Mice or maybe mouses

The_Bullman

i need a new mouse and am considering the options. Maybe one of the ones that are in DNC, the optical ones with the extra side buttons. Or what about a regular ball mouse. Should i splash out on the boomslang 2000. Also, is it worth the money and does it have those 2 buttons on the sides?
need to know, help would be appreciated

Joe22

what you need is a cordless optical mouse, pretty damn nice, due to hit uk stores this summer.

TwoShedsJackson

I have an MS Intellipoint Optical USB and am perfectly happy with it. It has two main buttons and wheel of course, and also has the two side buttons.

You sometimes hear that optical mice aren't as good for gaming, however I find mine does very well, and you don't need to clean half a ton of gunk out of it every week. Extra buttons are handy for weapon switching aliases and the likes in Quake etc.

It was fifty quid when I got it and that was eight months ago, probably well under forty by now. They can be got anywhere in town.

Gerry

I have a boomslang 2000, it takes a bit of getting used to for quake, because of its shape. It is very accurate, and because its so sensitive, you don't have to move the mouse very much on the mat. It has 2 buttons on the side, which I find are quite easy to hit by mistake. Unless you have £90 to spend on a mouse though, it's not really worth it.
I haven't used the optical mice, but they seem to be getting good reports. For ordinary ball mice, I'd go for a logitech wingman, I would have bought one, but they only seem to be available in a right handed version.

smoke.me.a.kipper

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gerry:
but they only seem to be available in a right handed version.</font>

i hate mice that are sorta moulded for right handers. the only lefty mouse i can find here costs over £100.

can ya get them in dublin, and if so how much are they??

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The_Bullman

where can the boonslang be bought from in ireland, or is it just available in the uk?

Gerry

I don't think you can get it in Ireland, I got mine from www.gameplay.co.uk. I actually got a boomslang 1000, but it was so crap that I complained to razer until they sent me out a new one, which luckily was a boomslang 2000.

Shiminay

I've got the same one as Castor Troy (I'm pretty sure they're the same as DNC have) and it's well good. Comfy for long-term use and the Forward and Back buttons are dead handy.

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Shinji

Boomslangs may be tough to get hold of now, I'm not sure what exactly the status of Razer is but I'm fairly sure their manufacturing has stopped.

Logitech optical mice are generally better than MS opticals - they're of sturdier build and have better tracking systems, so are more accurate.

meglome

I think the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical my favourite one. It's right or left handed, accurate and has one extra button either side for that quick weapon change. We mainly use the Intellimouse Explorer which I also like. I have heard good things about the Logitech Optical mice but haven't really tried them. http://www.microsoft.com/mouse/mouse.htm

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The_Bullman

i think that i will be using the intellimouse optical. there is no ****ing way that i am paying 112 quid for a the razor