Microsoft Intelli Explorer (B75-00001) Mouse

Pros: Precise, comfortable, a dream to use
Cons: $30, but well worth it

Whatever your opinion of Microsoft's software may be, it would be difficult to ding them on their hardware products. At work I use the standard plain-jane Microsoft mouse with no wheel, and it's been far better than any of the ones I have used at home....

Pros: Precise, comfortable
Cons: Expensive

This mouse is great! There is no more little bar to mess you up, wear down or for you to play around with anymore! The mouse has a sensory in it that is VERY precise and makes it very easy to move around with. The mouse lights up all red when you turn...

Pros: No ball to maintain, 5 User-mapped buttons, Can be used almost anywhere
Cons: Left-handed people lose the two buttons on the side

The latest addition to Microsoft's hardware line, the IntelliMouse Explorer, has caused quite a stir. In an obscenely large silver/titanium plastic shell, it is apparent that Microsoft did not want this mouse to go unnoticed. Sure enough it caught my...

Pros: Accuracy, it looks really cool
Cons: Cost

If you're on my Christmas list, don't read this. There's a good chance you're getting an IntelliMouse Explorer this year. You'd think a mouse is just a mouse, but this one takes mouse technology to the next level.

Priced around $50 it's...

Pros: The Smoothness, Preformance, and Lack of Lag Due to Dust
Cons: No one really "needs" one of these.

What can I say; Microsoft just makes superior products and adheres to the needs of the consumer.

All of my computing is done on my home desktop, but I also use the same desk for homework and such so my desk is always cluttered and there is a...

Pros: beautiful, no cleaning, very precise
Cons: None

This must be the best mouse I have ever used. It's a new type of mouse that doesn't use any balls! No more cleaning out your mouse, this thing has no moving parts! So how does it work you ask? It uses a new technology that Microsoft came up with called...

Pros: ergonomics, functionality, looks
Cons: price

They want how much? For a mouse??????

I think I cleaned my mouse-ball for the last time, and there must have been some nasty stuff lodged inside where I couldn't reach, and the mouse just wasn't acting like a mouse should.
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Pros: Smooth mousing, no ball, no rollers to clean
Cons: Too big. Right-handed only. Forward/back buttons not intuitive.

Let me preface this by saying that I am extremely touchy about my mouse. I used to work at Microsoft, so I've tried just about every version of MS hardware around. When they introduced the wheel on the original Intellimouse, I jumped for joy -- no more...

Pros: Great control, useful zoom features.
Cons: Poor compatibility, causes many non-Microsoft applications to crash!

Take a standard mouse and add a wheel in the center of the two regular buttons. Give this wheel several uses.

- Make it a third button.
- Use it as a way to use the ‘scroll bars’ without clicking.
- Use in combination with its...

Pros: No mouse ball, well-designed, good software
Cons: Right-handed only. Problems with my wrist going numb after extended use.

Let's face it, folks. We all hate mouse balls. They tend to gather up all the dirt and dust on your desk, and convert it into a disgusting gunk that gums up your mouse. Well, I got fed up with it, so I purchased an Intellimouse Explorer.

The...

Pros: 'Universal Scrolling' in almost any Windows 95 program, Easy to Setup and Use Software, Nice Natural feel designed for the Right Hand, Doesn't require moving entire hand to move mouse cursor.
Cons: None!

I purchased my Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball in January 1999. I bought it at Walmart for $50. It is a great device and is very easy to use.

I enjoy the natural feel when placing my hand on the device. My index finger naturally aligns with...

Pros: Trackball-free mousing, multiple buttons
Cons: Way overpriced, right-handed only

Buying this mouse was a big step for me on my way to maturity, because I was able to put aside any anti-Microsoft sentiment I may harbor and recognize a quality product when I see one. Granted, the price is a bit steep ($75 MSRP), but it will come down -...

Pros: Dont need to clean your mouse ball
Cons: expensive for a mouse

The Explorer mouse first caught my attention when I read about in an article which was hi-liting the evolution of the mouse as a pointingdevice. Being a computer freak, I spend hours and hours in front of the computers and use the mouse a lot. Especially...

Pros: very accurate, responsive, and even lights up
Cons: Expensive

Wow! I never expected to actually love this mouse. I bought it because I heard a few people rave about how much they liked the intellieye. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a laser beam instead of the traditional wheel that guides...

Pros: Ergonomics, precision, driver, USB
Cons: Nothing major

Over the years I've used more than 8,000 different pointing devices... Well, okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is that I've never found the perfect pointing device, and I've tried a bunch.

For many years I used the basic...