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Electronics : Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 |
- Good MouseThis mouse is every effective for the price. It has a very sustainable battery life. I have had it for over a year now and I only have to charge the rechargeable batteries I use in it every 2-3 weeks even with heavy use. I gamed heavily with this mouse and it was very consistent and accurate even after running it through enduring sessions. Very worth the price tag. It is also very comfortable and the thumb buttons can be useful if you adjust your mousing technique. Overall a good product.
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- Short LifeOK mouse but right click stopped registering after awhile. Tried everything including reinstalling software until I finally tried another wireless mouse my son lent me and voila...my right click was back. Poor lifespan...and not worth fixing.
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- Eliminated my carpal tunnelAfter using a regular mouse for awhile my hand always goes numb. This has been going on for about 10 years. I'm a computer programmer and am on my computer 8 hours a day or more. I purchased this mouse and my hand hasn't gone numb since I bought it. I think if you would start out using this then you could avoid any symptoms of carpal tunnel. It takes a little getting used to as your hand is in a different position. Once you get used to it you can even play games normally. I played Mass Effect all the way through with it and everything worked fine. I do have to criticize the wireless aspect. It becomes unreliable when it is more than about one foot away from the mouse.
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- Won't hold settings & locks in where it shouldn't be.The MS6000 5 button laser mouse has great features if they worked. When certain programs open up the settings are deferred to what ever it will be & the roller button becomes a magnifier & sticks as such until a restart is done. There are times when the roller button turns to "Show Deck Top". It seemed to work for a few weeks then has gotten progressively worse. Typical Microsoft. VERY inconvenient.
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- Not bad, though not greatFor some reason, use of this wireless mouse (like many other Microsoft products) is better when managed by Microsoft software rather than by the Mac's operating system. Programmable buttons are this mouse's major advantages over Apple's one-button mouse, especially if you use web browsers, publishing, and photo-editing software a lot.
The gray color is reminiscent of the Radio Shack TRS-80, not the slick enclosures of today. Ergonomic design is "handy," however, and at least to my large hand is quite comfortable. The forward/backward rolling of the scroll wheel is uneven to the touch, though the cursor on the screen doesn't seem to show any effects of the bumps felt under the wheel. The preference panel shows the quality of the wireless connection and the power of the battery. I could not find an option showing signal strength or battery strength in the top menubar, however (like the WiFi monitor), and I found opening Systems Preferences followed by the Microsoft mouse preference pane to be a bit inconvenient just to check the mouse.
For some odd reason, in some apps the pre-programmed button functions might go dead, but not for all the buttons at once. It's usually only the loss of the functionality of one button or another.
For me, a heavier feel in the hand would improve its handling along with slipperier glide pads underneath the mouse. Button clicks could be made more substantive and solid. The sideways action of the scroll wheel, for horizontal scrolling, could feel more solid and less flimsy.
I don't know why I experience mouse failure frequently enough to be out shopping for a mouse every other year, but it keeps my mouse purchases low-cost and encourages updating to the latest technology, so I'm not really complaining about build quality that much. I just wish that the mouse (any mouse) felt like a high-quality electronic instrument.
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