Where do you TWHL3? Created 16 years ago2008-03-03 15:17:02 UTC by Archie

Yeah it's an opitcal mouse then. Wow didn't know there was a third type What's a laser mouse like then? :S

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The difference between a regular optical mouse and a laser mouse is the light used to track movement. A regular optical mouse uses an LED light in the optical engine, while a laser mouse uses a laser to track movement. The more dots per inch (dpi) a mouse can track, the more sensitive and accurate it is. A typical optical mouse tracks between 400dpi and 800dpi, while laser mice track more than 2,000dpi.

Neither is really better; it all depends on your needs and preferences. Unless you're a gamer or a graphic artist with a need for precise movement, you'll probably find a 2,000dpi laser mouse too sensitive. Many gaming mice, however, allow you to switch sensitivity levels so that you have precision when you need it but can revert to 400dpi or 800dpi for regular mousing.

Besides their tracking speeds, laser mice work on nearly every surface, whereas optical mice may experience trouble tracking on black or shiny surfaces.

I love ball mice. Especially the ones that Dell ships with their pc's. Picking the dust out of public computer mouses is a favorite past-time of mine.
And i never understood the whole.. "gaming mouse" thing. Are they really that great?

laser mice are insignificantly better and significantly more expensive. The MS explorer optical range is more than fine; cost me 10 bucks from some Asian store, and was far better for gaming than my new laser mouse which I just gave to a friend who also decided not to use it. It's not worth it in my opinion, not even for the hardest of hardcore gamers.

i've had my no-brand generic five button mouse for 5 years now, and if it ever broke, i'd more willingly shell out 50 bucks for a new one instead of some fancy thing with those dumb weights in them (even though the mouse is only worth like ten bucks). problem is that i can't find the same mouse anywhere, so i have to make sure this one doesn't break.

I've got a Razor laser mouse and it's incredible. A bit on the pricey side ($70), but I got it for 20% off(56). I'd recommend them either way.

The difference between a regular optical mouse and a laser mouse is the light used to track movement. A regular optical mouse uses an LED light in the optical engine, while a laser mouse uses a laser to track movement. The more dots per inch (dpi) a mouse can track, the more sensitive and accurate it is. A typical optical mouse tracks between 400dpi and 800dpi, while laser mice track more than 2,000dpi.

Neither is really better; it all depends on your needs and preferences. Unless you're a gamer or a graphic artist with a need for precise movement, you'll probably find a 2,000dpi laser mouse too sensitive. Many gaming mice, however, allow you to switch sensitivity levels so that you have precision when you need it but can revert to 400dpi or 800dpi for regular mousing.

Besides their tracking speeds, laser mice work on nearly every surface, whereas optical mice may experience trouble tracking on black or shiny surfaces.

tl;dr they're basically the same only laser is expensive.

Optical mouses (it's not mice when it's not an animal, damn it) don't have any problems with black surfaces, btw. Majority steelpad mousepads are black, I doubt they'd go for that if that were the case. Shiny surfaces, though, they do have a problem with.

Sexy desk. As far as sexy can aply to a desk.

Very nice desk pepper ;o

Is that a tablet there instead of a mouse pad?

Certainly is, just a normal mousepad, you cant see the tablet in that picciue, it is normaly located just left of the left screen behind the keyboard(default dock for both the tablet and USB stick.

Cool, I have one too.

Wacom Intuos3 6x8 ftw.

I got a graphire 3, not big, but easy too carry in my bag pack, pretty important since i cycle on the ATB 10 kilometres twice a day.

yeh, mine is borderline bag sized.

yeah i know, a classmate of mine has it.

Nice, comfy chair.

Also MESS.

Sawhorses?
MacGyver FTW

In fact the wooden table used to be a door.

I cleaned the desk just for the ocation :>Oh, and my small game collection.
Good games are standing up, shitty games lay on the side.

Madcow plays C&C.

Win!

Lawl, purchased PC games.

O hai der

Lots of blue lights on my stuff, lulz.