Microsoft Intelli Optical (D58-00026) Mouse

Pros: Fast, precise, easy, comfortable, neat features, will last you a lifetime!
Cons: None.

Microsoft has really gone above and beyond on this product. It will virtually eliminate trackballs single handed on any given day. Because there is no trackball the user will no longer deal with "sticky" mouses or dirty balls that control your...

Pros: Fast tracking, functional design, comfortable to use.
Cons: Doesn't work with MacOS X yet.

As much as I loved the simple elegance of the Apple Pro Mouse that came with my PowerMac G4, I became fed up with it's sluggish tracking. If moved at all quickly across the mouse pad, it would loose it's bearings, and shoot the cursor off to the opposite...

Pros: very precise, doesn't need cleaning
Cons: alot of money for a mouse

This is a very interesting product from Microsoft and if my friends are anything to go by, a very popular one too. When a friend of mine told me that this was his latest aquisition I was very sceptical of anyone spending £55-00 on a mouse. (Incidentally...

Pros: No ball, precise & smooth, never needs cleaning
Cons: Bit expensive, considering other mice in the range

The first impression one gets of the Microsoft Intellimouse Optical is that this is a sleek mother. However, I was saved from forking out the extra money, by the sheer fact that our South African stores were a bit short on stock. I must admit, one first...

Pros: precision movement and ergonomic styling
Cons: price and legacy compatibility

A mouse is a mouse is a mouse is a mouse. Or is it? I used to think that all mice were the same, replacing them yearly when their ball bearings started to wear and I could not stand to clean them anymore. This was until I bought the Intellimouse...

Pros: Low maintenance, won't get "stuck" like normal mouse.
Cons: The glowing light coming from underneath.

If you're tired of your mouse getting clogged with dust, impairing its operation by "stopping" the cursor at times, this is where to look.

Ok so what's the deal? No ball like in ordinary mice. Instead, a strong light beam is used to track the...

Pros: No more cleaning mouse balls, price, usability
Cons: annoying LED

And that's my only complaint.

I really like this mouse. A lot. The optical sensor that replaces the mouse ball is fantastic. It tracks beautifully on any surface. It doesn't get gummed up or caught on fuzzy mousepads.

I just...

Pros: Cool design, no mouse ball, ambidextrous.
Cons: Sometimes not as precise as a ball mouse.

I recently purchased the Microsoft IntelliMouse because I could no longer stand the "puck mouse" that I originally got for my iBook. It came with the software for both Macintosh and PC's, and it was really easy to set up. I used USB because...

Pros: The mouse is lasered. It has 4 buttones! My cat like s it.
Cons: The laser can hurt eye.

Yesterday, Vlad was in the good store. It sold me paper and a staple box. I left. When I got back I opened the mouse. It says it has a laser. I said "No it doesn't" It did. When I plugged it in, my cat looked at it some. The laser hurt my eye, but...

Pros: THE BEST MOUSE EVER!!! TRY THE TRACKBALL TOO! YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK!
Cons: none

I love this product! I own the trackball version of the intellimouse too! After buying this mouse, I threw my old mice out with yesterday's news and bought more intellimice!

I don't care how much you may have to pay, but do yourself a...

Pros: Easy, No ball, and no more mouse pad!
Cons: $50

This mouse is one of the coolest things yet! There is no ball, so there won't be any skipping or non-moving cursors.

The mouse is so easy to set up too. Just plug it into your USB port and install the software that is included, and you will...

Pros: Accurate, light, ergonomic, easy to use & setup, less maintenance
Cons: Requires smooth non-glaring surface, maybe skip at times

Why optical? Before the optical mouse came out, I was skeptical like everyone else & used ball mous ...

Pros: inexpensive, optical, solid performer
Cons: comfort is lacking, low precision

I bought this mouse simply because I got SO tired of cleaning out my ball mouse all of the time. I hadn't researched any other models, and I pretty much just went with a name I could trust and a price that didn't require a second mortgage. I was ...

Pros: easy USB compatibility, and no mouse ball.
Cons: if using win 95, the ps2 adapter gets messed up after a while.

I dont think i will ever buy another trackball mouse, unless using linux of course, because i dont want to take the time to install the drivers and such for it, but other than that, a mouse with no ball to clean, never drags, has a pleasant red light,...

Pros: Doesn't need cleaning, Moves like a dream has all the features you expect.
Cons: Occasional glitches

The Microsoft optical mouse is what the PC market has been calling out for. Other systems have had similar mice that worked with some sort of optical positioning instead of a ball in the underside that moved little wheels that registered where the mouse...