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barbarapalvinswhore t1_jbfp6of wrote

Is there a particular reason you want a wired one?

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hdk759 t1_jbgjgyv wrote

I can’t speak for OP, but my top reasons for using wired peripherals:

  1. I care about the environment. I try to minimize waste and not create unnecessary environmental damage for convenience. Lithium mining is a filthy, toxic business. Using lithium batteries for cars can be a net positive, but for things like headphones and computer peripherals it’s frivolous and wasteful.
  2. I grew up using electronics with cords, and I’m used to it. Charging and swapping batteries is a bigger hassle for me.
  3. Wired is usually cheaper.
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TheJawsofIce OP t1_jbfx8u6 wrote

My work laptop does not have Bluetooth.

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Lee1138 t1_jbg5bbd wrote

The Logitech unifying receivers are so tiny these days, I just leave mine in the laptop at all times. Just saying...

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RandomGeordie t1_jbh2rka wrote

As long as it has a USB, you can use something like the Logitech g pro wireless. Lasts for fucking ages too, and no wire to get in the way.

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ukanuk t1_jbh4pm6 wrote

You can add Bluetooth with a USB dongle. But I don't really recommend that, Bluetooth can get interrupted by all kinds of stuff. The Logitech Lightspeed and Logitech Unifying wireless stuff is awesome though, I've never had any connection issues at all. And it's amazing for transportation, no cable to get all tangled up, batteries last for a year of daily heavy use.

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BOS_George t1_jbhp8va wrote

My work laptop in about as locked down as you can get short of disabling the USB ports but a Logitech mouse with unifying receiver works just fine.

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Roguewolfe t1_jbfwevx wrote

Because the input latency and CPU load is exponentially lower with a wired mouse. That matters to most people, and to some people matters a lot. I am one of those people. You can make the argument that the load is low, and that's absolutely true, but it's still a load, and there's still additional lag, however little.

Wireless DACs on both sides (transmitter + receiver) introduces an additional processing step to allow the radio signal transmission and decoding. Wired bypasses all of that and requires no digital to analog conversion and back again - it just stays digital the whole time.

There are many situations in which a wireless mouse is better - particularly with laptops, air travel, etc. A gaming rig is not one of those situations, and that's why I prefer wired for that. I use a wireless mouse for work stuff. Other people don't care and use a wireless mouse for everything, and that's ok too.

Edit: lol "tHeRe's LeSs LaG nOW" ok neat, I agree, but there's still lag, everything I said is still true, use whatever mouse you want. Putting a battery in things that don't need it is beyond stupid, though.

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PLEASE_STOP_it_hurts t1_jbfzjot wrote

Meh. This is advice from a decade ago. Wireless mice have come a long way. Latency is generally considered a non issue for any half competent gaming mice and the performance hit is hardly a massive load compared to the power of modern systems. If you're spending the money on a decent mouse, you've probably already got a computer powerful enough that it's a non issue.

Of course, if you're on a tight budget, wired all the way. It's cheaper and cheap wireless mice are gonna be much worse than cheap wired mice.

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insanok t1_jbg3ehp wrote

I have a workstation and a logitech wireless mouse often stutters across the screen to the point of unusability. Wired mouse plugged in, zero problems.

I'm not sure if it's due to the specific receiver or a motherboard/ builtin usb hub incompatibility problem - but it's the only computer I have problems with. It happens when booted in Windows and Linux.

A very powerful computer struggling with the bare minimum

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buffysbangs t1_jbgax92 wrote

Are you using Bluetooth or the receiver dongle with 2.4Ghz? I find that Bluetooth tends to get flakey but the 2.4Ghz connection works much better

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websterhamster t1_jbg4hey wrote

That problem is unique to your mouse/workstation. I use wireless mice on my laptop all the time and never have issues like that.

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insanok t1_jbg5z3a wrote

100% and the same mouse works just fine connected to any other computer too, but of all my machines it has a problem with the powerful one.

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Hfftygdertg2 t1_jbgg4oh wrote

How far is the receiver from the mouse? I plug the receiver into my monitor using the included short 3-inch USB cable. Having it behind the monitor or plugged into the desktop seems to reduce the signal strength too much. Your problem sounds like a wireless signal strength or interference issue. Maybe a USB issue, but that's much less likely. Almost zero chance it's a computing power issue. The computer doesn't even need to know the difference between a wired and wireless mouse (unless you install the manufacturer's software). That's why a wireless mouse still works in BIOS.

My computer does also have USB issues. If I plug a USB 3.0 device into one of the front panel ports, USB 2.0 devices on the other front panel ports become unusable. Something to do with the internal cable to the front panel being improperly shielded. As a workaround, I just plug USB 3.0 devices directly into one of the ports on the back.

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insanok t1_jbgiez8 wrote

I already mentioned I think it's a largly an incompatibility between the motherboards inbuilt usb hub and the receiver itself; its possible the one dongle is malfunctioning - dmesg hasnt shown any faults. It really hasn't bothered me too much to spend the time debugging.

Logitech unifying receiver. There's another box connected just the same, right next to it with zero issue.

As a work around, I just use a second mouse and don't flip it over to change channels every time I swap pc.

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Roguewolfe t1_jbg0c1t wrote

shrug

Agree to disagree, I guess. Any amount of unnecessary load/lag is getting deleted off of my gaming rig.

Edit: Guessing the downvotes are all from people using wireless mice whom are getting farmed constantly

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Phrexeus t1_jbgcewe wrote

But having a cable attached is also a source of lag/load, a physical one and actually noticeable at that.

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Chakramer t1_jbgd1yd wrote

This is not true these days

Wireless mice have such low latency these days that eSports pros will use them in competitions where million$ are on the line.

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barbarapalvinswhore t1_jbgeo44 wrote

Almost every professional gaming competitor these days uses a wireless mouse, and I can’t imagine they would be using them if wired mice actually gave a competitive edge.

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