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Laser vs Optical
Name: gilloz Date: February 16, 2006 at 10:53:20 Pacific OS: WinXP w/sp-2 CPU/Ram: AMD 2100+/512 MB Product: Generic
Comment:
What is the difference between an Optical mouse vesus a Laser type mouse? If I'm not mistaken, the optical mouse has a light on the bottom which is always ON. Seems to me that it goes through batteries quicker. Is the Laser mouse similar? Which is better?
Mouse Batteries are used only when either one is wireless.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth Date: February 16, 2006 at 11:35:31 Pacific
Reply:
The difference between a regular optical mouse and a laser mouse is the light used to track movement. A regular optical mouse uses an LED light in the optical engine, while a laser mouse uses a laser to track movement and thus more accurate.
The more dots per inch (dpi) a mouse can track, the more sensitive and accurate it is. A typical optical mouse tracks between 400dpi and 800dpi, while laser mice track more than 2,000dpi.
Besides their tracking speeds, laser mice work on nearly every surface, whereas optical mice may experience trouble tracking on black or shiny surfaces.
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