What's a good mouse to buy?

Is there a mouse that anyone recommends that works great with Final Cut Pro?

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I've been using Logitech for quite some time now (used to use the MX500, upgraded to the G5 which I am currently using now), but the scroll wheel is starting to go. Touching it lightly scrolls in 1 direction or the other, and I always HATED the horizontal scrolling. Impossible to use mouse3 without randomly pressing it to a side.
I have a Razer Copperhead, but I'm trying to get away from the "Gaming" mouses. I've grown out of the shiny LED phase, and the pulsing blue of the Razer doesn't really grab my interest anymore.
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No horizontal scroll
back button (forward button optional)
DPI doesn't matter much (I used the G5 on the middle setting, which is 800 I think?)
Preferred wired.
Any suggestions?

nlights wrote:
Broaden your mind and try out a Logitech Trackman Marble.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_ … cl=roeu,en
They have served my family well since we moved away from mousing!
I bought one of these for one of the guys at work who has limited desk space. It's quite cool to use! I especially like the fact that it looks like some sort of weird one eyed fish.
I would stick with Logitech. I use a couple of different models, VX Revolution, VX Nano, MX1100 and a couple of others. At the moment I'm using a Logitech M305 which is my emergency mouse. Normally leave it in the car just in case I forget my normal laptop mice. I think just about all of them have side scroll. I haven't had to muck around with configuring mice in Xorg, mine have always just worked, could you remap the side scroll buttons to mouse 3 somehow? Perhaps xmodmap could do it.

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In Final Cut Pro, scrubbing works like a charm, but in AE, it's non-existent on my iMac.
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Whats a good mouse for mac other then a mighty mouse?

cause i've been though afew mighty mouses and i'm kinda getting tired of them breaking no matter what I do I can't get it to scroll up or to scroll left.
and i've tried cleaning it didn't work so just going to get another mouse for it.
what is a good alternative mouse for mac.
around 50-75$?
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Hi,
Apple mice have always been awful; I only ever liked the +ADB Mouse II+.
I'm very happy with my Microsoft Intellimouse Optical six years on. The five buttons work really well with Dashboard, Exposé (and Spaces) and worked just as well back in OS9. The cable is also a decent length. I've also got a wireless version (1000) in grey/white with just three buttons, although the transceiver is quite chunky.
Here's a five button Bluetooth version (link) that I've got my eye on at the moment.
cheers
mrtotes

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I am thinking to buy Mac Pro with display and I wonder if it’s good time to do that. Displays still waiting for update. We have been waiting for Mac Pro update long and as far as I see the update wasn’t what people generally expected.
And disappointing thing about Blue-ray drive as well. I think it was good time to put one in by Apple.
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Rufus wrote:
Um no.. It's more than an "extravagant speed bump," the new Mac Pro is using the new 45nm chip architecture. In addition, the significantly larger cache and faster 800mhz RAM make for drastic performance increase.<</div>
Um...yes..
and with this new faster processor, I'm to do what with???...open an Excel spreadsheet a nanosecond faster, get a few more fps on Doom3? Woop-tee-do! I now have 8 cores but most software uses 1 of them while the other 7 purr in idle.
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All they did with the new MacPro is give you a computer that is worth the fixed $2800 price tag.
Reminds me of the tire commercial on tv where they describe this car with exotic and powerful 12 cylinder engine, and plush leather seats, and race proven suspension...... but with no tires.
It all looks great on a spec sheet, but you can't use it to do any real work.
I can film HD video all day long, but I can't use a Mac to put it on disc...... (but I can use a Dell!!)
There is no way anyone can explain this other than political.... I would bet that this has something to do with Steve's affiliation with Disney and other studios in regards to his doomed movie rental snafu. Apple has always been the ground breaker in bringing such technology to the market first (a mouse, a cd drive, multiple displays, a superdrive, etc.), and usually before the consumer even understands they need it. To be this far behind with BluRay, he's got to be holding back for a reason ... and I would love to hear it.
I've been a Mac user for 22 yrs and have only been embarrised to be so twice... once when the fruit flavored iMacs were introduced (eventually proved to be the best selling computer model of all times), and now with the absence of BluRay. I've been hoping Steve will prove me wrong again, but I've been hoping for year now... and am still waiting.
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Just for kicks I timed how long it took to rip "Finding Nemo" with my old G4 dual 1.25 ghz using Handbrake's Apple TV preset... The G4 took 7 hours and 54 minutes.. My new Mac Pro did the same job in 24 minutes..
If you really want a Blu-Ray drive in your Mac Pro, then just buy one and stick it in the empty optical slot, but be prepared for the price tag... http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/
And if you use one of the Pro apps that takes advantage of multiple cores, the new Mac pro is a dream.. If you don't use one of those apps, you probably don't need a Mac Pro. At any rate, you're whole spiel about the Mac pro's power being trivial or useless is nonsense..

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Rod

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My ArtZ II is on a Win2K supplemental computer. I think that the main reason that I keep it around is the 12 x 12 ArtZ II.
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