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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best mouse I've ever had, October 17, 2006
I originally purchased the 3000 model and it became my favorite mouse ever. Everything was perfect: the size, weight, balance, click action, instantly worked on any computer I plugged it into, very responsive and accurate, and I never did run down the original battery despite 16 hours/day of use for 2 1/2 months.
Eventually my girlfriend borrowed it, fell in love with it, and swiped it, so I bought this new 4000 model to replace it, and it is even better.
It has the same excellence in design, feel, and use as the 3000. The major improvement is the changed middle scroll button which now scrolls faster if turned faster and is instantly responsive. The required force to spin it is just right, in my opinion.
Also it adds horizontal scrolling ability and a very cool side button that by default turns on and off a special magnification window which is intuitively resized and adjusted. It is really slick.
The IntelliPoint software lets you customize the action of all the buttons, and you will probably want to change the default setting for the middle mouse button, which by default is to swith to the next open application rather than function as a normal middle mouse click. If you use a tabbed browser you'll notice this really quick! It is easily changed though. And you can use the side button for the magnification thing or any of about 25 other useful things.
Microsoft makes fantastic hardware, and this is a premium example. If this is not the best mouse on the market, it is at least the best notebook mouse.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't work for more than a few months, July 28, 2006
I love the feel of this mouse - b/c it's small. BUT ... it's very inconsistent. I've had to reset it several times and it often just stops. I'm taking my chances and ordering a Logitech - hopefully, that will work a little better.
I would not recommend this item.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Software incompatible with some video drivers, January 10, 2007
Once I got everything set up properly, the mouse has worked been great. I downrated it, because I had problems with incompatibilities between versions 6.01 (came with the mouse) and 6.1 of the Microsoft Intellimouse software and the driver for my video card, an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. This causes flickering in the active window (not the whole screen). According to results of web searches I did, there are other video drivers that conflict with versions 5.5 and up, but some do not. I have borrowed machines with NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and GeForce FX Go5200 - they work fine with versions 6.01 and 6.1. If I turn off the Intellimouse software on my system or use version 5.0, there is no flicker, but the horizontal scroll and magnify do not work. Finally, I tried version 5.3 that I borrowed from a friend and it makes the mouse work as promised and does not cause the flicker. Unfortunately, I don't know how others can get this version, since the Microsoft site has version 6.1. I have notified both Dell and Microsoft of this problem.
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