Bought myself an optical mouse for $10 recently, and I love it! 
Anyone else own one? Or more?
Anyone else own one? Or more?
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psycmajor said:Bought myself an optical mouse for $10 recently, and I love it!
Anyone else own one? Or more?
er...what's an optical mouse? is it a cordless type? if so, I'd like to know where I can find one for $10! LOL
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I got it at Target. It's GE brand. Microsoft ones are at least 2x as much.
You can also get wireless ones that are also optical at Target, as well as wireless keyboards.
Optical mice do not have a ball. According to my guy retrogeek, it uses what looks like a little camera which compares images at one position to an image at another position. When hooked up, the bottom has red lights. So in so many words, it detects motion without the ball using an LED sensor.
Mine is very similar to this one, but mine has black where the silver is in the picture: http://www.buy.com/retail/clearance/product.asp?sku=70009506
For a more technical version of how they work, here ya go: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question631.htm
Just one place of many on the net with what you're looking for: http://www.computer-mouse.net/
You can also get wireless ones that are also optical at Target, as well as wireless keyboards.
Optical mice do not have a ball. According to my guy retrogeek, it uses what looks like a little camera which compares images at one position to an image at another position. When hooked up, the bottom has red lights. So in so many words, it detects motion without the ball using an LED sensor.
Mine is very similar to this one, but mine has black where the silver is in the picture: http://www.buy.com/retail/clearance/product.asp?sku=70009506
For a more technical version of how they work, here ya go: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question631.htm
Just one place of many on the net with what you're looking for: http://www.computer-mouse.net/
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I have one... I got it for free from my friend's brother. They are sooo much better than the normal ones. 
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Same here. I have one too. It's lazer activated insteid of using a ball. I really like it. Though I don't think it was $10..
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I have a Logitech cordless optical mouse. It is great.... but it goes through a pair of "AA's" in a month or less. When these batteries die I'm going back to the cheapo corded optical figuring to save about $36+ a year in batteries.drfeelgood said:
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I have a logitech cordless keyboard and mouse. Like them a lot.
As for Batteries, I used cheap ones and they were dead with in a month. Used some highed end ones and they have lasted for awile.
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As for Batteries, I used cheap ones and they were dead with in a month. Used some highed end ones and they have lasted for awile.
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I use rechargeable batteries, so when my mouse dies, I put the batteries in the charger and get 2 more out of it (if someone didn't already taken them!).
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