Mice advice

[peekaboo]

just built a new pc.
I'm still using the old mouse which is a wacom tablet thingy.
It makes me want to throw it out of the window like a frisbee.
I'm looking into getting myself a nice mouse.

I'm not a gamer (yet, though i doubt i'll become a serious one). I tried Half Life 2 ,which I got for free, for 10 minutes and it made me dizzy.

I looked at the mx1000 and mx700 (because they caught my eye at the store) and they're obviously nice but also expensive.

any recommendations?
wireless vs. wired?
IR vs. RF?

[ZeratulsAvenger]

I have the MX1000, and I love it. Opticals work well, but the lazer is just a dream in comparison to any of the old ball mice and that's all I can compare it to since my optical is gone at the moment.

The charge times are maybe once a week with a good amoutn of use, so it's not a nightly thing. Range is no problem. I think it's great.

I like the wireless, since I spin each and every way under my desk, and have my legs on my tower sometimes, or here or there, and the Keyboard cable is enough of a pain to deal with. I can just lean back with the wireless and not have a worry in the world about the cord reaching.

I would vote for a wireless, MX1000 being my point of knowledge, but I remember the optical to know it wasn't bad by any means(while being quite a bit cheaper)... It's just whether ya wanna go the extra step with the extra cash.

[rios__]

They're both good mice. For normal use, you probably won't notice the difference though. Wireless is useful, but its annoying having to recharge the mice. I don't like the logitech charging cradle though. I have the mx700 and the cradle won't recognize the mouse when I put it in to charge it unless I wiggle it a bit. It also damaged the finish on the mouse

[peekaboo]

What about microsoft's intellimouse?