Mouse jumpy and slow???

hey i was using my friends mac mini and she has a 3rd party mouse attached to it and it is very jumpy and also on the highest speed setting it is slowwwwww. so..i was wodnering.
are alll mac mouses like this,. like, is it the comp, and the speed setting
or is it the mouse?
or maby the combination.
Does the wireless/wired mighty mouse do this
...etc.
the funny thing is that i also notice this sortof thing on mac trackpads.
i am a user (probably) switching from a toshiba laptop with a trackpad that in my opinoin works better but also, with a wireless mouse that on highest setting (and no inhance persision options) its just zippss acrossd the screen which i absolutely love.
so..thats basically my question
thanks in advance

no, not all mice attached to a mac are like this. of course not. often with optical mice it is the surface they are being used on. if the surface is shiny or patterned it will often make the mouse act erratically, whether it is being used with a mac or windows computer. this can also sometimes be a software problem.

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