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Original Article - http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_hardware_00020.asp

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 9:00 am Post subject:

Since I wrote the review I thought I should post in this thread.

This mouse is awesome, simple yet accurate. I truly love it.

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Butt Sniffer Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 1545 Location: USA

I bought one right before christmas.. It really is a cool mouse. It even glides across my desk surface like there is a pad under it. Way cool... Wheel is a little slow but i really have no refrence so i don't know what i'm talking about.. LOL [ Sticking out Tongue

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Dunnosquatt is my name,
tryin to figure out this shi* is my game.

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 6:08 pm Post subject:

Actually I haven't used a scroll wheel yet that was perfect. This logitech mouse and my MS wheel mouse both are clicky wheels and if you move it between clicks you'll get partial scrolling which screws me up all the time. Maybe a smooth scrolling wheel would be better?

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Butt Sniffer Joined: 24 Oct 2000 Posts: 1545 Location: USA

Well yea, but the clicks keep it from just jamming right down to the bottom of the page... I wouldn't mind that i guess.. Vroommmmmmmm!!!!! [ Sticking out Tongue

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Dunnosquatt is my name,
tryin to figure out this shi* is my game.

Big Dog Joined: 18 Oct 2000 Posts: 4410

Quote:

Actually I haven't used a scroll wheel yet that was perfect. This logitech mouse and my MS wheel mouse both are clicky wheels and if you move it between clicks you'll get partial scrolling which screws me up all the time. Maybe a smooth scrolling wheel would be better?

You should get your paws on a Razor Boomslang. The scroll wheel has twice as many "click" when you scroll it for more accuracy. It has the best "scroller" I have ever tried - very precise and smooth.

Fido@littlewhitedog.com

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2001 3:08 am Post subject:

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You should get your paws on a Razor Boomslang

Also very expensive, what is the MSRP on a Razor Boomslang? Like $100 USD!

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Big Dog Joined: 18 Oct 2000 Posts: 4410

Razor BoomSlang 1000 - $59.00
Razor BoomSlang 2000 - $89.00

(on the web that is...)

Fido@littlewhitedog.com

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2001 2:19 pm Post subject:

Not bad prices for the Razor Boomslang, but what is the difference between the 1000 and the 2000? And are they optical?

As a side note, I was talking to a fellow tech weenie at work and he was talking about his girlfriend's opti mouse and how it wouldn't work well on plain white surfaces! Just now I whipped out my big 10"...uh I mean my printer paper and the mouse worked flawlessly even while moving the mouse wildly from side to side. Not a skip or jump or jitter. The package that the mouse came in said it had 2nd generation optics so I guess they work pretty darn well!

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Stray Dog Joined: 12 Jan 2001 Posts: 1

oki..well..i bought this mouse like a weeek ago..(had a intellemouse before this one) and I only have one prob with it...it kinda lags while I'm gaming..(this is with the microshaft drivers though)(cause I couldn't get the scroll to work in ut with the logitech drivers)..so...basically...if I wanna fire 3 rockets..it laods up to 6 and fires..adn this kinda sucks..cause it mostly gets me killed he ;)

Bafke

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2001 9:22 am Post subject:

ONe of the problems opti-mice have is if acceleration is turned on. Try turning it off and yes I'd would load the Logitech drivers since MS drivers suck butt.

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Moderator Joined: 05 Dec 2000 Posts: 5941 Location: USA

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cause I couldn't get the scroll to work in ut with the logitech drivers ...

... did you have that problem with the latest drivers ? I really want one of these ... I miss my old MouseMan (non-optical) ... [v]

squito@squitobytes.com

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2001 3:55 pm Post subject:

I downloaded the lastest drivers at the time I wrote the article which were the 9.24 drivers. Unfortunately due to a problem with my vid card(it's a POS) I cannot verify BAFKE's claim that it doesn't work under UT. I will be receiving a new ASUS V7100 GeForce2 MX card shortly and once installed will load UT, test it out and post it here!

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2001 8:11 pm Post subject:

I still enjoy my Intellimouse Explorer. It definitely beats the Logitech in one warea, those 5 buttons that come in handy for gaming.

Lake

"Signatures are a waste of time."

Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2001 8:27 pm Post subject:

It's funny those extra buttons are exactly why I dislike the MS Intellimouse Explorer. Different mice for different folks.

Rover
"...She went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone,
when she bent over Rover took over and gave her a bone of her own!"