# Screw you, logitech! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2002, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484 "2002-11-29T11:03:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/21 "2002-11-30T14:58:24Z")
[Here is your nasty mouse for $ 13.00](http://www.compuvisor.com/logmouswheel1.html) Now buy it and be happy. > [@](#): > > The Logitech MouseMan Wheel USB/PS2 Port Mouse for PC & Macintosh combines a fresh design that’s optimized for comfort, with the convenience of a scroll wheel and four mouse buttons. Its unique features help you work better on any Windows system or a Macintosh system with USB port. > Logitech Part number: 911494-0403 > > Rest your hand on the gentle slope of MouseMan Wheel and the top buttons and scroll wheel fall under your fingers. The handy side button is right under your thumb. Move this mouse and you’ll appreciate the enhanced comfort and control offered by the unique soft-touch material that covers the places where your hand holds the mouse. It all adds up to a better mouse experience. > > Use the scroll wheel for fast, easy scrolling. Just move the wheel to scroll quickly, without having to move the mouse or click in scrollbars. Also use it to zoom (increase or decrease magnification) in Office 97/2000 documents. You can even click it as a fourth mouse button. > > Just plug MouseMan Wheel into the USB or PS/2 port on any Windows system. Or, plug it into the USB port on Macintosh or PCs with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP without even needing to turn off your system. Then follow the simple instructions to add the MouseWare software to your system and take full advantage of the scroll wheel and four buttons. With USB you can connect several different mice, so everyone who uses the computer is free to work with his or her favorite one ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/22 "2002-11-30T16:46:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mtgman \* > \*\*Real men use trackballs[sup]TM[/sup]. Logitech Trackman Marble USB with a wheel. That’s what I’m talkin about. Oh yea. > > got ball? \*\* Real men have [Spaceballs!](http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/4000/). Used to be used only for high end 3d platforms, now they have drivers for almost every program imaginable, and you can program all the buttons to do so much more. I have three of them, one at each 3d workstation, and I’m looking to get more. Fear the awsome power of my triad of spaceballs! b. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/23 "2002-11-30T21:17:24Z")
You’ll never take over the world with that fancy, over molded, overdone, crap! Logitech model# C7-3F-9F Boxy-check Buttons not flush with surface-check(infact, they’re kind of concave so as to cradle the fingers) Has middle button that is no longer supported by the Windows driver I had to use-check Was made before 1990-ho yeah! that’s a check. Of course for really big projects, I use my Commodore 64-got a mouse for that too. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/24 "2002-12-01T05:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*[Here is your nasty mouse for $ 13.00](http://www.compuvisor.com/logmouswheel1.html) Now buy it and be happy. \*\* I love you! Would it be obsessive of me to buy 8 or 10 of them to use for spare parts? Or simply a reasonable investment? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/25 "2002-12-01T07:01:42Z")
BS BS BS Trackball is the only ‘manly’ way to go. No carpal tunnel here by jove. Set it on anything. precise. easy, no cleaning programmable. What’s not to like. Fits BIG BIG hands… Yepper, TrackMan Marble + is the ticket… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/26 "2002-12-01T10:43:53Z")
Trackball really sucks for FPS and RTS games, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/27 "2002-12-02T06:46:21Z")
Since the only game this fumble finger can play is free cell , 7150 and climbing in order, a track ball is mighty fine… he he he I am not a gamer unfortunately… ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/28 "2002-12-02T06:56:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SenorBeef \* > \*\*Trackball really sucks for FPS and RTS games, doesn’t it? \*\* Yup. Lousy range of motion, if you plan on keeping your fingers anywhere near the buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/29 "2002-12-02T14:59:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billy Rubin \* > \*\*Real men have [Spaceballs!](http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/4000/). \*\* Oh, shit, there goes the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484/30 "2002-12-02T15:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SenorBeef \* > \*\*Trackball really sucks for FPS and RTS games, doesn’t it? \*\* Nope. I use a Logitech Trackman marble wheel, and regularly kick ass when we play Unreal Tournament during the lunch break. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-you-logitech/139484.md?page=1)