IBM 3-Button Scrollpoint Optical Mouse

by IBM

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 2.1 inches ; 7.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007DTC6
• Item model number: 31P7405
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 31, 2002

Product Description

Cable - Optical - 3 x Button Total, 1 x Button Programmable - 1 x Pointing Stick - USB, PS/2

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best-scrolling 3-button mouse available, June 25, 2008

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Ed Stevens (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IBM 3-Button Scrollpoint Optical Mouse (Personal Computers)

The Scrollpoint mouse by IBM/Lenovo is easily the best engineered mouse I've ever had the pleasure to use. It ingeniously combines the mouse and pointing-stick, utilizing each of them in the area they're best suited for; the mouse for fine cursor control and the pointing-stick for quick and direct scrolling.


Previously I owned a Mighty Mouse by Apple, but grew frustrated with the scroll-ball getting clogged. It seemed pretty ridiculous to me that after eliminating balls from underneath a mouse, that I'd be subjected to the same problems when they were moved to the top. Scroll wheels are better, but can't handle side-to-side very well and for scrolling through a long document requires the user to lift their finger up again and again. A touch-stick on a mouse seemed like a great idea and I was pleasantly surprised that IBM actually made one.

The Scrollpoint has most of the typical features one would expect on a mouse. It's an optical, 3-button mouse, that plugs into a USB port (or PS/2 with included adapter). The pointing-stick on the current mouse (the one in the picture is a previous model) has a plastic bar rather than the traditional nub which works better for it's particular application. No matter how long a document is, you never need to lift your finger off the point-stick.

I've had my Scrollpoint for about 6 months so far and might even pick up another one to use at work. I highly recommend it. Priced at about $25, it's inexpensive enough for you to give it a try.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scrollpoint mice are the best, September 12, 2009

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J. Lusk (Columbus, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IBM 3-Button Scrollpoint Optical Mouse (Personal Computers)

Once you use a Scrollpoint mouse you'll never want to use one with a wheel ever again. I have two IBM 2-Button Scrollpoint mice that I've been using for almost 10 years and other than occasionally cleaning the balls and contacts, they've worked flawlessly. I purchased two new 3-Button Scrollpoint mice to replace my old ones even though they are still working. The new mice have the added benefit of being optical (no more balls/contacts to clean) and are USB attached. The mice also come with USB to PS2 adapters so they can even be used on machines with PS2 ports. I've been using them for almost 2 months and they are very comfortable and I've had no issues with them. If they work as well as my old ones, I'll be extremely satisfied.

5.0 out of 5 stars The only mouse there is, January 22, 2012

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JP (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: IBM 3-Button Scrollpoint Optical Mouse (Personal Computers)

I forget exactly when I discovered the Scrollpoint mouse, but it has been the only mouse I use for years now. No other mouse I've ever tried provides such effortless scrolling--light pressure, slow scrolling; more pressure, faster scrolling. No finger cramps. Programmable center button. I sure hope IBM/Lenovo continues to make them.