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Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 ( D1T-00002 )

Manufacturer : Microsoft
In Stock : 35

List Price:	$24.95
Price:	$13.94
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Features

Made to be used in either hand
Highly ergonomic for great comfort
Magnifier function lets you zoom in and edit your work
Features horizontal and vertical scrolling
Customizable buttons

Product Description

Microsoft's most comfortable and affordable mouse in its class, Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 is outfitted with smart features and an ergonomic design. The shape of this mouse provides more contact with the user's hand, reducing pressure, and the ambidextrous design delivers superior comfort in either hand.The new Magnifier tool delivers real-time magnification on any section of the screen, making viewing and editing of hard-to-see text or pictures easier than ever. The Tilt Wheel makes navigating and viewing documents, spreadsheets and images more efficient with four-way scrolling capabilities. And High Definition Optical Technology provides more precise, responsive and smoother tracking.

Amazon.com Product Description

With high-definition optical technology, four-way scrolling, comfort for righties and lefties, customizable buttons, and more, the Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 is the perfect upgrade to your existing mouse. An integrated scroll wheel lets you scroll through documents and Web pages more quickly and easily with this ergonomic, four-button mouse. Plus, the new Magnifier lets you easily enlarge and edit details.

Zoom in on your work with the innovative Magnifier.

Use the scroll wheel to scroll horizontally and vertically.

Microsoft High-Definition Technology
Whether you're working on a document, perusing a Web page, or playing the latest video game, you can enhance your performance with the Comfort Mouse 3000's high-definition technology. It delivers more precision and responsiveness while offering smoother tracking on more surfaces than ever before. To put it simply, it's the most advanced tracking system available.

Full Tilt
Scroll up and down and side to side more smoothly, efficiently, and easily with the innovative four-way tilt wheel. It's simply a more efficient way to navigate documents, spreadsheets, and Web pages. The entire scroll wheel tilts from side to side, acts as a button, and reacts to how quickly you roll the wheel to enable smooth, accurate maneuverability. For example, if you're working with a super-wide worksheet, you can tilt the wheel from side to side to scroll right and left, without clicking tiny scroll arrows.

All Hands Welcome
Lefties rejoice! The Comfort Mouse 3000 is made to be used in either hand, making it highly versatile. No matter which hand you use, customizable buttons offer quick access to the media, programs, and files you use most often.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 66 reviews

Rating :
Buttons too hard to press - Eduardo Gonzalez, Jun 15, 2008

I've had this mouse for a couple of months now and I can't say I'm overly pleased with it. It gets the job done and it hasn't had any technical faults, but for all of its supposed "comfort" or "ergonomic" features, it is not comfortable at all compared to other mice out there. The left and right click buttons require quite a bit of pressure to press; I have found myself using both my index and middle fingers together to press the left mouse button to ease the strain a little. And this is coming from a 20 year old - anyone with weaker hands may have serious discomfort using it. The way that the buttons share the same piece of plastic as the rest of the mouse seems to be partially the cause of this - all the mice I have seen designed this way, while nice to look at, are really uncomfortable to use. The middle click is basically useless due to having to press it down so hard for the zoom/automatic scroll option. At least using it as a regular scroll wheel is OK. All in all, I am not too happy with the purchase and am looking for a replacement already.

Rating :
not suited for me - Willy Loo, Jun 04, 2008

This may be a personal preference but I do not like the way the buttons are made. The 2 buttons are of the same plastic piece that is molded in the shape of the mouse; I prefer the mouse with buttons that are of separate pieces. It seems I have to apply more pressure for buttons of the same plastic piece.

Rating :
Comfort? - Kaiden Fox, May 27, 2008

The scroll wheel actually hurts my fingertip to use. It's the most uncomfortable mouse I've ever used. I'll be returning this product ASAP.

Rating :
they do wear out, but none feels better - Arthur Held, Apr 27, 2008

I go through one of these about every two years. First, the work great. Then, the button switches become slightly intermittent and take longer to work. Just when I think my PC is getting slow, or worry that my browser is corrupted, the switch starts to just plain NOT WORK when I click.

Why buy one? Because this mouse feels better, causes less hand and arm fatigue, and is more accurate than any other pointing device I've tried.

Occasional replacement is a small price to pay for comfort and performance.

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Ok, but terrible middle click - Luiz Marques, Apr 23, 2008

I've had this mouse for a couple of weeks. Previously I had 3 olders MS Mouses - I only replaced them because better models came up - none ever failed.

This mouse is great in several aspects. It feels great on my hand, I really like the wheel and the other buttons, and the software is very reasonable. I wouldn't think I would, but I use the default side button zoom quite a bit...

The only problem is that the middle button is VERY hard to click, to the point of my hand hurting after a while. It also fails sometimes - I click, hear the click but nothing happens.

Given the complaints I read, it seems to be a common problem...

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