Non-Blind Mice

This is a story about some mice. Five mice. Three with tails, and two without. None of them are blind. The tailless ones did not loose their tails in to a farmer's wife with a carving knife, they were actually born that way. I suspect a happy ending too.

My Logitech optical mouse is finally wearing out. It is a fist generation optical mouse. I got it from my mother for Christmas of 1999, so it has put in a good 4 years of heavy service. It still tracks good, but the right mouse button has gotten flaky, and this weekend the left button has started to flake out too.

Once you use an optical mouse, specifically Logitech ones, it is hard to go back to using anything else. When I started my job I had a Microsoft Optical IntelliMouse. It was torture to use. I had not used a Microsoft mouse since moving to my Logitech and I guess I just couldn't handle the downgrade.

Luckily my boss saved me with a MX700. I asked for an MX500, which is the corded version of the same mouse, but the MX700 was on sale for a little bit more, so he got it for me. I wasn't going to complain. The MX700 is a work of beauty. Very comfortable, lots of well placed buttons, and the cursor glides like silk.

From what I have read, the new MX1000 Laser Mouse is a major improvement on the MX700. I am not sure how they get so much battery life out when they are using a laser, but the idea that I could set it on stun and take out an intruder is really appealing.

I may stick with the MX510 instead of the MX1000 just to save money. The MX510 is a slightly upgraded version of the MX500 and comes in colors. It is marketed as a gaming mouse. I'd probably go with red over blue since I like red better, and it is oddly cheaper as well.