it is symmetric which is good if you're ambidextrous or share with left handers, and more importantly it doesn't have those annoying side buttons. Still I'm glad Microsoft realised there was a lot of demand for this.

I used the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical for years until I discovered the SteelSeries Sensei. It is a gaming brand, which means you will have useless lights on it but it still has the symmetric design like the IntelliMouse and has additional buttons on each side that can be remapped with the (not soooo bad) driver software. Tangential, but I can't understand how left handers can be neglected by peripheral hardware m…

I wish left handers got some taste of the multi-button mice.

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by mkarr »

cwyers wrote: post #19

It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.

I couldn't stand the constant nagging and focus-stealing the Razer software did regularly. To the point that I just went back and bought the same Logitech mouse that I had been using before (and had broken). That's what I get for trying new things occasionally.

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by fhood »

cwyers wrote: post #19

It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.

I use a Logitech G602 and have been extremely happy with it.

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by cwyers »

chubasco wrote: post #28
cwyers wrote: post #19

It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.

I have been a long-time fan of the Razer Deathadder, and I was talking to a friend about it the other day and realized that the reason I like it so much is because the form factor is very close to the original IntelliMouse.

That's pretty much why I got it, and now that the original IntelliMouse is back, I don't know if I need the glowing green death mouse of eventual GDPR compliance?

Re: A legend reborn: Microsoft brings back the iconic Classic IntelliMouse

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Post by orbital-decay »

chubasco wrote: post #28
cwyers wrote: post #19

It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.

I have been a long-time fan of the Razer Deathadder, and I was talking to a friend about it the other day and realized that the reason I like it so much is because the form factor is very close to the original IntelliMouse.

Well, Deathadder is the evolved IntelliMouse, after all.
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