Hi All,<p>The Apple Magic Mouse 1 I have been using for about 4 years is wearing out and I'm planning to get a new mouse ASAP.<p>Any suggestions?<p>I don't play games at all. I really just need it for typical work. I work on a Macbook pro in a docking station at my desk most of the time.<p>I'm a developer that typically VIM locally and also manages several windows machines using remote desktop. I get a bit of Carpel Tunnel pain here and there but not too bad.<p>Thanks
I really don't see why anyone, including and especially programmers, use mice these days. That is, assuming you have a great (read: Mac) multi-touch pad. If you are in graphic design or animation/film, maybe a mouse is quite useful (I don't know, but watching others, it seems to have qualities useful to them in those fields).<p>But once you master your hotkeys and multitouch pad, why lug a mouse around? I haven't used a mouse AT ALL in over 3 years, except when I'm forced to use a Windows machine. And I do mean "forced".
I like small high-res mice. Sadly high-res are usually gamer mice which often means not small not wireless not cheap.<p>I used a r.a.t. m for a while, but the drivers suck. Now I got the Logitech G900 (got it for a lucky price), but it is biiig. Especially nice with it: you can map a lot of buttons (and a shift button for even more).<p>I really liked a few cheap dongle mice, but I break the keys to quickly on those.<p>If clicking hurts: map some keyboard key to the mouse button.
I do love vertical mouses.
I highly encourage anyone reading this buying one for themselves.<p>As soon as you start using one you will feel the difference, you really feel like your muscles are in a more natural position.<p>If you handle a vertical mouse for a couple of minutes and then you change your hand position into a 'normal' mouse position you will feel that something was wrong with your previous mouse.<p>My recommendation would be this model:<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FPAVUHC/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr2_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1509298871&sr=8-2-fkmr2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=vertical+mouse+cls" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FPAVUHC/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr2...</a><p>Durable and affordable. I've had 2 of them in the last 4 years. No special software + linux compatible + great feeling even after several hours of coding + it performed well when I played 'LOL' and designed CAD
A cheap wired USB mouse. I think I'm using a $10 Microsoft two-button and wheel mouse.<p>Wireless mice need batteries, and half the ones I have used have bad drivers or janky bluetooth/rf links, so it's just not worthwhile.
Try a trackball instead. I've used Kensington Orbital trackballs for years and wouldn't go back to a mouse for anything. (When it comes time to do a desktop 'refresh' at work, I tell the IT guys that anyone who touches my trackball is going to lose a finger.)