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Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer with Tilt Wheel | List Price: $49.99
Discount Price: $69.99
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Brand: Microsoft
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Microsoft Optical Technology
- Forward and Back Internet Buttons
- Ergonomic Design
- Tilt Wheel Technology
- Compatible with Windows XP Home or Professional, 2000, Server; Mac OS X version 10.1 to 10.2.x
Love it! [Posted on 2006-06-02]
Can't believe it's only 13.99. It's big and comfortable, and the software is automatically installed in WinXP. I like the color too.
Poor wheel design [Posted on 2006-07-23]
I think they really botched the design of this one.
I've had so many top-quality mice by Microsoft in the past that I'd no longer even bothered to comparison-shop when buying mice. I just figured, if it's Microsoft, it has to be good. This mouse shattered that illusion.
I use the mouse wheel a lot. Clicking the wheel to smooth-scroll a web page, or to open a link in an new window, are things I do many, many times a day. The wheel is the most important part of the mouse for me. Roll it, click it, it's got to feel right. Well, this mouse has two things seriously wrong with the wheel.
1) It takes about five pounds of force to click the wheel - far higher than any mouse I've ever used. Either that's either a serious design flaw, or I have a defective unit.
2) There's no tactile feedback, no "hills and valleys", when you roll the wheel. I loved the old Microsoft mice - your finger knew the wheel was settled into a valley when you clicked it, and it wouldn't unexpectely scroll the document as you clicked the wheel in the valley position. The Microsoft mice would scroll the document only as the wheel rolled over the top of a hill, never in a valley. (I'd come to loathe Logitech mice, because their wheels would register a scroll at unpredictable points, sometimes right in the valley.) Unfortunately, this new Microsoft mouse gives your finger no idea at all where it is - there are neither hills nor valleys. As you're gathering up that five pounds of force to click the wheel, the tiniest rotation of the wheel might scroll the document before it registers the click. So instead of middle-clicking that link you were aiming for, you've just scrolled it out of the way!
I won't even discuss the locations of the Back / Forward buttons...
A bargain [Posted on 2006-09-05]
This is a great mouse if you buy it at the discounted price. The tilt wheel is fabulous. You don't have to worry about installing software because it is already installed in Win XP. I like that it is light and has extra buttons. Overall it is very good at least for me.
Great mouse, long cord [Posted on 2006-11-10]
Mouse is great. I was very surprised by the long cord that goes with the transmission receiver. Okay for desktop, not convenient for travel because of the cord.
Not the best on the Mac. [Posted on 2007-01-03]
The cursor was kind of jumpy on my MacBook. I tried for a week and tried tweaking all sorts of settings, but eventually went with a Logitech.
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