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What's a good track ball?
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Join Date: May 2001
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I'm looking for a good trackaball to use with my mac. Any reccomendations? I'venoticed that there aren't that many reviews on them out there.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Check out Kensington .
I got the Wireless Turbo Mouse Pro. I really recommend them.
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I would recommend any by Logitech as well. I am using their cordless optical trackman fx and it is fantastic. It even has an adjustable, detachable wrist pad which is a great little quirk 
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I have really loved my Kensignton Orbit and would highly recommend it- very comfortable for extended periods. I have had mine for almost 3 years now.
cheers
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i know that kensington is os10 compatible, how about logitech?
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Kensington TurboMouse is by far the best, IMO.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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I use both a Logitech Trackman at work and a Kensington Orbit at home.
I prefer the centered design of the orbit as opposed to the thumb-operated design of the logitech.
When I'm using the Orbit, I miss the scroll wheel from the Logitech.
I think Kensington products are better built - the Logitech has a retainer ring over the ball that prevented the ball from rolling freely. I just removed it.
I think Kensignton have a trackball with some kind of circular scroll wheel round the ball (a la iPod). I'm thinking about upgrading to that one.
Either will serve you well, I guess. Logitech doesn't support OSX as Kensington do.
Fraz
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PowerBook G4 17"
Power Mac G4/800, 1Gb RAM, 80Gb HDD, Superdrive, GeForce 4MX, Gateway 21" CRT, Apple Pro Speakers, iSub - Running Mac OS X Server 10.2
iBook 500, 192MbRAM - Running Mac OS X 10.2
iPod 5Gb
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Yeah, Kensington supports Mac OS X pretty well, which made me decided to support their products, even though the Wireless Turbomouse Pro was ~120 dollars. But when you buy this trackball, I was justified with the price. Very solid materials, and a five year warranty.
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I'm in the market for a trackball as well. I've mainly been looking the Kensington Orbit or TurboBall. However, Macally's optical trackball looks quite intriguing. Has anyone tried this Macally product and does anyone know if OS X is supported?
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Logitech will work in OSX you just can't configure the buttons yet which is a bit of a pain.
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I have a Kensington Turbo Pro...It's fabulous. Works perfectly in X too.
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Kensington Orbit for me. Quite happy with it in OS 9 and X.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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I'm a fan of the Kensington TurboMouse (the wired version, as I don't see the point of a wireless trackball). I've been using one since I had a IIsi, and haven't looked back once.
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I am also a fan of the Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro....comfortable to use and native X software...can't ask for much more than that.
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