Gaming/3D mouse
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Aye, common sense should prevail - buying an input device from the internet without first trying it up close and personal is a very bad idea, whatever the situation.
Juhls isn't stupid though.
Yes, the Razer hand position is a bit different - I hated mine for the first hour or so of use, deeply regretting my purchase (despite having fondled it lovingly in the shop) - then it just felt right. Now I find typical mice too big and bulky - I still use my old Logitech MX518 when I need to make a last minute edit on my output machine and I wonder how I was ever comfortable with its bulk mass. As for my old Logitech mx1000 - fuck that thing's a tank. What was I thinking?
The Razer is light, fits *in* the hand, so I can pick it up and hold it in mid-air very easily, which is surprisingly useful in Illustrator or Rhino, when holding a scaled position or something in place whilst I do something else on the keyboard.
As for acceleration and such - yes, Gaming mice are tech overkill - no, you'll not likely use the full-force of the 14Gk laser head outside of games (though I notice Boz probably does, given the size of his mouse pad - it'd be interesting to see what sort of apps he uses it for) or the hyper-splined acceleration curves - but you can turn all that off - on the fly in the case of Razer (I only use two of the five settings, admittedly - work/play)
One big plus with Razer is that it only demands you install one piece of software, to set the tuning in-mouse, after that - you don't need load it at startup any more, as the settings are on-chip. This is one area Logitech fall down - I effing hate Logitech bloatware and driver bundles.
Microsoft courted Razer a few years back, releasing at least a couple of mice with their tech at the heart - perhaps that might be worth investgiating as a middle ground.