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Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse 3000
Aalaap Ghag, Dec 01, 2005 1814 hrs ISTPretty much the same as the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Mouse 4000, but with a cord.
Smooth and precise 1,000 DPI 6,000 FPS sensor, comfortable shape and rubberized grip, smooth-type scroll wheel with tilt, extra fourth button
Smooth-type scroll wheel inconveniences middle-clicking; tilt wheel and fourth button features require IntelliPoint to be installed
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Last week, we reviewed the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000, one of the latest in the range of Microsoft input devices launched recently. Today, we have a wired version of the same mouse, called the Microsoft Notebook Optical Mouse 3000.
The mouse is a four-button, optical mouse with a shape and size that's very convenient to use with notebooks. The mouse also has dimpled, rubberized grips on either side so it doesn't slip out of sweaty hands, although we don't really know why your hands would sweat so much while using a notebook. The mouse has a blue light at the back, and a red optical glow at the bottom. The sleek silver + blue/gray color combination makes this mouse look very smart and professional, although some would bring up the topic of the blue light at the back.
The mouse works on the same optical technology as the wireless one. It features a high-definition 1,000 DPI sensor, scanning the surface at a rate of 6,000 fps for extremely accurate and smooth mouse precision. This type of high resolution comes in handy when you don't have a lot of space to use the mouse - a typical notebook usage scenario. In Windows, you can decrease the pointer speed to the second notch and use the mouse to gain maximum smoothness and perfect precision.
The Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 also has a smooth-type scroll wheel (as opposed to the step-type one found in the 4000, as well as conventional scroll wheel mice). This feature depends upon your personal preference - it's useful for users like graphics professionals etc., but gamers prefer the step-type. But neither is the likely target audience of this product as neither games nor graphic designing is really carried out professionally on notebooks.
The wheel can also be clicked, providing the "middle" button. The click however, is a bit hard; and add to that the smooth-type scroll movement of the wheel, and you'll almost always scroll before you middle click - extremely irritating when opening links in a new tab in Firefox.
The wheel can be tilted from left to right for four-way scrolling of large documents panning across the screen, however, this feature doesn't work out of the box even with Microsoft applications like Office or Internet Explorer. The provided IntelliPoint software is necessary for this tilt wheel to work. There's also an extra fourth button on the right side of the mouse which requires IntelliPoint to be configured.
The IntelliPoint software installs the magnifier that lets you zoom into a portion of the screen for better visibility. This is particularly useful for laptops with smaller screens like the 12" widescreen ones available in the market today.
Since the mouse is wired, there's no extra battery to worry about. The mouse connects to the notebook via USB, and works just fine on 1.1 as well as 2.0. The length of the wire is not very long - just about 1 meter - but notebook mice generally don't need an extremely long wire anyway. If your particular usage scenario needs a longer wire, you can always buy a USB extension cable.
The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 3000 sells for an MRP of Rs 1,638 along with a 3-year warranty. It's also available at a street price of only Rs 1,000, which makes it a fair buy for the notebook user who requires smooth and precise mouse control. Unfortunately the middle-click on the smooth wheel will need a bit getting used to, and the fact that you need IntelliPoint to use the tilt wheel functionality or the fourth button is likely to be a deterrent.
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