On Sun, 26 Feb 2017, Paul wrote:

Bill wrote:
SC Tom wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
news SC Tom wrote:
Well, I found one I like. It's a Logitech M705:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TG75EG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


The few times I've tried wireless mice, I experienced "lag" so I've stuck
with corded mice.
It's been a few years. Are corded mice faster (to an amount someone
could discern?).
Thanks,
Bill

I've never noticed any lag, even when play an FPS game, but then it's been
years since I've used a corded mouse.
Some mice have a "sleep" feature to help extend battery life; I find that
annoying.

Yes, I went and did some "research" after I made my post. The sleep feature
was mentioned. Another concern (to me) would be the compatibility of the
mouse with Linux, or during a new installation of Windows. I don't think
I'm going to give up my cord just yet.

If the nano-receiver of a wireless mouse shows up as a "USB HID",
it should be OS agnostic.

Serial (RS232) mice are different. They even work in Win10. But
on Linux, I think only Puppy would use one. The other distros always use
my USB mouse, and ignore the serial port as a potential serial mouse
source.

Surely in the early days Linux might have been able to handle serial mice.
It was a time when things were still solidifying. But likely the code has
been removed from the 'standard" kernel, since nobody uses serial mice
these days, it's either PS/2 or USB.

Michael