Customer Reviews

Microsoft Optical Mouse by S+arck - Orange

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I'm using this on a G4 iMac. There is no driver included, none needed. Mac OS X and Windows computers recognize the right button and middle button/scroll wheel natively. That means that it doesn't have any whiz-bang special features like other more expensive third-part mice have, but it's a lot less fuss for the user too. Just plug it in and off you go.

I like the form of this mouse, not just the simple but elegant move of lighting up the center color strip and scroll wheel, but also the large clickable area on either side. The mouse still has "grabby" areas on either side of these buttons on either side of the mouse where you can hold it when you pick it up and relocate it without clicking the buttons. If you've used an Apple Pro mouse, it's a lot like that in terms of its clicking area, just with 3 buttons (including scroll wheel) instead of one button.

The Apple mouse is made from better, more durable and heavier materials though. It feels much more substantial in your hand than this mouse too. This mouse feels like any other cheap mouse you usually get with your computer in terms of its weight and materials. More importantly, the innards, aside from using a laser instead of a ball, are just as cheap. The buttons tend to stick when you try clicking. That can lead to a lot of frustration when using it. I often either end up highlighting text, popping up a menu or accidentally double-clicking when I try to get the buttons unstuck. Also, the springs tend to squeak now and then which doesn't interfere with functionality, but is annoying. Louder machines will probably hide this fault though. There's no ability to alter the clicking resistance. That is, the buttons are rather loose and click very easily under my hand. Finally, the laser is slow to recognize when you've pulled off a surface, which means that you'll sometimes throw the cursor across the screen when you're trying to lift the mouse up and placing it down again.

All in all, I wish the design of this thing extended into what's under the chassis. It's a surface job, which I suppose I should have expected for $30, but you can get a far better experience using a $40 mouse, even if it's ugly. Kensington in particular comes to mind, and their stuff, while more conventional, is often fairly nice to look at too.

much nicer then ever using a mousepad again, but I di on occasion have an out of control mouse. it remains out of control until i pick it off the table and stop its movement. I can handle this on the desktop, but under game use it can be a pain.

This mouse looks real cool, and would compliment about any pc workplace...and I was impressed at first...but that was short lived. This mouse only has the "look". 1.) The surface paint started rubbing off after a while, and the grey surface area beneath could be seen. 2.) The cursor is erratic. This is probably the mouse's worst defect... when gaming, the cursor goes all over the screen and is extremely annoying!!!!!

3.) And yes, the mouse's clicking surface is very, very sensitive. I thought Microsoft is capable of making good mice.

But what more could I have expected for 10 bucks???

Got matching ones for me and my wife, we prefer corded mice, unfortunately both of these cords' connections frayed out within 2 months.

To be blunt, if I had more than $30 bucks, I'd spend the extra $20 on a better quality mouse.

I used this mouse for about a month before it started to show it's true colors, literally ...

The skin color (The grayish portions) will start to fade to a blackish, dark metal color in little over two to three weeks.

Two months after getting it, it already needed replacement.

The presicion was off to begin with, with two months in use, it was no where to be found; this mouse was jumping all over!

Finally, I decided it just simply wasn't worth it in the long run.

To put it simply, if you want a short term mouse to keep you going 'till you get a better one, this is one of the most afforable ones.

I'll be honest, the first week and a half, I had high hopes for this little guy; he got the job done then.

After that week and a half, though, you better hope the delivery man is by the door.

Because I bought this with Windows XP Home edition, it's very good combination, again thanks to Mr. Bill gates