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Negative acceleration is the opposite of your typical mouse acceleration - and in this case it's a hardware problem. What it means is that the faster you move the mouse, the slower the response is on-screen - this is opposed to the faster you move it the greater distance the cursor travels (with the acceleration most are aware of in the windows/games settings).
In an ideal world you want 1:1 movement. To test this, create a large surface area on your desk, draw two dots as far apart as possible. Put your mouse on 1 dot, and mark your screen where the cursor sits. Then slide your mouse to the second dot and mark the screen. Now move your mouse at back and forth between them, varying the speed of your movement each time. Your cursor should always wind up back on those same screen marks regardless of speed. But that will never happen with any type of acceleration.
They're both awful, and what this ultimately means is that your cursor (or crosshair) is not going to be precisely where you wanted or expected. It's a laser-wide issue, seen in all past and current laser mice - cabled or wireless. But the wireless delay on top of that makes it a throw-away, in my books. For the casual gamer, they might not even notice these issues - so if they're happy with it, that's all that really matters.
Oh, and it's not about being afraid to let go of the cable, it's an outright refusal to let go - simply because wireless is still not as responsive as devices with a cable. Insid's zing stands.
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