Vista - Track Ball Mouse

I was just wondering why no body (gamers and people with super PC's)seem to use the track ball mouse from www.kensington.com My son does a lot of gaming and prefers that one over any other mice. I started using the track ball mouse because of my disability. With this one I do not have to move the mouse all over the pad.
Just curious

Most people prefer a mouse/keyboard for gaming, because for most users a trackball is a royal pain to use, espicially when playing games like Command & Conquer 3. Also some people like me have carpal tunnel syndrom, and need to use a mouse such as the Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer version 2.0, to their wrist starts to hurt like crazy.

I've tried the Logitech Trackman Wheelmouse, which is a Trackball mouse in the past, I had so much pain in the wrist and thumb, I took it back to the store I bought it from, and got a refund. Since then I've stuck to a optical mouse, like my Wireless Intellimouse Explorer.

Yes I tried one similair to that one years ago, but I specifically mentioned the kensington expert trackball mouse because it uses a large ball

It wouldn't pay for me to get a corded trackball like that anyway, as for me it's too much of a pain to use, and I do have a pet bird that likes to chew on literally everything.

If a trackball like the Kensington Trackball could be used easily with games, including Hellgate London, Mass Effect and many other's with ease and without taking up a lot of deskspace people would be buying trackballs like crazy. Some trackballs take up a lot of deskspace.

CH Products makes a trackball so large, I wouldn't even consider it for PC Gaming.

This one uses less space than a mouse pad, neither do you have to move the mouse to operate. Expert Mouse®

Hmm, I'll take a closer look next time I need a mouse or trackball, not sure if there are any Vista 64 drivers, other than a generic driver built in to Windows Vista 64.

It is plug and play for Vista 32 bit, so I assume it is the same for 64 bit. The four buttons can be programmed left or right for either single click, double click and choreographing (what ever that means). in any case, I really like it and was just wondering why not more people use it. maybe the cost +/- 139 dollars. The follow up service was great too from kensington. I had the older type of Track Ball mouse before and needed some repair. They send out right away a new one.

What I don't like about a lot of trackballs, is the high cost, and yes some of them like the one you mentioned, do cost $139.00. I think this is part of the reason people don't buy them.

I've been using the logitech trackman cordless ever since it first came out. Before that I used the wired one. The biggest reasons I can think of for people not using trackballs more often is 1) they are far less precise than the newer generations of optical mice (and more prone to trmors in fingers, etc, which is NOT good in games) and 2) people tend to use what they know.

The strange thing is, even though I love my trackball, I simply can't use those trackpads on laptops. All they do is annoy me. And they get in the way when typing.

Once you have used the Expert Trackball from kensington, you will never go back to an other kind. With this one you will not have a problem with precision/tremor of fingers.