microsoft 5000 wireless keyboard and mouse

This isn’t a marathon gaming session kind of mouse, but very few if any notebook mice are. If there’s one major gripe, it’s that eventually using a mouse of this size – tiny – does become uncomfortable after a while. And if you’re concerned about battery life, while I don’t use it with the great frequency I’m sure others will, it’s been operating happily on the same two batteries since I bought it. I’ve used it for video editing, Quake Wars, and every menial task in between. The Microsoft We Hope You Like Really Long Descriptive Names 5000 is pretty solid as a gaming mouse, too, and it handles well on just about any surface.

Sensitivity and reception are absolutely excellent, and in many ways it feels much more fluid and responsive than the RF-based Logitech MX Revolution I use on my desktop, which starts having kittens when it’s more than a foot away from the receiver. I’ve been using this mouse for nearly a year and a half, so I’m reasonably certain I have a good grasp of how well it works. The battery door can be a real pain to remove, and the connect button is tiny enough that you’ll have to use your fingernail, but other than that it’s not a huge deal. The power on/off switch and the connect button are both on the bottom of the mouse.Ĭomplaints are minimal, honestly. The buttons work well with a good click, adequate roll on the mouse wheel, and the whole thing is generally pretty comfortable. It has an ambidextrous grip – not a huge deal, I’m not a southpaw – and it does fit fairly comfortably given how tiny and frustrating notebook mice can be to use.

Part of the reason I chose the Microsoft Excessively Long-Winded Named Mouse 5000 (there’s only one so the model number seems kind of gratuitous) was because the grip felt right.

Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7.

Includes two AAA batteries and travel pouch.

HP has a Bluetooth notebook mouse out there, but I generally see it running for at least $10 more than Microsoft’s option. It had the best feel when I’d gently fondled it in public, and probably more importantly, it was about the only one I could find with any kind of reliability. At the end of the day, I went with the Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, also called the “ Microsoft Bluetooth Wireless Laser Notebook Mouse 5000” on the box.

Microsoft 5000 wireless keyboard and mouse