Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 -Slate

Average customer rating: 4.0

Another bad design from Microsoft
LOVE IT!
Good performance, not as comfortable as full size mice
Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 -Slate
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Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 -Slate

Manufacturer: Microsoft
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0002CPBWI
2004-09-23

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Product Description

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse - BX3-00008 ( Slate Gray ) -

Customer Reviews:

Another bad design from Microsoft.......2007-06-13

I owned this mouse for two weeks and can't live with it any longer. I'm going to return it tomorrow.

Pros:
To be fair, it gets the basic features you want for a mobile mouse: small form factor, long lasting battery, snap-in receiver, auto shut-off.

Cons:
It just doesn't perform good enough to fulfil its basic responsibility as a pointing device.

It firstly comes to me the bad design in cursor tracking. I quickly got lost in pushing it around. I couldn't get a solid feel of moving cursor to the destination I commanded. It's rather quite spongy and floating in the air. My palm and wrist struggled to fine-tune my muscle to make it cooperate and got strained quickly. I believe I might be able to get use to this after two or three months of use. But I just can't bear it for all other problems listed below.

Then there comes the buttons. The buttons feel flimsy and weird, unlike another other mice I tried: logitech, microsoft intellimouse/wheelmouse/basic mouse. The worst thing is it's hard to keep it in place while double-clicking. It ends up turning my double-clicking into dragging frequently.

Optical tracking: it doesn't perform very good if not the worst (comparing to the notorious basic optical mouse from microsoft). It skips a little bit on my desktop (textured wood surface) but stalls a lot. This might be improved if I use a mouse pad. But it doesn't sound like a good idea to carry a mouse pad around with a laptop computer. I think I should buy a laser instead.

The last and minor complaint is about the build quality: the upper-rear piece (battery chamber cover) got a sharp edge and kept scratching my palm.

LOVE IT!.......2007-06-13

So great - how did I ever live w/out a cordless mouse before?!?

Good performance, not as comfortable as full size mice.......2007-06-13

Function and Performance wise, this mouse is hard to beat. I just popped in the battery and plugged in the USB receiver and it started working immediately. The battery switches off when you put the USB receiver back in the base of the mouse. The fact that your receiver plugs back into the mouse, is very convenient to carry the mouse around.

Look and Feel - The mouse looks good and is solidly constructed for a notebook mouse. The only inconvenience (not specific to this mouse, but others in this category) is their size. I have a Logitech desktop wireless mouse and keyboard and it is so much more comfortable to use. The smaller mouse are not as heavy and therefore not as comfortable to use. (comparatively only).

If you want a small notebook mouse, this is the one to go for.
If you normally work in one place, go for the full-size wireless mouse. (Where the usb receiver / charger is always sitting on your desk)

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 -Slate.......2007-06-08

A recommended item for ones lap top computer. Much easier and comfortable to use than the mouse on the key board pad.

the best.......2007-06-04

Simply the best companion to your notebook! Why burden yourself with the trackpad.

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