Microsoft Explorer Touch
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13 years ago
Uncomfortable and overpriced
I bought this mouse yesterday and went back today to exchange it for a mouse £35 cheaper (£45 cheaper at full price). The major problem with this mouse is the scroll tracker: it doesn't really work properly as it's not particularly responsive.
12 years ago
Do not bother with this mouse. Very frustrating to use with inaccurate scrolling.
14 years ago
Fantastic
Feels a little jarring at first to use the touch wheel, but after a half hour is feels natural to me.
Pros:
- Has all the benefits of touch without losing the feelinging of clicking
- The scroll "wheel" is especially awesome and everything is fully customizable through the intellipoint software
- Accurate on all the surfaces around me
Cons:
- A little shorter than my last mouse
- but since I'm 6'5 with big hands I suspect this would only be a problem for me
13 years ago
Pretty much everything is said in the Pros/Cons section. I regret buying the mouse, although I still believes it is a good mouse overall. It just feels awkward in the hand, and is almost impossible to use for gaming.
Pros:
- Design
- Software driver
- Touch strip works surprizingly well
- Easily carryable
Cons:
- Uncomfortable for gaming
- Too small
- too low
- pointer goes crazy once in a while
- No thumb buttons
14 years ago
Microsoft TouchMouse
Microsoft's latest mouse has been specifically designed for Windows 7. Fusing one-, two- and three-fingered multitouch with an ambidextrous mouse design, the TouchMouse is Microsoft's latest attempt to bring gesture control to a Windows desktop near you.
14 years ago
Microsoft Touch Mouse
UPDATE 26/08/2011: we have now re-tested the Microsoft Touch Mouse with its new drivers. Microsoft officially announced that the new Intellipoint 8.2 drivers would correct several of the major issues we noticed in our original test-namely the...
Pros:
- Touch-sensitive (only an advantage if you prefer that to buttons
- Taller
- longer and more comfortable than the Apple Magic Mouse
- Attractive
- which isn't easy for a mouse
- Tiny wireless receiver doesn't stick out of your laptop
- Easy to get the hang of
Cons:
- Supplied batteries aren't rechargeable
- Heavy: 130 g compared to 110 g on the Logitech G500
- Virtual scrollwheel isn't responsive enough - noticeable lag
- Windows 7 (and later!
14 years ago
Microsoft Touch Mouse review
Great for keyboard-free window management, but spoiled but erratic and sluggish vertical scrolling
14 years ago
Microsoft Touch Mouse
When all is said and done, MS Touch Mouse is perhaps the most innovative mouse I have ever used. Microsoft has been able to effectively combine two dissimilar products into one. Honestly, up until I started actually using it, the idea of making a mouse that is also touch sensitive seems outlandish,...
Pros:
- Multi-touch sensitive touchpad built into the top of the mouse
- Short and simple learning curve
- Truly ambidextrous design
- Productivity boost for power users
Cons:
- Less than optimal grip areas
- Touch sensitive area can be a tad too sensitive
- Windows 7 only
- Only 1000 DPI sensitivity
- No customization of the touch commands
- Sluggish vertical scroll
13 years ago
The teeny weeny Bluetooth Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse is the latest creation out of the software giant's hardware division, and it's been built from the ground up for Windows 8 and all those new PCs, laptops and tablets expected to launch in late October.
Pros:
- If you really need a mouse on the go, you won't find many smaller than the striking Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse
- With a surface area barely bigger than a credit card, it's certainly easy to throw in your bag
- It's surprisingly comfortable to use too considering its wee size.
Cons:
- Windows 8 is just around the corner, and with it come all sorts of new gestures, including the ability to swipe between apps
- But you won't be able to pull them off with the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse, That's a bit silly, especially when Apple's Magic Mouse and Trackpad support all sorts of useful...
13 years ago
Not great for web browsing
I was looking for a Bluetooth mouse with programmable buttons primarily for web browsing to replace a Microsoft USB mouse that had become inconsistent in accurately playing macros.
Pros:
- would be solid for a standard mouse
- bluetooth is seamless
Cons:
- only one usable programmable button
- touch strip very inconsistent
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