Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 - Metallic Black (63A-00001)
As a computer navigation tool, the mouse has no peer in its simplicity and ease-of-use, but no matter how good something is, there's always room for improvement. Lasers, rather than a physical ball or optics, achieves pinpoint accuracy, giving you the finesse you need in fast-paced gaming, detailed photo manipulation and more. The scroll wheel has a tilt feature to make side-to-side scrolling just as easy as standard vertical scrolling. To read the fine print and see the intricacies of a digital photo, the Magnifier button is incredibly useful, acting like a magnifying glass held up to your monitor. 5 Customizable Buttons PC & Mac Compatible PC Operating System Requirements - Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 SP4 or higher Mac Operating System Requirements - Mac OS X v10.2-10.4.x (excluding Mac OS X v10.0-10.1) Requires a USB port for wireless transmitter
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 - Metallic Black (63A-00001) Reviews
For the most part this mouse works very well and reports strong signal strength. The 5000 uses the hokey-puck style receiver. However, every now and then it will suddenly stop responding and I will get a low signal strength popup message only to have it work just fine after a few seconds. I wanted to get the Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 8000, but ended up buying the 5000 when I was able to find it at less than 1/3rd of the price of the 8000. I don't know if the 8000's bluetooth signal would be any better as I've had bad interference problems trying to use a bluetooth headset from the same location. All of the buttons feel fine and I haven't noticed any difference in pressure required to click any of the buttons as others have reported. Being in a very large building I'm assuming this is caused by interference. As a lefty I appreciate the button layout which is similar to the Intellimouse Optical that this is replacing.
There are others out there for less that will do the same thing for you. So it doesn't surprise me to read that some don't like this mouse, or are having difficultly using it interfaced with their particular computer gear. So when the mouse I had finally quit working, I did some reading and this mouse got some fairly high ratings. The range from the mouse to receiver is not great.
For the price, I would not pay full retail for it. A wireless mouse is as subjective to the user as any other piece of computer equipment. I had been using Logitech mice for many years before this but I found that their quality just kept getting worse as their prices continued to go up. For me, the mouse feels good in the hand, is just the right shape and size, and I haven't had a problem with it at all. There are some draw backs, as there always are. So my advice is to try one out locally and if you like it, and the price is better here, go for it. The programmable buttons can get pushed and when you get the magnifier up on screen, it can be a challenge to get it off again.
I understand that there is now a download that fixes this. Set up was easy, and I have loved it ever since. In fact, my sister saw it and had me get one for her too. But this mouse is always being discounted and the price as of this writing here on Amazon is very good. The receiver has to be within a few feet or you will experience drop outs. It also just so happened to be on sale at a national chain office supply store so I went down and picked it up.
I think Microsoft generally makes good mice. I purchased this mouse to replace an older Logitech mouse and have been fairly disappointed. This mouse, however, is a specimen that necessitates the use of the word "generally" in that sentence. Microsoft mice have usually been pretty good, but this one falls a bit short, I think. The biggest problem I've had with this mouse is it will periodically develop an electronic spasm when you try to move it, or it thinks the pointer arrow's active part isn't the tip any longer, but rather somewhere around the middle of the mouse arrow.
The left side buttons are accessible, but not comfortably so. On top of that, it takes three clicks of the mouse to accomplish one click while it is in this spastic mode (and no, this isn't battery related). Do yourself a favor and get something else. First of all, the right side button is completely inaccessible, unless you purchase a 3rd party flaming hoop and jump through it.
I purchased this mouse for myself and was very impressed with the magnifying feature. The mouse was very easy for her to install, and I look forward to my sister having fun again when she uses her computer. I was so impressed that I purchased another one for my sister who has vision problems. With one click, your pointer turns into a magnifying glass which can be increased to cover most of the computer screen.
I just love my new cordless mouse. I especially appreciate the "magnifier" button for small print. I love Amazon they always have the best quality products and excellent customer service. It feels so comfortable in my hand, and is definitely "ergonomically correct." I would definitely recommend it to anyone who works at their computer all day long as I do.
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