Microsoft’s Cool Notebook Mouse
Wireless notebook mice abound, but Microsoft’s got the best one I have ever used.
I was at a meeting a few weeks ago, struggling with attaching my wireless mouse dongle to my notebook computer (I had to use an extender cable because the dongle is too thick where the lip of my notebook case is over the USB ports on my Sony VGN-S170P) when the person across the table from me whips out a new Microsoft notebook mouse.
This baby is officially dubbed by the rather drab name of “Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse”, but what a cool device!
The USB wireless transceiver is a small “L” shaped plastic bit, which when not in use, snaps into the bottom of the mouse. Better yet, when you snap it in, it pushes in a switch which turns off power to the mouse. Snap and go.
To use, unsnap, plug it in, and it’s ready to use - no pushing little hard to find buttons on both devices to get them to sync up.
I had to have one, so Amazon.com delivered one to me the very next day, and I’ve not regretted it at all.
This mouse is almost like a meme - someone else saw me using the mouse a couple of days later and went and bought his own too.
See here for more information on this mouse.
A photo of the mouse can be found here.
The Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse gets a whopping 9.0 out of 10.0 on The Richter Scale!
