Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical

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Summary: Great Mouse
Review: Worked Perfectly From The Start! Even on the seat of my car.

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Summary: would not work with windows 98
Review: I bought this mouse and spent at least a week trying to install it. I could not get it to work at all. There was nothing mechanically wrong with the mouse, since it worked on the computers at the shop I bought it from. I was told that the problem was with windows 98, and that I needed a usb patch. Got the patch, but it still would not work. Went to the microsoft site to get help online, but they didn't want to know about it. After about a 10 days I gave up and returned it to the shop.

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Summary: Worked good for a while...
Review: This optical mouse worked intermittently for a few months, then the pointer disappeared for good. The red light stayed on, though - even when the computer was shut down...

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Summary: If you're going to spend the money...
Review: ...buy something that feels well-made. For utility, it's a mouse - and that's all. If you spend any amount of time using your computer though, you'll notice it feels cheap, and the (completely unnecessary) red light on the back of the mouse is very distracting. I highly recommend, instead of this mouse, the Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse. It is much more pleasent to use, especially for long periods of time.

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Summary: Trusty mouse
Review: Have used mine for over 3 years now, and never needed to clean anything! Mouse movement is precise and smooth, and it's pure plug-n-play. It can't get easier than this. Solid quality, will probably last a lifetime... hopefully I'll live a long life. :)

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Summary: Disposable
Review: For the price, this is absolutely the best mouse on the market, hands down. The only problem I have with it, is that after a couple of years use, the cable seems to have a bad connection inside the mouse...no problem, just take it apart and re-solder...done it many times before. Not with this mouse, throw it away. No screws holding it together, completely destroyed it and it still won't come apart. Broken wire = cost of new mouse.

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Summary: Best mouse I have ever owned
Review: This mouse is amazing. I've had it for over a year and it still functions perfectly. I must be hard on mice, because until I bought this one I was going through about one every four months. The laser movement tracker is pinpoint accurate and amazingly precise. The buttons are quiet and work perfectly even when abused. It fits comfortably in your hand and even has a pleasant texture. I've gone through over a dozen roller-ball type mice and one other brand of laser mouse. Even in the category of laser mice, this one is the best, in my opinion.

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Summary: not reliable
Review: i bought this mouse and used it for about 3 months before i started having problems. it would only work intermittently, stopping for a few seconds and then re starting a few seconds later. this would repeat about 5 times a minute, making any work impossible.
After consulting the microsoft help files( refer to: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 321122) and trying some of their fixes (it seems like quite a few other people have had this problem), i still could not fix the problem. i ended up buying a Logitech optical mouse and havent had a single problem.
Before buying a microsoft mouse ask yourself, how often does my microsoft software crash? Do you really want to buy their hardware?

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Summary: Great Mouse
Review: This mouse is better than my old $10 generic optical mouse. The mouse wheel scrolls faster, and it's ergonomically better for my hand. The optical mechanism is also very good. It's more precise and reliable than a mouse that uses the ball mechanism. The included software wouldn't install on my Windows 98 SE computer. However, it worked just fine after I plugged it into my computer. Software installation is not required.

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Summary: It's a mouse, it works...
Review: The title says it all. Works in many surfaces so you can retire that old, dirty mouse-pad. Sturdy, except for the whell - it feels cheap; but works fine too.

Tested on Windows 2000 and Linux Mandrake 9.1