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Summary: Great mouse!
Review: I got this mouse to replace the hockey puck Apple mouse that shipped with my G4. I must say, this is the best mouse I've ever used. The buttons are in exctly the right place for my medium-sized hand. Microsoft's Mac USB software is easy to use and program the buttons. The little red tail light glows and just looks cool. The only downside is that the little rubber pads on the under side of the mouse collect gunk which should be scraped off every week or so...but maybe that's just because my room is a bit dusty.
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Summary: Can a mouse get any better? I don't think so!
Review: Microsoft has done it again! This mouse is THE best! Because it doesn't have the ball system, you can use it on virtually any surface and it never requires cleaning! The result? Smooth sliding, rolling and pointing and clicking! The side buttons can be programmed to click to any mouse function and the size is just about perfect for the average adult hand. It's nicely designed as far as color and shape. You use a mouse for professional purposes like graphic design? Well, it doesn't get much more precise than this! All in all, a terrific buy and a great product!
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Summary: A Review for Gamers
Review: I bought this mouse for the sole purpose of 3d gaming and surfing the net. I was excited about FIVE buttons on it. I got into quake 3 and found out you can only configure 1 of the two side buttons on it (x000 or something like that if you've seen it too!). The wheel cuts out at times, and you have to restart the game if the wheel doesn't come back. I'm not sure if it's Q3 doing this, or maybe the mouse drivers. However, the smoothness I have never had a problem with. Hopefully MS will put out a new set of drivers soon that will fix all this for games. I have been *more* than pleased with its preformance in Windows. I have gotten used to it, and now at work, I REALLY miss those extra buttons, and wheel. I like the lifetime warranty, and the red laser is FUN! Some people complain about size of it, I don't find that a problem. I found that if something goes wrong, and you have to boot into SAFE MODE, that the USB mouse will NOT load. So, either keep the PS/2 adapter that came with it, your old mouse, or know how to move around Windows with only the keyboard (only if you plan on having problems). Feel free to write me if you have any more questions. If I see an improvement in preformance in games, I'll post a new review.
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Summary: Linux guru admits, "Microsoft makes superior product."
Review: ATLANTA - The shock waves resonated from the golden dome of theState Capital to the monolithic granite of Stone Mountain as the Atlanta Local Linux User's Resistance Effort (ALLURE) convened an emergency meeting to vote upon immediate excommunication for noted Linux advoctae Rainbowcrow. The reason was simple: At 12:42 PM EST, Rainbowcrow looked from his desktop in befuddlement, and spoke these words. "Holy pork-rinds! Microsoft made something that doesn't suck!" Of course, Rainbowcrow was referring to his new Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer, purchased as a replacement for his beloved Logitech mouseman, which had persished earlier that day in a particularly bloody Quake 3 firefight. After affixing the mandetory penguin stickers over the Microsoft logo, Rainbowcrow plugged the mouse into his massive dual-pentium server, and powered up. A little red light came on under the mouse. "Wicked cool," he was heard to exclaim, picking up the optical mouse and running over his trousers, "I can use this on my pants!" --- An hour later he was convinced. When his buddy RainbowTux came by to borrow two bucks for a coke and a pack of twinkies, Rainbowcrow made his fateful move, drawing attention to his new mouse, "Check this out!" "But it's made by Micro$oft," his '1337 hacker buddy exclaimed. "Yeah, but it's better than anything else on the market. It tracks perfectly, it won't wear out no matter how much Quake 3 I play, and it looks hella cool with the little red light!" "But...but..." "And if Microsoft actually makes the best product," Rainbowcrow continued, "I WILL BUY IT." RainbowTux shuddered, made his excuses, and left the room. As he left, he was already dialing the ALLURE headquarters on his Nokia 1320; he'd recorded the whole confession using his PalmPal 9.0 with DigiCord (tm). The emergency meeting was convened for the same evening. CNC's sources tell us are told that we can expect a press release from ALLURE within the hour. --- Check back shortly for further developments.
