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Summary: Have both wired and wireless. The BEST scroll wheel.
Review: Always liked MS mice for their effortless clicking switches. I do not think I ever had one fail... The scroll wheel on this mouse is what brings it to a 5. The scroll is silky smooth and without annoying clicks.The side buttons work fine with practice. I never bother with the tilt function as it is too hard to switch and rarely a time saver.The mouse wheel switch is about the same as the old versions.
The wireless is the exact same shape as the wired. It is heavier of course with the batteries. What I do not like is that in order for me to scroll occasionally, I need to wiggle the mouse to "wake it up". This wake up process is quick but necessary even after the most brief of pauses.
To recap, fine mouse with superior click switches on the buttons and a fantastic scroll wheel.
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Summary: problems with USB mouseport adapter
Review: Have had the mouse for a week:
Pros: Looks cool. Nice feel to it when using it. Matches my black/chrome keyboard.
Cons: The responsiveness of the scroll wheel stinks using the adapter and horizontal scroll refuses to work at all when using the USB to mouseport adapter. It does work better when using the USB alone.
Bottom line: Decent mouse. Classic Microsoft, put out a product before all bugs are out of it!!
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Summary: Be careful if you order this.
Review: I don't really know whether this mouse is as good as many of the others have reported, because of an omission in the product description.
This mouse will only work with Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
This is clearly indicated on the packaging, but lacking in Amazon's product description.
Had I purchased this from a local merchant, I would have seen this, and looked at another mouse. I guess the moral of the story is support your local merchants! The Actual price of this product is the same at many of the local computer stores.
After reading some of the other reviews, I noticed one which stated that rather than using the included CD-ROM to update driver information, the user just plugged the mouse in, and it worked. I tried this, and while the special features are not available, my Windows 98Se accepted the new mouse as a wheel mouse, and it works like any other wheel mouse.
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Summary: Worst Gaming Mouse Ever.
Review: I got this mouse because my old IntelliMouse died (wheel just stopped working). Anyway, thinking `Microsoft mice' are good (nearly all my other mice are by Microsoft), I got this new one---and wow, am I disappointed!
It's not very comfortable (it's better than other gray-box mice, but not better than previous IntelliMouse---a but subjective), and on top of it all, the tilt-wheel is really horrible for gaming. It's like when you press the tilt-wheel, the mouse starts to think whether to scroll, click, or tilt. There is a very noticeable delay on the tilt-wheel. I'd imagine it's `ok' for browsing the web, but it's certainly not `ok' for gaming.
Also, this mouse seems to have an issue with several buttons clicked at once. I tend to use combination clicks for various things, and this mouse just seems to not respond to that (forget about zooming and shooting at the same time in a game).
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Summary: Destroys laptop pointer
Review: I had the older version of this mouse and it worked fine for years. I would have purchased an identical mouse, but could only find this "new and improved" model. It requires version 5.0 of the Intellipoint software. Installing that softwares removed the TrackPoint software on my IBM ThinkPad X30 laptop and disabled some of the TrackPoint functions. After consulting with an IBM service technician, I found that the only solution was to return the mouse and try to find the older model. Thank goodness for the system restore feature of Windows XP.
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Summary: Very good overall mouse
Review: I had the wireless version of this mouse. I changed it with this one.It's the exact same mouse but wired. The reasons I prefer this one over the wireless version are:
-Wireless had reception and interference problems, this one is robust.I had to keep the receiver really close, so whats the point...
-This one does not use batteries, no battery cost and it's lighter.(2AA less weight)
-I use it with my laptop, it's lighter for the above reason and because it doesn't have the extra unit.(receiver)
-This one is %30 cheaper. I like the overall design and performance.It has a good optical sensor. 5 buttons which are useful. The side buttons may take time to get used to, but it's doable. One last thing, these reviews are meant to tell other people about our opinions as unbiased as possible. I personally benefit them very much. I think people like "A software user" who has dropped hate words in the previous review is not aware of this fact. You simply cannot say that this mouse has a "very poor" design.
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Summary: Best Scroll wheel in market
Review: I have Logitech mx500 & used other mx series mouse (310, click plus etc) what make this mouse apart is scroll wheel. First of all feel is smooth & totally mute while scrolling. It has 2 additional buttons for back & forward. Tilt wheel is good feature too. You have to configure properly while installing Intellimouse 5 software. (Install without problem on windows 2000). Yeah make sure you select "Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer with Tilt-Wheel" name during installation. I bought it for $26 sale price at near by store.
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Summary: Best Scroll wheel in market
Review: I have Logitech mx500 & used other mx series mouse (310, click plus etc) what make this mouse apart is scroll wheel. First of all feel is smooth & totally mute while scrolling. It has 2 additional buttons for back & forward. Tilt wheel is good feature too. You have to configure properly while installing Intellimouse 5 software. (Install without problem on windows 2000). Yeah make sure you select "Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer with Tilt-Wheel" name during installation. I bought it for $26 sale price at near by store.
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Summary: Wolf in sheep's clothing...
Review: I purchased this mouse at another online store back in February to replace an old intellimouse that was acting up. Upon initial use, i was really loving it...cool design, smooth feel...but now (less than 2 months later) I am having problems left-clicking. I find that I have to left-click mulitple times in order for it to work. Since I work in graphic design...this is very counter-productive and annoying. I tried getting it replaced with Microsoft's mouse replacement plan and was denied because it was an OEM mouse, which I was unaware of until I checked the product ID number on the bottom. I would suggest that if you are going to take a chance with this mouse, that you purchase the RETAIL version in case you need to take advantage of the replacement warranty. It appears that Microsoft refuses coverage of OEM parts and products.
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Summary: Not Reliable!!!
Review: I upgraded to this mouse from an older wheelmouse optical. I enjoyed the mouse when it worked, but after about 6 months the left button required multiple clicks to register. I thought it might be a software issue and spent time making sure everything was correct. I changed to two different mice and both worked correctly. It seems that the buttons for this mouse wear out after only a few months. I have seen multiple other reviews on other sites that say the same thing. BEWARE!!!!
If you only need a mouse that lasts for a few months this is the perfect one, but if you want one that will last stay away! I am back to using my old wheelmous optical which still works. Microsoft struck out on this one!
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