I would strongly urge against *ANY* Microsoft hardware...but their optical
mice in particular.
Drivers are quite buggy, and the build quality of their mice leave much to
be desired.
In my own personal experience, the best mice are by Logitech.

Bobby

"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
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> No;you don't need any optical receptor.Just plug in.You may have to
> install the driver.To get the latest driver,visit:-
> http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mo...s.aspx?pid=009
>
>
> Do some reading here:-
> 'How do optical mice work?'
> http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question631.htm
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
>
> Michael wrote:
>
>> I am using a Dell 4600 pc and the mouse that came with it needs to be
>> replaced.I am considering an optical mouse that has no mouse ball that
>> gets dirty and skips.
>> I'm just wondering how this new mouse works and will I need some optical
>> receptor for it to work?