optical mice

I have Logitech mx500 & used other mx series mouse (310, click plus etc) what make this mouse apart is scroll wheel. First of all feel is smooth & totally mute while scrolling. It has 2 additional buttons for back & forward. Tilt wheel is good feature too. You have to configure properly while installing Intellimouse 5 software. (Install without problem on windows 2000). Yeah make sure you select "Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer with Tilt-Wheel" name during installation. I bought it for $26 sale price at near by store.

I've had this mouse about 2 months now. It was my first experience with a tilt wheel, and the first thing I noticed is that to get the wheel to register as a tilt, you basically have to grab the wheel with 2 fingers and move it to the side. The scroll wheel is very difficult to click, and as a gamer, that's pretty annoying. The scroll wheel also refuses to register as clicking if the scroll wheel is scrolling at the same time.

My main problem with this mouse is that now, after only 2 months of use, the left click button occasionally doesn't register a click whenever I press it. There is a small space between the actual click of the button and where the electrical circuit inside makes contact. It may sound bizarre, but again, as a gamer, often times I find myself clicking the button into exactly that "dead zone" and no click is registered.

I'll be buying a Logitech next time.

This is probably the best mouse out there. With no need for batteries this mouse is not just comfortable and beautiful, he's 5 buttons are really great. The position of the thumb buttons are in the right spot and the new Tilt-Wheel is very useful. I had the old version of this mouse and I just can't keep my hands of this one!!!
This mouse is a must have and the logitech guys should learn something from this mouse.