Mouse for Photoshop on Metal Desk

[lurch101]

Though the subject might sound stupid, I assure you it's a problem that plagues me constantly. I have an old metal desk in my office (like 60s old) and I've been using wireless mice on it. I get decent response with it, but at times it's really difficult to use for precision tasks such as photoshop. Sometimes I can't even get it to zero in on the right things in excel. It seems the slower I go, the worse the response is.

I'm wondering if the problem is more the metal desk interfering with the RF signal, or if I need a higher DPI mouse. I'm currently using a Logitech M510 with the receiver about 2' away from the mouse. If it makes a big difference, I can go wired. There's a lot of shuffling on the desk, so wireless is nice to create space.

Thoughts and suggestions appreciated.

 

[Guest]

More likely to be something to do with the actual surface that you're using the mouse on as optical mice can still be a bit picky about reflective surfaces. Are you still using a mouse pad?

 

[Guest]

More likely to be something to do with the actual surface that you're using the mouse on as optical mice can still be a bit picky about reflective surfaces. Are you still using a mouse pad?

 

[makkem]

Hi
Are you using a mouse pad.
Is the PC under the desk, if so the signal could be being attenuated by the metal.

 

[ssddx]

yes... what kind of mousepad are you using?

i would suggest a standard black foam rubber mousepad you can get just about anywhere.

my buddy at work uses a desk similar to the one you speak of with a wireless mouse and zero issues even with the pc under the desk. he even uses a similar logitech mouse but does use a mousepad.

i cannot imagine the metal desk being a factor in this case.

 

[lurch101]

I'm not using a mousepad, so if it's that easy I'll be stoked! The PC is on top of the desk, so that shouldn't be affected, but I just figured metal and RF aren't friends. I'll try that out this weekend. Thanks guys!

 

[Bavvh]

It's that easy. Just get a mouse pad

 

[lurch101]

It really was that easy. Thanks everyone.