I need a mouse

My iMac is approaching ten years old and I have now completely worn out one keyboard and three mice. Too many miles on 'em all.
The first two were Apple and the latest is a Belkin F8E882-OPT two button mouse with scroll wheel. The scroll wheel doesn't appear to use an optical encoder and it seems its contacts have just worn away. It's probably uneconomical to repair. Other than that it's been a fine little rodent.
I know this is primarily a hardware question, but I'm using Tiger so I can't use a Magic Mouse, which would be the ideal solution.
Requirements are: optical (naturally), left and right click, scroll wheel with tilt and click. Wired USB, no wireless or Bluetooth. No Microsoft.
I have a Logitech wireless mouse, but I don't particularly like it since it since its optical encoder doesn't track with most surfaces, and its mass is excessive due to the two AA batteries that need to be replaced from time to time.
Any recommendations for my iMac's birthday present?

From ebay new Apple Mouse? Has ten available. First one I saw. $20 + $4 shipping. Appears to have good feedback.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220342143041&rvrid=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=M*F%3F&GUID=c5c1157a1280a0e203c60906ff99bc23&itemid= 220342143041&ff4=263602263622
But no left & right click; just a basic retro, zero button mouse (sorry, just saw those requirements above.) I'm still using those, even on my new iMac 21.5, so don't know (or even care about) the luxury of a more gimmicked up mouse. I might even like the Magic Mouse and wonder why I stuck with the old one so long, if I get around to installing it at some point.
And my G3, approaching ten years, wouldn't let me hear the end of it if I connected anything else to it.
But hope you find something you like.
Message was edited by: WZZZ

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Please, i bought a new track pad for my imac. it is working well when my imac is on. But, anytime i off my imac and wish to on it again, My track pad will be connected but it doesn't click i will need a mouse to log in my password first . Any help?
To be specific. I have the imac late 2013 model, and i just bought the trackpad this October 2014. I have been using magic mouse without any problem. I just want to have a new experience with the trackpad. Any time i on my imac, i will have a normal screen with my picture and a guest column at the center. I need to click either my picture or the guest in order to have the space where i can key in my password with the keyboard. But unfortunately, my trackpad will show that it is connected and the cursor will be moving in front of the screen if i touch the trackpad, but if i try to click, i will get no response. I have to put back batteries inside my magic mouse and then click on my picture if i want to log in with my id or i click on the guest image if i want to log in as a guest. it is only after this that my trackpad will start responding.
i want to use only trackpad for now so as to be more efficient with it. I don't want to be putting back batteries inside the magic mouse only to on my imac. I need a solution please.
Thanks.

It sounds like you have assigned the primary click on the trackpad to something else, perhaps a gesture.
Use your mouse, login and then open the Trackpad preference pane and see how you have the interface configured.
Oh and you can have both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad powered up and working at the same time. No need to keep moving batteries around.
Tom

Do I need a mouse?

I am about to buy my first MacBook online from Apple? Do I need a mouse, or is the trackpad really so good that I won't need a mouse?
Thanks!

I have had MBP's since about 2006, the track pad is fine for almost everything, it actually ismore cinvienient than a mouse for most things, there is a small learing curve, but it is easy. I use a mouse vary rarely now,and have not missed it at all, it usually for the rare occasion to plat a game, which I find a little difficult with the track pad.
Do you ned one, no, will you prefer one, that is for you to decide. Give it a fair chance to get used to it, as you can also customize the "gestures to your tastes"
But you can always get a mouse, and you can use both at the same time, or not, your choice.
Also learning some of the more common keyboard shrtcuts is even easier and faster than either.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
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[http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10811388|http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10811388]
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Need help: Mouse + OS freezes periodicaly every 2-3 seconds

Greetings,
my brand new MacPro arrived and I just finished installing After Effects and the Creative Suite on Friday. I left the Mac in the office, transferring my personal files from the old mac over the weekend.
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The Mouse and the hole System freezes for approx 0,25seconds every 3 seconds! Crazy: the pattern of stop and go is completely constant. It began with 0,25sec stop every 3 seconds and now changed into a second freeze just after the first stop, ... then 3 seconds everything seemed fine and so on ...
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Go to About This Mac... Command + click on "OS X version" and it will display "Build...." - in case they differ.
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