This is the fourth of our articles on building your “Crazy but Cool” computer.  It may only be a fantasy, but in the first three articles we explored choosing a motherboard and CPU for a maximum speed gaming machine.  Then we looked at cases, power supplies and hard disk drive storage.  This week we consider input devices suited to a gamer.
Many types of computer mouse have been designed since the mouse device was first developed.  When user interfaces became more and more graphic based, the need for a mouse as a pointing device for input was desired by users.  Up until the late 90s the mechanical mouse was the only type of mouse available.  It had a ball that moved two rollers.  One roller moved the pointer along the x-axis, the other along the y-axis.
The thing with the mechanical mouse was that there were wear and tear issues due to the inherent mechanical nature of the devices and many of the computer mouse reviews around at the time were of a negative nature.  The ball would wear out and become rough after a while.  The roller ball also had the tendency to accrue dust and transfer this dust inside to the rollers and all the internal components.  An improvement was needed and computer mouse types that could solve these problems made their entry into the market.
Crude prototypes of mouse-like pointing and navigating devices were developed and computer mouse types have evolved since then to become faster and more responsive and improve user experience.  A lot of improvements have been made in the field of computer pointing devices, especially in the last decades.  Computer mouse types started proliferating after the introduction of optical mouse technology.
There are several computer mouse types available and the buyer can be overwhelmed with so many choices.  There are mouse types suited to cater to several diverse applications.
The optical mouse types were the first break from conventional michanical technology.  Now the mouse could be moved more freely and was not hampered by mechanical limtations of materials.  This technology used a light emitting diode (LED) and sensors to detect movement of the mouse relative to the underlying surface.  This was a big improvement but more computer mouse types were to come.  The inertial mouse and the gyroscopic mouse require minor movements for operation and can provide more ergonomic use, reducing the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury to the user.
An improvement over the optical mouse was the laser mouse.  This device used an infrared laser instead of an LED light.  This improves the resolution and makes the mouse more responsive, improving navigation capabilities.  Apart from these, there are several specialised and novel computer mouse types.  There are mice designed for gamers.  They have extra buttons on the sides to help gamers have better control and quicker response over the interactive gaming atmosphere.  In fact, one mouse takes it to the extreme by opening up as a clamshell and offering a fully-fledged joystick inside!
The development of the cordless mouse means you no longer have to wrestle with that irritating cord that always keeps getting in the way. The disadvantage is that you have to keep replacing the batteries.  There are several different computer mouse types being developed by companies all the time.  One of them is the tactile mouse, which allows the user to feel vibrations as the mouse is moved over certain areas, like over the boundary of a window frame.
You can find a computer mouse for just about any use.  To figure out what kind of mouse would work best with your PC, you need to know your mouse options:
Mechanical mouse: Houses a hard rubber ball that rolls as the mouse is moved.  Sensors inside the mouse body detect the movement and translate it into information that the computer interprets.
Optical mouse: Uses a sensor to detect tabletop movement and then sends off that information to the computer for processing.
Infrared (IR) or radio frequency cordless mouse: With both these types, the mouse relays a signal to a base station wired to the computer's mouse port.  The cordless mouse requires power, which comes in the form of batteries.
A mouse with many buttons: The extra buttons can be programmed to do specific things, such as navigate the Web or turn pages when you’re reading a document.  The typical programmable mouse has about five buttons.
Stylus mouse: Another mouse mutation enjoyed by the artistic type is the stylus mouse, which looks like a pen and draws on a special pad.
Cordless 3-D mouse: This kind of mouse can be pointed at the computer screen like a TV remote control.
Compare these three gaming mice and their features.  One of them is bound to suit your needs!
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