On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:58:18 -1000, "NoNoBadDog!"
<no_@spam_verizon.net> wrote:

>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
>

Why? I have used a USB optical mouse from MS for years and never had
a single problem with it. Still going strong and probably close to 3
years old now.

No special software needed either. The drivers for it are built into
XP and you do not need to use the intellimouse software for it if you
do not want to. I will agree that the intellimouse software is pretty
bad, but using the standard drivers in XP the mouse works just fine
and all functions of it work just fine too.

>"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
>news:%23h%23CVzAEGHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> 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?
>