IOGEAR GME521 5-Button USB Laser Mouse

by Iogear

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000B7925Q
• Item model number: GME521
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

IOGEAR's new 5-Button USB Laser Mouse (the vanguard product in the company's new Laser 1600 Series) is an excellent tool for graphic designers, gamers, and desktop users.

This new IOGEAR mouse uses VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) as the light source, which provides 30x more tracking power than regular mice using an optical sensor. This means that the USB Laser Mouse will work on virtually any surface, with its extremely high resolution of 1600 dpi.

Take full control of your computer with IOGEAR’s 5-Button Laser Mouse. Two conveniently located side-buttons allow you to easily go back and forward in your web browser.

Furthermore, the Instant-Access button, located right below the scroll wheel, quickly launches Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other programs with a simple mouse click. Within Microsoft Office applications, the instant-access button allows you to perform common tasks such as Open, Save, Copy, Paste, and Print.

Features

• Advanced laser technology provides 30x more accuracy than optical mouse
• Super high resolution of 1600dpi reduces hand/wrist movement
• Convenient back and forward side-buttons for web browsing
• Instant Access button gives you direct access to Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and more
• Use this mouse on almost any surface, including opaque glass
• Uses very little real estate on your work surface--needs only a few inches for accurate movement
• Ergonomically contoured design for comfortable use
• Plug-n-Play and Hot Pluggable
• Solid 3 Year Limited Warranty

Requirements

Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
• Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later, works as a two-button mouse
• Mac 9.x or earlier, works as a one-button mouse
• Available USB port

NOTE: 5-button functionality supported only under Windows with the provided software in the installation CD

What's in the Box
USB Laser Mouse, Installation CD, User Manual, and Warranty/Registration Card

Product Description

IOGEARs new 5-Button USB Laser Mouse (the vanguard product in the companys new Laser 1600 Series) is an excellent tool for graphic designers, gamers, and desktop users.This new IOGEAR mouse uses VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) as the light source, which provides 30x more tracking power than regular mice using an optical sensor. This means that the USB Laser Mouse will work on virtually any surface, with its extremely high resolution of 1600 dpi.Take full control of your computer with IOGEARs 5-Button Laser Mouse. Two conveniently located side-buttons allow you to easily go back and forward in your web browser.Furthermore, the Instant-Access button, located right below the scroll wheel, quickly launches Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other programs with a simple mouse click. Within Microsoft Office applications, the instant-access button allows you to perform common tasks such as Open, Save, Copy, Paste, and Print.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No panacea, October 13, 2005

By 

Rick Tharp "the_rxrick" (Plattsburg, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IOGEAR GME521 5-Button USB Laser Mouse (Personal Computers)

I bought this mouse based on a glowing review in Network World magazine, in the immortal words of John Lennon, "I shoulda known better".

My hope was the "30x more accurate tracking" would improve my ability to lasso images in photoshop, well not yet anyway. My old Logitech roller seemed to get "stuck" at the most critical moments, the necessary nudge would then send it scooting across the picture. This Iogear Laser is so smooth that the problem is just the opposite. With zero resistance this mouse seems to move by itself at the most critical moments.

I think the problem could be solved with a better mouse control panel. There is simply not enough sensitivity adjustment in the Windoze mouse control to get it right. At the slowest setting it is too sluggish, but one notch up and it becomes too touchy. The Logitech mouse driver allows more fine tuning of the mouse sensitivy and includes an accelerator adjustment.

The potential is there for a great product, if Iogear had included an improved mouse driver instead of relying on the standard Windoze driver, this mouse would rate a perfect 5.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great hardware, Poor software, December 7, 2005

By 

Benjamin R. Osborne - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IOGEAR GME521 5-Button USB Laser Mouse (Personal Computers)

This mouse seems very durable and has good ergonomics. The wheel button has a little too much resistance, but maybe it'll loosen up after a while. The tracking is great. Hardware-wise, this mouse gets 5 stars.

The software (called "Office Program Selector") is poor. You can't customize what any of the buttons do. The side buttons are for the back and forward functions in your browser. I would like to be able to assign them to other functions (which you could do with Microsoft mouse devices 5 years ago), but the software won't let me.

The middle button opens up a menu that allows you to launch eight programs (Word, Excel, IE, Outlook, etc.) with one click. The problem is, you can't customize the programs that are listed. So, the software gets 1/5 stars, and is now uninstalled on my machine.

Hopefully, Iogear will release a new version of their software that fixes these problems. Until then, this mouse gets a thumbs down.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great laser mouse, February 23, 2006

By 

Kent R. Eriksen "Yabba" (Salem, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IOGEAR GME521 5-Button USB Laser Mouse (Personal Computers)

I have found this 'laser mouse' made by Iogear to be an excellent product, easy to use and a great price.