Trackball Mice
 

I've used a trackball mouse for close to ten years and unfortunatly there seems to be a major decline in the manufacturing of them. If you go to a Best Buy / Staples / Office Max / Circuit City you'll be lucky if they offer 2 out of the 25 they have. I travel alot with my laptop and sometimes you don't have enough room to use a conventional mouse. Has anyone else noticed this or does everyone just use conventional laser/optical mice?

I love my trackball and would prefer to use nothing else. I hope they're not becoming obsolete.

You guys aren't in the know are ya, laser mice are like totally the standard :P

No but seriously, they are superior in every way, invest in them no doubt. So much better than trackball or optical.

Can't answer the original question, but I inherited my ex manager's trackball after it was supplied to him following a workplace assessment. He just didn't like it - and I did. Miss it now :(

I can handle a trackball if I absolutely have to, but my husband used to use a thumb trackball exclusively. I seriously had to use both hands to use it.

After we've lost two mice in transit, I just use the touchpad on our laptop. It's a pain in the butt at first, but once you get used to it, it's fine.

Trackballs forever! They may not be too common, but they're still around. If you shop online you can still find a small variety from a good few manufacturers.

That's the problem. You need a Fry's Electronics or somesuch.

Isn't a laser mouse just a regular mouse without a cord? You still have to move your hand all over the place. What a pain in the ass. A trackball, all you move is a couple fingers. Takes up less space, too.

A "laser" or optical mouse uses a laser underneath, in stead of the little ball, to track motion. A mouse without a cord would be a wireless mouse. In both cases, yes, you still have to make wacky non-ergonomic motions all over the desk.

I myself have a wireless, optical, trackball.

WTF is an "optical" trackball? A trackball by definition doesn't move around the desk. I submit there ain't no such thing, sir.

The rotation of the trackball is not communicated via physical contact with the base. Less friction, more accurate.

New Cellar tagline: Less friction, more accurate.

Little, yellow, different, better.

OMG...when that commercial came out my sis-in-law said "Are they talking about the Japanese?":bolt: