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You can count me out though, the reason I like laser is that there isn't a big red light under the mouse, so I'm not going to like a strip of blue light...]]>Aug 27th 2008 6:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/A Tiny Hadron Collider? THC? That's not gonna improve accuracy ;-)]]>Aug 27th 2008 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
I know that at least Logitech has invisible optical mice:
http://reviews.cnet.com/mice/logitech-lx7-cordless-optical/4505-3148_7-31532300.html?tag=mncol;lst
"This design features an invisible light optical technology"

Maybe Microsoft can make this mouse use invisible optics as well.]]>Aug 27th 2008 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/(or up-coming Apple )]]>Aug 27th 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.bootcamp.com/report.jsp?reportId=2617]]>Aug 27th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Razer has invisible Eye-safe lasers in their mice as well. It's in the Razer Copperhead, I don't now about any of their other mice.]]>Aug 27th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
I'd prefer to wait 91 years for 9.9.99.]]>Aug 27th 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
Maybe they have designed a new type of optical recognition system for mice?

I think i need to phone the MS PR team.]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
/joke]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/ON something call Wii]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
"Pretty much every laptop these days has Bluetooth" that is so far from the truth most laptops dont have bluetooth go to any electronics store and find 2 laptops that have bluetooth you will be suprised how many dont have it.]]>Aug 27th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
Microsoft's RF tech works amazingly well for input devices, little to no input lag, long battery life, no problems holding and keeping a connection. Most bluetooth devices on the other hand suck battery like there's no tomorrow, sometimes can experience input lag, occasionally have a long resume time after a period of not using the device for a while, and I sometimes bluetooth devices for no apparent reason will just loose their paring.

So unless it's for a mobile laptop mouse, I'd rather have a Microsoft's 900Mhz RF. ]]>Aug 27th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/└ ├ ┼ ┬ ┴]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/]]>Aug 27th 2008 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
X, Y axis crud buildup on the rollers FTW!]]>Feb 11th 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
MS are doing it because they forgot to patent the red laser when they invented it. Duh!

Anyway, this is much better.]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
MS didn't forget to paten the "red laser." Red Laser was introduced by Hughes Research Labs in 1960. That's a decade before Microsoft got its start.

And just in case you were referring tot he red "optical" mouse, that was invented by sun microsystems. Not MS.

Quoting you on the next line:

"Duh!"]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/
/me waits...
Now what?]]>Aug 27th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/27/microsoft-hints-at-new-mice-say-goodbye-to-laser/Aug 27th 2008 5:22AM