Targus PAUM01U Ultra Mini Retractable Optical Mouse
Targus PAUM01U Ultra Mini Optical Mouse is just the thing for the mobile warrior that needs to save space when using an external mouse. At only 1.5 oz and 3 inches long, it's great for any small work space or on a small airplane tray. Travel pouch included The Ultra Mini Optical Mouse conveniently comes standard with a USB connection (USB revision 1.1) that will allow true plug and play connection with the notebook USB port. And it's 100% compatible with Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and Macintosh operating system right out of the box.
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Targus PAUM01U Ultra Mini Retractable Optical Mouse Reviews
It dies after one month of usage. Garbage. If I could give it zero stars I would, but I can't, so I gave it a one star. This product is garbage, I tried emailing the company to complain but it is like pulling teeth trying to contact the company. I bought this mouse thinking it would last at least a year. I bought 4 of them so far and none of them have lasted more than a month. I never leave reviews, but this product really made me mad. This product is definitely not recommendable.
This thing has easily replaced my funky, troublesome wireless mouse. It's so light, it has no inertia, like a wireless mouse with heavy batteries. Just flick it where you want it to go. The cord is so light, it almost doesn't have one. So far, so good. 290) and this tiny little mouse fits my huge mitts perfectly. I'm a elephant of a person (6'5".
The whole idea of a scroll wheel is to slowly scroll down, line by line but this one jumped 1.5 pages. The problem with all of the smaller notebook mice like this Targus is that the cables are flimsy and will eventually break where they enter the mouse. Big problem. The solution (for me anyway) was to go to the Targus website and download the 'Scroll Wheel Software' for this mouse and install it.
So I have a bit of experience with this type of mouse. And because they break so easily, I only buy the cheapest ones I can find some of the prices they're charging for these mice are outrageous. I could not get the generic Windows or Vista mouse driver software in the Control Panel to do this; only the Targus software worked. Not sure I'd buy one of these again, I'll keep searching for that "perfect" (and cheap). Otherwise, it's just a cheap mouse. It allows you to select how many lines you'd like the wheel to scroll. This Targus is made just like the others (indeed, I suspect they're probably all made in a single factory in China), so I expect it to break just like the others, thus I bought two when I found them at a huge discount.
notebook mouse. What's strange is that the software indicated that the mouse was indeed set to scroll 3 lines with each wheel click (it wasn't), but once I reset it using the software, it started to scroll correctly. The biggest issue for me when this mouse was new was that the scroll wheel jumped more than one screen length on "widescreen" 16:9 displays, like the HP dv2000 I'm using right now to type. There's not much you can do about it; just make sure you try to always pull on the cable and not by the mouse and USB insert. Not something you might notice unless you had one of the smooth-working types I've used before. I don't even remember the brand names of the first two; let's face it, a mouse is a commodity item, and as long as it works as expected, who cares what brand it is.
This is the 4th notebook mouse I've had to buy within the last 2 years, and this one is the 4th different brand. So keep that in mind if you have this problem. The other problem with this Targus compared to my other no-name brands is that the mouse buttons take a little more pressure to click. Yep, it's small and a bit harder to manage than a full-sized mouse, but it's a notebook mouse and that comes with the territory.
And it definitely turns heads when you're sporting it around the local starbucks.
It's like the sports car of the mouse industry.
I recommend this to everyone looking for a laptop mouse or for something small and different.
I've used mine for years and it's still working just like the first time I plugged it into my PowerBook Pro.
Small, sleek, does everything you want and FAST.
In fact, I'm using it right now while I submit this review.
I have no idea what the people that don't like this mouse are talking about.
I got this mouse for free when I purchased a targus bag for my laptop maybe 4 or 5 years ago.
I LOVE this thing.
I wanted to like this mouse, and have used a similar one from Kensington with great success for years, but for some reason it just doesn't work very well and is a great disappointment. Now I have to go out and buy another brand of the same thing just to get work done. It's way way too jumpy, on any number of surfaces I tried. It keeps releasing the item I've selected too soon so the amount of clicking and dragging I have to do just to get one thing done has been increased tenfold. Can't wait to get rid of it. It jumps the cursor all over the screen when my hand is just sitting still not moving. Very frustrating to use.
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