Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2 (69A-00001)
by Microsoft
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Manufacturer: MicrosoftAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Mac, Windows
Model: 69A-00001
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Zoom Slider gives you one-touch access to the photo tools you use most
- Special My Favorites keys let you instantly bring up the photos, folders, files and Web pages you use most
- Rest your hands in comfort on the cushioned palm rest
- Media Center controls your media activities by touching a key
- Enhanced function keys perform common commands from your keyboard
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2 (69A-00001)
Customer Review: Brilliant wireless bundle!
Summary: 5 Stars
Keyboard
PROS: Great keyboard, soft-touch keys, useful convenience keys, great battery life
CONS: Occasionally misses inputs or CTRL/SHIFT presses, no Caps/Num/Scroll lock lights on the keyboard itself
The Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop keyboard is not a "laser keyboard" at all, but a standard Microsoft keyboard (the mouse is a laser mouse). The keypad is curved, somewhat like the Microsoft "Natural" Keyboard, but not as drastically. To accomodate for the bend in the keyboard, the T, Y, G, H, B, and N keys are slightly bigger. Makes for a little more comfortable hand position, and just like its natural cousin, it works just fine if you know traditional two-handed touch typing. But if you're like me, who uses a combination of touch typing and right-hand dominance (my right hand typing things that my left hand is technically supposed to type), it takes a few days to get used to. The wrist rest is soft and is a great place to land your hands, but does not help with holding your wrists in the appropriate spot for the prevention of carpal tunnel. You'd still need an additional wrist rest in addition to the one attached to the keyboard to properly align your wrists.
The real fun in this keyboard is the function buttons, both dedicated and shared. Across the top are your standard multimedia buttons (play/pause, prev. song, next song, mute, and volume up/down), and then there is a series of programmable shortcut buttons which can be programmed for anything, like a website address or an application. You do need to load the included software in order to use those hard keys. On the left side of the keyboard are some web buttons; forward and back, home, My Documents, My Pictures, e-mail (which opens your default email client), My Music, and then a dedicated button which is defaulted to open Windows Live Call. Kinda pointless in my opinion unless you use Windows Live Call, but you could program it to open any application or shortcut, as you can with any of the buttons on the keyboard. The lower left of the keyboard contains a zoom rocker to zoom in or out of current screen content (i.e. in Word, it increases magnification, and in your browser, it changes the text size), and then there is a dedicated "Gadgets" button which opens Gadgets on Windows Live. If you use Gadgets on Windows Live, it's a great button to have. But for me, I have it reprogrammed to show/hide the desktop, something I have to do frequently at my job, where they have placed several Active Desktop icons on my PC which I'm required to use.
The function keys across the top have other Microsoft-programmed functions such as Help, Undo, Save, Print, etc. These are accessed or turned off using a F-Lock button (Function Lock). So if you use F5, F6, F7, etc. for your job (like I do), you have to turn the F-Lock ON to enable the original function keys. Otherwise, you turn it OFF to enable the Microsoft functions. It also has a hard calculator button, and a logoff button above the num pad.
My only major gripe with the keyboard is that there are no lights on the keyboard itself to show caps lock, num lock or scroll lock (which has no light anywhere at all). There are three lights on the radio receiver (the little device that plugs into your USB port) that indicate Caps, Num, and Function lock, but no scroll lock light. I understand why it's not there, but that doesn't make it any more or less convenient.
Mouse
PROS: Very accurate, great acceleration, great ergo shape, convenient extra buttons
CONS: None that I can think of
I really love this mouse. It's really ergonomic, fits my hand well, and is extremely accurate. Plus, unlike other "laser" mice which actually use a red LED to illuminate the surface, this one actually uses a true Class 1 invisible laser, which provides for very accurate mousing. The scroll wheel is great, it rocks left and right to side-scroll a page, and by default, clicking the wheel shows you previews of all your open windows and allows you to choose.
Overall, I'm really happy with this purchase and highly recommend it.
Description of Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2 (69A-00001)
Zoom Slider gives you one-touch access to the photo tools you use most : Special My Favorites keys let you instantly bring up the photos, folders, files and Web pages you use most : Rest your hands in comfort on the cushioned palm rest : Media Center controls your media activities by touching a key : Enhanced function keys perform common commands from your keyboard : Special Hot Keys provide one-touch access to your most used functions and programs : Package Includes - Wireless Keyboard / Wireless Laser Mouse / USB RF Receiver / Software CD-ROM / 4 x AAA BatteriesDigital Cameras and Photo Categories
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