Real Laser Mice
Logitech would now appear to be selling real laser mice. No mention of it on their website just yet, but I’m able to pre-order the MX1000 mice from distributors. They should retail for around $95.
So why is this cool? Regular optical mice, which are often mistakenly called laser mice, don’t actually use a laser, they use a tiny focused light. This works well, but it has limitations, particularly on shiny surfaces like lacquered desktops or plastic mouse pads. Real laser mice should go a long way to fixing these limits because the resolution of the laser is so high it can see, and therefore compute movement from, the smoothest of surfaces.
Unfortunately, I don’t think laser mice aren’t going to have that friendly glow like regular optical mice do, because of the unidirectional nature of the laser.
