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Microsoft D67-00001 Trackball Optical Mouse| Manufacturer: | Microsoft | | List price: | $44.95 |
| Our price: | that is 100% off! |
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Microsoft no longer supports this. Good if it doesn't go bad |
A month and a half ago, I purchased a Trackball Optical through Amazon. When it arrived, the installation and all went quite smoothly (on a Mac), and it operated as advertized. As another review mentioned, the forward/back buttons are a wee bit narrow, but I can get used to that. Out of the box, the product was great.
The smoothness of the ball's rolling degraded quickly. At first, giving it a little push would send the ball spinning for a while. Now it travels at most a quarter inch before friction stops it. Since the degraded smoothness is not uniform (it seems to stick in inconsistant patches, so I'm guessing it's more the rollers than the ball) it is hard to get it to track without sporadic jerks.
A week ago, it ceased tracking position at all. The buttons still work, the scroll wheel still works (tested by using my old mouse to point and the trackball to click/scroll) but the pointer doesn't move a single pixel anymore.
I see no way (short of snapping plastic) to get inside and make sure the lenses are clean, and when I called Microsoft tech support (for a product with 90 days of free support) I was informed that they no longer support this product, and I should look at online helpfiles.
So, when it worked, it was great. Five stars. Mine, alas, degraded quickly, which was less than great... but still perhaps worth three stars. Then it up and stopped doing one of its primary functions, which counts for no stars in my book, and the manufacturer drops support for a product that was purchased less than two months prior, another no star. (5+3+0+0)=8 stars distributed over 4 situations, so 2 stars. |
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I Should've Listened to the Reviews |
| I needed to use something that required a small space so I debated on whether to get this product or the Trackman Wheel optical mouse from Logitech. Finally I decided to try the Microsoft mouse. I bought two, one for the PC and one for my notebook. When I first tried them out, both worked fine; one ball turned more smoothly than the other, but both were good so I thought those people who wrote the negative reviews must have gotten a lemon. After a few days I noticed that the cursor was often unresponsive when I turned the ball. Not only that but the ball itself was sometimes sticky and hard to turn. I would have to use two fingers to make the ball move and then half the time the mouse wouldn't respond properly. That was enough for me so I packed them back up and am returning them. I also ordered the Logitech Trackman optical so when those arrive and I've tried them out for a little while I'll write a review on them. Meanwhile, this Microsoft mouse is not recommended as its performance is too inconsistent and leads to user frustration! At the present time until the Logitechs arrive I have gone back to my old regular Microsoft optical mouse which works beautifully. |
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Save your thumb... |
I've used a trackball for over a dozen years, and when this came out I bought one and was very happy with it. After +/- five years, it became jumpy, so I decided to replace it. After searching and trying, I ended up with another of the same... or so I thought.
The replacement had a ball that would barely move. After cleaning and trying it (to see if the plastic might 'loosen up'), I returned it for a replacement. After using the replacement Trackball Optical for 6 weeks (after the return policy expired), I've given up. The ball movement has continuously deteriorated, to the point where if it's used for 30 minutes your thumb won't work. It sure looks to me like this is a closeout, given the price drop, and it's not worth any amount - don't let them PAY YOU to take it, you'll thank yourself by getting something else.
Another Microsoft hardware product that couldn't make it. |
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