Microsoft Intelli Optical (D58-00026) Mouse

Pros: great idea, wont gum up, very nice looking
Cons: price is a little high, but not that high

Everyone with an old mouse has the same problem. After a little bit of use, no matter how careful you are, and how much you try to prevent it, your mouse will gum up. It will move slow, skip, and sometimes now move at all. Sure, you can try to file away...

Pros: USB interface, easy installation, great accuracy
Cons: if you don't have a USB port... sorry!

The Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical is just what you need if you are sick of cleaning mouse ball after mouse ball after mouse ball.... with its laser technology, you'll never have to worry about cleaning a mouse ball again!

Some of you may...

Pros: Good looking, comfortable, well featured, precise, solidly built and ...glowing mouse!
Cons: None really worth mentioning - perhaps a bit pricey?

The other day (17/04/01) my faithful 3 button "Ambassador Kosh" (for anyone that's seen Babylon 5) logimouse died. I'd had that mouse for over 7 years and it was an emotional moment. It was emotional because I halfway through a important deathmatch with...

Pros: Use it on virtually any surface
Cons: None I can see

I had enough of intermittent response from my old "ball" mouse, I was forever cleaning it and trying different surfaces in order to get the best response. So I invested in an Intellimouse Optical and have never looked back.

I now...

Pros: Optical mouse, good feel, 4 buttons + scroll wheel, ambidextrous design
Cons: none

Intro
I bought this mouse several months ago to replace a Logitech scroll mouse. I really liked my Logitech, but I got jealous of my roommates Intellimouse Optical. His primary reason for choosing it over the more expensive Intellimouse...

Pros: No mouse ball, extra buttons
Cons: a little light, but you get used to it easily

I recently went out to add a mouse to my laptop computer. Since it only has one serial port and I have a full-sized keyboard hooked up to it, I wanted to get a mouse that had a USB connection. While browsing the peripherals section at BestBuy, my eye...

Pros: no cleaning, lots o' buttons
Cons: expensive

The eye can track you...at least your mouse movements. The Optical does away with the conventional ball, replacing it with a little camera that detects mouse movement. Nice gadget factor, but actually works well.


The camera takes...

Pros: Precision is exact. Nice looking
Cons: None.

The mouse is something I have come to live with when dealing with a computer. I don’t usually give it much thought, that is until it starts skipping and I can’t get the cursor where I want it. That’s when you know its time to operate on your mouse and...

Pros: Perfect Size. Buttons on Both Sides.
Cons: Loose Scroll Wheel. Expensive.

Beats All

Everyone has their opinion on every mouse but this is my all time favorite. The ball mouses just wear out too quickly and stick in a year or so and the track ball mouses are just too hard to get used too. I picked the Optical...

Pros: No mouse ball, light, accurate, left handers can use it, small enough to tote around with a laptop
Cons: Additional side buttons still a little hard to use, product line has ambiguous names

Microsoft has added a third IntelliEye mouse - the IntelliMouse Optical. This is a mid-range product, falling between the IntelliMouse Explorer (the high end) and IntelliMouse with IntelliEye (low-end).

It would be nice if Microsoft would pick...

Pros: No ball, forward/back buttons, very precise, nice size
Cons: Annoying glow, occasional button quirks

Love them or hate them, every so often, Microsoft really nails a product. The Intellimouse Optical is one of them. Normally I's list pros first, then cons, but there are so many good things about this product, that I want to get the cons out of the way...

Pros: Easy to connect and use
Cons: A little smaller than some new mice

I have a Compaq Presario computer that's roughly 2 years old and is used about 6-8 per day. Between my mom playing bridge and me playing various computer games, we wore out the old Compaq mouse. It still functions, but the left mouse button was getting...

Pros: Optical pick-up; Looks Cool; Better Ergonomics.
Cons: Average Build Quality; Expensive than ordinary mouse.

If you have read my reviews on other mouse, you should know how much I care about the FEEL.Ergonomics is more important than anything else and it is worth to pay for.

If you have not yet read those reviews of mine, let me give you something in...

Pros: Sleek looking. Precise, no more skipping, jamming, or cleaning. 5 buttons!
Cons: Side buttons are sometimes easy to accidentally press.

Most of us at one point in our lives have owned or used a traditional mouse. Sure, they get the job done, but when the dust and grime builds up, on the inside, you have a defunct mouse. So you take the ball out to clean the mechanical parts of the...

Pros: very convenient features
Cons: none

I bought the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical about a month ago and it has done wonders for me. I just bought a new computer and the mouse that came with it was ridiculous. It was pretty generic and it didn't even have the wheel in the middle that allows...