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Summary: you're all nuts
Review: Firstly, I got the mouse. I had a little trouble installing it but BIG DEAL. It took a little getting used to (ALL MOUSE DO). The mouse is incredibly accurate. I did not find it over-sized. These people are all just pulling complaints out of the air. The mouse is a fine size. Just a little taller than the standard microsoft fare. If you're buying the mouse for a cool light then go buy the optical because you don't need this one. The wheel is not as stiff as most and this takes some getting used to. At first I didn't like it but now it seems perfect. It seems people will whine and throw their hands in the air as soon as their are any complications. People want computers to have ONE big button that says "DO EVERYTHING FOR ME". This simply isn't the case. Yes, you have to re-boot your PC. Big deal. The mouse has a lifetime guarantee and will be sitting there for some time. Reboot once and don't complain. In the real world, computers are sophisticated pieces of machinery. In the consumer world they're mainly dumb terminals for AOL software. If you want the mouse to enhance your chat room experience, then save your money and don't come here whining. If you need precision in graphics and gaming, then get this mouse. If it doesn't work out for you then try a different model or a razer boomslang or a graphics tablet. With a lifetime guarantee, what do you have to lose? If the mouse craps out, send it back and hook up your old one. Microsoft will replace it with whatever their newest version of that model is. This is new technology. It takes time to get the bugs ironed out. If you're skeptical, don't buy. That's your right as a consumer. Wait until the mouse comes out in the shape of Taz or with The Rock on it, whatever. We all know america won't be comfortable with it until they're paying for some advertisement.
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Summary: Intellimouse SUX!
Review: Boy I was happy when I bought the mother of allmices. "Now I don't have to clean the ball anymore". Well, I did not have to clean the ball. But after 4 months of using the mouse, it just freezes and doesn't move the pointer! On my Mac, it kills the USB keyborad which means a hard reset. On the intel, it spares the keyborad. It takes 4 month for my regular $10 mouse to die and time for a replacement or cleaning the internals...
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Summary: looks good but...
Review: Personally speaking; as with all thing Microsoft: Do not go and get it until at least the first service pack is ready! The same goes for this mouse. Yes i do like the concept of the optical mouse. Microsoft did do a fine job of making it a precise pointing device. Some people say it is too big but I have a big hand so it fits quite snugly. However I feel that I should have waited a few months more for them to fine tune the manufacturing process. The thumb-operated "Forward" button seems a little flimsy. Although I rarely use it, it feels a little jiggly when my hand fully rests on it. The mouse comes with a USB-interface and USB-to-PS/2 converter for PCs w/o USB connections. My MS Windows 98 managed to autodetect it and the software installation was simple and easy. But I just hate having to reboot everytime a "plug-and-play" device is added to my system. The software appears as a mouse icon on your system tray and allows you to quickly reconfigure the mouse (button-assignments, number of lines to scroll when rolling the wheel, etc). A word of advice. Try using a smoother surface instead of the traditional mouse pad. The mouse rests on four "foot" pads which gives some resistance when you move the mouse. If you want you could also slightly lift the mouse off whatever surface and still use it! I currently use the Intellimouse Explorer at home mainly because of two reasons: 1. I don't want to have to clean the mouse every few months and 2. the rest of the family don't know how to use a Logitech Trackman Marble Wheel (or Marble+) which I use in the office to the envy of my colleagues. Oh, yes! for late night surfers, the light comes in handy for you to see in the dark.
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Summary: I can sit back and relax when I surf the web.
Review: . I'll keep this review simple. The explorer mouse was very easy to install. The best thing about this mouse is that you don't need a flat surface or mouse pad to use it. I like surfing the web with this. When I'm online, I sit back in my chair and use the mouse on the arm of my chair or my leg. The extra buttons let you move forward and back without having to move the pointer all the way back to the upper left corner of the screen. The scroll button is just as convenient. I no longer have to sit hunched forward with my right hand streched way out to work on the computer. Try it and you won't go back. Now I need to do something with my keyboard.......
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Summary: Great mouse
Review: I like this mouse a lot. It moves the cursor really smoothly and the 5 buttons are really handy. Unlike most people I thought that it was a good size. It also looks really nice. I haven't had a single problem since I bought. The software also worked without a problem. It's a great mouse and worth all the money.
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Summary: Optical mouse rocks
Review: Unless you use your mouse on glass, the optical mouse is hard to beat. It works on nearly any surface including your pants or hand, and has no moving parts to clean, jam, or break. The additional web navigation buttons are intuitive. Once you get used to them, you'll miss them on every other mouse. I was surprised to find how much I was moving my hands from mouse to keyboard while surfing the web -- the extra buttons on this mouse saved me a lot of motion. The software is overkill -- there are far more things to set than practical, but I'm sure somebody likes it. Overall an indispensible product. I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but now I am totally sold.
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