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Summary: Decent mouse, but bad button placement
Review: Just got the mouse and set it up yesterday. Everything works as expected. The wheel has a good amount of tactile feedback (neither too little, giving a loose scroll wheel, nor too much, making it hard to turn).My biggest complaint is the position of the side buttons. Both are raised up, so you have to keep your thumb raised to use that button, and the far-side button is hard to reach from a standard hand position. The buttons are symmetric, so left-handers won't have more problems than right-handers, but the far-side button will be awkward for either hand. The software that comes with the mouse (which you don't need to use; the mouse works as a standard mouse without it) seems to work fairly well, allowing fairly complete customization of what the functions do (you can even set up different settings for different applications, which is nice for gaming). Nothing too flashy, but it doesn't need to be. All in all, this is a very solid optical mouse for the budget-concious, but it is, unfortunately, effectively limitted to four buttons.
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Summary: Good price, good value, cool looks
Review: Plugged it in and away it went. No problems - even the scroll worked without the software installed! Using it on a Mac with MAC OS X 10.2.6. Cool blue glow is a plus!
Rating:
Summary: Good price, good value, cool looks
Review: Plugged it in and away it went. No problems - even the scroll worked without the software installed! Using it on a Mac with MAC OS X 10.2.6. Cool blue glow is a plus!
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Summary: Everything's great except for a loose [clicky] scroll wheel
Review: UPDATE: The scroll wheel finally gave out and became a loose mess. I couldn't scroll worth a darn. I tried fixxing it by bending the scroll wheel reader in towards the scroll wheel axle, but that didn't do a darn thing. It gave me a little bit of solid scrolling for a little while, but it went right back to its old problem. But that's just me. Others might have a different experience than me and Kensington might have fixed it by now (the mouse color scheme looks different than the one I have, but it's the same one). I eventually got a Logitech MX 700. Lots better. OLD REVIEW: I got this as a replacement for my Kensington Mouse-In-A-Box Optical Pro which started having problems with the buttons not responding. Also, the KMIABOP had inaccurate tracking. It moved pixel by pixel horizontally, but moved by every two pixels vertically. Not good if you're a graphic artist. The good thing about this Optical Elite (which apparently is a redesign of the KMIABOP) is that it fixes all those problems of the KMIABOP, yet it adds one problem which isn't really a problem if you can put up with it. The scroll wheel is clicky when you scroll it from different possitions. What I mean is behind every normal bump of the revolving scroll wheel is a noticable sharp loose click. Like the scroll wheel is loose or something and it's not set in its axle right. I recommend it if this isn't a problem on other Optical Elites. This is definitely designed a lot better than the KMIABOP. It has a neat light up scroll wheel area. It lights up a nice piercing blue (though my light is a little off center). Looks cool at night. Also, the light doesn't turn on and off everytime you move the thing. The buttons are located nice and high too. I used to accidently press the side buttons when I picked up the KMIABOP. And the faux rubber grip is nice too (it doesn't really feel like rubber when you rub your fingernail over the grip). It also has a better name. ;-)
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