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(More customer reviews)Note: this is the same hardware as the Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 which has been around for several years. I've had one of these for four years or so and have been very happy with it. Just recently the scroll wheel has developed a little resistance and the whole mouse has gotten a little "mucky" from so many years of use that I bought a Wireless Optical Mouse 5000 to replace it. As I said, the hardware is exactly the same, Microsoft model 1007.
Reading some of the reviews of this item made me laugh and reminded me that you always need to take customer product reviews with a grain or two of salt. (I'm sure this comes as no surprise.) Some users absolutely hated the very things that I really like. Okay, here are my observations:
1. It's pretty big. I'm an adult male and I guess I have fairly large hands. Ergonomically, it's the most comfortable mouse I've found. The side buttons are right above my thumb, the wheel is under the pad of my index finger and the left-right buttons are large. The body of the mouse is basically shaped like my right hand (Note to lefties: although MS says it's for either hand, due to it's curved shape and direction, I don't see how a lefty would be comfortable; also the thumb buttons would be useless). I tried to find a Logitech option but all of their many, many mouse models are small-ish. They make one mouse that is roughly the same shape (I think it's the MX600 laser) but it's smaller than the Microsoft mouse so that I have to keep my hand tensed over it, which gets uncomfortable. If I rest my palm on the body of the Logitech my finger tips are way beyond the buttons. With this MS mouse, I can rest my hand on it and not have to move my fingers/thumb around to find the buttons.
2. A bit heavier than most. Some people like really light-weight mice but I find if a mouse is too light, I can't rest my hand on it because the slightest flinch causes the cursor to go flying. This one is just heavy enough so that I have to consciously move it.
3. Scroll wheel is wide, textured, and doesn't "ratchet." It turns very smoothly and has just enough resistance so that the page you're viewing doesn't go flying by.
4. Programmable buttons give a lot of choices. I don't like the "magnify" function, so I have the thumb buttons programmed to page forward, page back. The scroll wheel button is a little awkward to depress, just like some others have observed, so I don't use it.
5. Pretty responsive for wireless. Just as LCD monitors don't have quite the same clarity as CRTs, wireless mice don't have quite the instantaneous response of wired mice. This is not to say there's any noticeable lag, just that it's maybe a fraction of a second slow. Still, from what I've seen and read, even some very costly laser mice have the same issue, and some of the wireless ones I've used are much worse. They are jumpy and erratic and often freeze-up. This one has never frozen on me and has rarely been erratic.
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Experience smoother tracking and wireless freedom with Microsoft M03-00090 Wireless Optical Mouse 5000. Navigate with enhanced precision with this ergonomic High Definition Optical mouse. Easily enlarge and edit detail with the new Magnifier and enjoy more than six months of battery life.
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