Advantages: Trackball is good for some
Disadvantages: Trackball is bad for some and this one can be a little unresponsive

...On the lighter side of the mouse, Microsoft realized that it couldn't just create mice, since there were other folks out there that were into trackballs. The trackball is simply a mouse upside down really, with a ball your thumb or fingers move around, with the buttons in various places. Microsoft got cute with the trackball, and decided to give it a nice glossy surface, and make it quite ergonomic. The index finger controls the ball, while the middle finger or the ring finger controls the wheel on the right. The wheel on the IntelliMouse TrackBall performs just like it does on the other mice. In addition to the wheel, the two buttons for clicking are now on the left side of the trackball, in which your thumb is to control. The wheel on the trackball can click as well as scroll, just like the other mice. I never really liked... Read review

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Advantages: Space saving, ease of use
Disadvantages: cant think of one

...I wanted a new mouse, desk space was starting to get limited so I looked into getting a trackball mouse. After trawling through loads of mice and trying them in the shops, I decided I wanted a 2 button + scroll wheel, side trackball mouse. The microsoft version was way to expensive, then I saw this on an auction site (if you`ve read any other of my reviews you`ll know the one!) for £14.99 brand new inc P&P and I had to have it! Connection is via USB or the PS2 adapter and a driver disc is included to allow full use for all the buttons. Installing the mouse takes all of 2 minutes and your away. At first it was a bit strange after using a normal mouse , but once used to the thumb wheel it is great. I know alot of people moan about them but all the buttons can be made to activate what ever function you want and the scroll... Read review

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Advantages: Ergonomic, control of pointer, battery life
Disadvantages: Takes a week to get used to

...This is probably my favorite purchase for my computer 'stuff' collection! I started using a cordED version of this thing 10 years ago or so at work, got one for myself, and after it died (was in use for 5 years, which is fair in my mind) I got the cordless version listed here. I love this thing, and here are some details on why: Ergonomics - I think this thing is really good to reduce strain on your wrist, and after a week or two getting used to the way it works with your thumb being the finger to move the trackball, it's so easy to work with. Detail on screen - at least for me, it's really easy to get exactly what I want to click on, easier than with a mouse! I know one reviewer doesn't like this for gaming... I love it for gaming! I do 1st person shooters a lot (i.e. HalfLife, etc.) and it works like a dream. Software... Read review

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Advantages: Very accurate, sleek design
Disadvantages: Control not as instictive as mouse

...I recently came across this trackball buried away in a box in our IT department. It was obviously a peripheral that had been purchased with good intentions to begin with and then later discarded! In a quiet moment in the office I decided to connect it up and see if I preferred the way it worked to a normal mouse. For those of you who are unfamiliar with how a trackball works, they are a little bit different to the way you use a mouse. Instead of moving the whole unit to move the cursor, you just move the ball itself. Anyway I will put this into more detail later in the review. After some enquiries I found out that this trackball had been purchased for our Surveyors department about a year ago for £25.99. Specs The unit itself is slightly larger than a standard mouse. This is because it has to accommodate a trackball... Read review

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Advantages: Speed, Versatility, Extra buttons
Disadvantages: See below

...I know that some of you, sadists I call you, enjoy my little stories, so let me tell you how this all began. A short while ago, during one of my more lucid spells, my wife and I took my laptop into PC World for servicing. Being boring as ever, I was regaling her with tales of my childhood, about how I got my first experience of computers. I was meticulously trying to describe the old IBM machines that I learnt on in school, carefully choosing terms like ‘the side of a barn’ and ‘giant Stonehenge replica’, when the dim and distant memory of the old trackball sprang into my mind. Now, I don’t know whether you remember these things, but they were just about big enough to create their own gravity field, and were, without fail, encapsulated within an enormous slab of dirty cream coloured plastic. Still back then, they were... Read review

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Advantages: Comfortable to use & translates foreign languages!
Disadvantages: For right-hand users only

...WARNING!!! This mouse was designed for right-hand users only - there is no way a left-hander could use it!!! I WAS GIVEN this Trackball mouse by my husband for Christmas because with my arthritis I was finding it painful when using the old style standard mouse which came with our computer. We had previously looked at some fancy ergonomically designed mouses (mice?!!!) at PC World and the ones which would have probably suited me even better where priced nearer £100 and that was just a few pounds too far! At £50 this mouse, though still a tad on the expensive side, is worth every penny to me. FIRSTLY, at approximately 8" long by 5" across over its widest part, it fits well beneath the whole of my hand. With the old-style mouse, my hand was scrunched up and became extremely painful when using the mouse for any length of time... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of user programmable buttons and a wheel.
Disadvantages: Designed for right hand only. Can take some getting used to.

...This is a well designed and put together trackball, and will be appreciated by those like myself who prefer a trackball to a mouse for all applications. I have had mine for about a month now, I won an ebay auction to the value of £27.00 GB before postage. In the shops (PC World), I have seen them for sale at £49 or thereabouts. It is quite expensive at full price, and I probably wouldn't buy one at nearly 50 pounds, but just over half that was fine by me. I have had a preference for trackballs ever since I got my first computer some years ago, as I just find them easier to use, allowing complete coverage of the screen area by the cursor, for no movement of the hand on the table, and reduces the space required on the table also. I have been using a Logitech marble mouse optical trackball for a couple of years, and have... Read review

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Advantages: Easily configurable for own preference
Disadvantages: Position of scrolling wheel

...My first experiences of trackballs were the type found on laptops, which are quite small, and I always found difficult to use. When it was suggested at a reassessment of the computer requirement, which I use for university, it was suggested that I consider a trackball to ease the problems that I was having with my hands and using a mouse, I was very sceptical. After trying out a different model in the Kensington Range, I decided to try it, since then I have never looked back and really hate having to use a mouse on other peoples computers. The trackball is about 5cm in diameter, which makes it easy to use with multiple fingers and thus easier to manipulate. The four main action keys are located around the trackball in accessible positions that can be reached without having to stretch your fingers meaning less strain is placed... Read review

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