thank you for the answers, the rat looks fantastic I seen one similar when I had searched for a mouse yesterday maybe RAT 3 or something but this one 5600dpi 
how the materials feel to the touch?
the vertical one is interesting, the motive I want a new mouse is because I feel a light pain at my hand wrist, my old mouse is not precise enough and it takes me too long to move precisely to some point (those damn after effects little arrows to open and close an option tree). do you have that vertical one?
Logitech remains my fall back choice, since the mouse I have now is from them and it worked with no problems for a couple of years.
@InlifeThrill I have a tablet, I use it for drawing in Photoshop and Illustrator but I can’t get used with it to navigate around or work in after effects because you need to constantly keep the pen at a certain distance from the tablet and also you need to move too much the hand around. But is good to have one in your workflow. I’m speaking about the normal tablets not those with screens that you can directly draw on them. maybe these are better http://www.wacom.com/en/products/cintiq.aspx