Wired type is not practical because every time should be connected and disconnected. Wireless type more practical and flexible where mouse and the laptop is connected through radio signal.
The components consist of USB tranceiver card and wireless mouse itself. One (AA or AAA size) battery will supplied the mouse which can be rechargeable or non rechargeable type. Better choose the AA battery size than AAA, because its have more power capacity.
Other thing that should be consider is the size of the transceiver, better choose the short type where when it plug in to USB port only extent maximum of 0.5 cm out of the outer laptop's body. The picture below shows the transmitter attached to the laptop and the mouse itself.
Wireless mouse with attached usb tranceiver |
One of recommended wireless mouse which are comply with above requirements is Microsoft product one. With alkaline AA battery it can lasting for more than 1 month with heavy usage, about 8 hours usage a day. The price also ok, which is about 30+ dollars.