Your favorite trackball

edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
edited February 2004 in Hardware
My wife hates using a mouse. She wore out a Kensington trackball, it took her eight years. I need to replace it. Is there anything out there that is better than the Kensington? What are the pros using these days?

Comments

  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited February 2004
    well.. favorite and trackball in the same sentence... not something you see often.. I think the only reply you will get is from engineers and cad guys...


    Gobbles
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Kensington is still around? No really, I use the Microsoft Trackball Explorer. I like it except for the new software.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited February 2004
    Without a doubt the microsoft trackball explorer, the optical version. I wouldn't part ways without it. I'm not an engineer or cad guy but I wouldn't use anything but my trackball.

    KingFish
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    OK CSimon, what do people earn their living with?
    The Kensington has a large ball, smooth action and a 5 year war.
    But they are $100.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited February 2004
    Microsoft has plenty large balls. Enough said.

    KingFish
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Aren't you confusing them with MegaHard? <wink>
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    take your wife to the store and see if she can find one she likes there. My dad uses the MS optical trackball thingy, it's pretty nice, if you like trackballs.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited February 2004
    im a trackball fanatic, i swear by the microsoft trackball optical.
    seen here
    http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=012

    its the only i could find that fits my hand without having a bulky ball in a place where its inconvenient for quick movements. as a consequence, i am a badass with this mouse in FPS... people can't understand it :)
  • panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
    edited February 2004
    One of my former roomates was the same way...laying down pwnage with the trackball on MOHAA and R6 games he'd play online. He preferred sniping, and with that trackball he could aim much more precisely then I ever could with my mouse.
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    I will never give up my Logitech trackman wheel...
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2004
    KingFish wrote:
    Microsoft has plenty large balls. Enough said.

    KingFish

    Erm... You may want to rephrase that, you know...

    Anyhow, I can't stand trackballs in general, but the Kensington one looks very good.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited February 2004
    FatCat, i always found that one more uncomfortable than mine. it feels like you have to raise your thumb rather than just sit your hand right on top of the mouse. maybe the size of your hand matters?
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