Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 4.0 Mass
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: Great Wireless Mouse
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought this during the "gold box" deal for $14.99, which, I thought was an amazing price for something like this.
I have always been using wired microsoft mice and I just love their curved shapes that fit perfectly with my hand.
This one is no different, and the wireless stuff works very neatly.
I am giving it 4 starts because the included CD did not support Vista which means I had to download them for things to work. In their defense, this product was probably lying on the shelf before Vista was launched, and the setup program did point me in the right direction for download.
But still, it was an extra step I had to do for the hardward to work properly.
Customer Review: Good but could be better
Summary: 4 Stars
The wireless mouse set was just as described and easy to hook up. Programing the scroll roller wheel took a lot of trial and error, but once you get it done it is "fast", and the tilt of the wheel is a blast. The slide of the mouse on the pad is a little sluggish. The ergonomic design is OK.. it would be better if it was little longer to support wrist and a little wider where you hand is not in a cuped position ....but it is much better than others on the market.Customer Review: God performance, but some OS issues
Summary: 3 Stars
I really like this mouse design. Its symmetry makes it appropriate for both right- and left-hand mousers (I'm ambi-moustrous) and it has smooth, quiet controls.
Unfortunately, one of the "special functions" available with the programmable tilt wheel is to show larger views of the running applications (screenshots of each running ap, instead of the icons you see when you do an Alt-Tab). To accomplish this, it actually has to take mini "Print-Screen" pictures digitally whenever your applications show a display, and this causes a rippling or repaint effect in some applications. At least in may versions of Windows XP this is the case.
Even if you don't USE that function of the tilt-wheel, the software still takes the screen shots. So the only way to eliminate the rippling screen problem is to uninstall the software that came with the mouse and install an earlier version of the mouse software - which does not have the tilt-wheel (scroll side-to-side) functionality.
Nevertheless, it's a smooth operating mouse, attractive, and seems to have a reasonable battery life.
Customer Review: Nice, but why bother?
Summary: 3 Stars
The mouse may be wireless, but you still have to plug in a base, which is fine if you have a pc, but is not mobile enough for a laptop. If you are sitting in a chair and the base for the mouse (base is attached to computer by cord of course) is sitting out of your way on a side table, then mouse won't work. For the base to be close enough for the mouse to work, then the base and its cord are in the way, defeating the purpose of wanting a wireless mouse. I prefer a true wiress mouse, with no cords leaving the side of my computer.Customer Review: A nice mouse for desktop only
Summary: 3 Stars
The mouse is doing a good job that I am satisified. However, I didn't expect the same size USB receiver now connecting to my laptop with a 2 foot long cable!