Kensington 72121 Mouse-in-a-Box Optical Elite USB Mouse (PC/Mac)

List Price: $29.99 Discount Price: $16.79

Features:

• DiamondEye optical technology responds to your fastest movements with accurate tracking and precise guidance
• Provides the convenience of 4 programmable mouse buttons and a scroll wheel to reduce repetitive tasks to a single click
• Connects via USB and is guaranteed to work right out of the box on both PCs and Macs
• Backed by a five-year manufacturer's warranty and free technical support
• Ergonomically designed to be comfortable for both right- and left-handed users with rubberized EasyGrip for superior control

Customer Reviews:

Has excellent "feel" [Posted on 2007-10-15]
This mouse does what it is supposed to do, but unlike some other ones I've tried, the scroll wheel has a nice "feel"--smooth but just the right amount of click. It works fine on my Macs.

First impressions review: Not what I expected [Posted on 2007-11-09]
I got this mouse for an iMac (Core 2 Duo) because reading all the information and reviews told me: this is the mouse for me. However, this mouse is not what I was expecting. So allow me to comment on any ides you might get from other reviews and the software description.

I thought it would be quiet. The main mouse buttons and scroll button are medium-medium-quiet (which isn't very bad, but I wanted quiet). But the side option buttions are LOUD.

I thought it would be pretty comfortable for my medium-small hands. It isn't bad, but it is kind of tall at the center (the hump is in the middle) and a little wide.

The software was no good. It installed fine on my Mac OS X 10.4.10, but it wouldn't open the preferences it installed in the System Preferences. It said I needed to update the software, which was especially funny since mid-install it asked me if I wanted to download and install a newer version (which turned out to download 2.5), and I did. I had to go to their website and download 3.0, which worked. However, I did not like the configuration of the buttons, and there was no option to make the side buttons do Exposé. It also put an ugly icon of a mouse inside a gear at the top of the menubar (next to the time) which let you know if the single-direction scroll wheel was set to go up-down or right-left. Guess what? Clicking the scroll wheel changes this back and forth, which means no more opening and closing tabs in my web browser with that button. I decided to un-install the software, and now it acts more like a regular Mighty Mouse (excluding the sideways scrolling).

A minor (or not so minor?) thing is that the mouse cord has lead, and it says "wash hands after handling"! Wash my hands every time I touch the mouse wire? Why don't they just use regular rubber or something?

Another minor thing, scrolling the middle wheel a little (so it doesn't actually scroll a notch) makes a sound like the wheel is loose.

Finally, the optical sensor which gives the mouse its location doesn't work on all surfaces it should. I work on a white table that has a kind of matte reflection, and for some reason I cannot find, the mouse doesn't work properly over the part of the table I usually use; I have to use a mouse pad! A funny thing is that a Logitech mouse I have which doesn't work on a raw wood desk (in the same way this one doesn't work on my white table) does work on the white table, and this Kensington mouse does work on the wood table. (The Apple Might Mouse works on both surfaces.)

So, in summary, it is a decent mouse, but it has many areas that need improvement in order for me to consider it a mouse I would recommend or buy again.

Solid Mouse [Posted on 2007-11-25]
My old mouse died on me so this was a quick replacement. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was made. It's been about a month, and I have very few complaints with it. Only problem really is the placement of the side buttons, but that is probably because I am used to the Microsoft Intellimouse. Overall, great mouse and I would definitely buy it again for the price.

Works fine with Macbook Pro [Posted on 2008-01-01]
Before loading the Kensington drivers I plugged the mouse in to my Macbook Pro and it worked fairly well. To gain more complete capability I loaded the Mouseworks version 2.x drivers from the included CD, but they didn't work properly. Sent email to Kensington customer service and received a speedy detailed reply, targeted to the Mac. Downloaded version 3.x of drivers from the website and everything works great. A minor complaint would be the Mouseworks install CD. It asked if I wanted to download updated drivers from Kensington but apparently wasn't smart enough to download the proper version. Customer service was very good though. Mouse could be more ergonomically designed like some of the Logitech products. So far appears to be a better mouse than the Apple wired Mighty Mouse which had trouble scrolling after just a few months.

worked fine... at first [Posted on 2008-11-19]
I've had this thing maybe a year, and as time has gone on, the click mechanism has just gotten flakier and flakier. Sometimes I'll go to drag something across my screen, and the button will un-click itself while I'm holding it down. Or I'll click something once and the mouse will do two quick clicks while I'm holding it down. The reason I'm on Amazon right now is to replace this thing before it drives me crazy.

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