Microsoft Touch Mouse @ Dick Smith $22.46

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[Deactivated] on 03/05/2013 - 13:14 dicksmith.com.au (572 clicks)
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Just picked up a Microsoft Touch Mouse for $22.46 at Dick Smith Parramatta these things used to retail for at least $99! Last one there but other stores may have stock.

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  alvian on 03/05/2013 - 13:24

  +13

  Good price and nice idea, but the end product is bad. Some of the problems I found were:

  1. The touch surface can go crazy with infinite scroll depending on how you put your hand on it;
  2. You need to lift your index finger off the surface to perform a right-click;
  3. There is no middle-click;
  4. Touch-scrolling (to simulate vertical and horizontal wheel scroll) is imprecise. Either the scrolls do not register or you get too much.

  Instead of a premium mouse that I enjoy using everyday, it is relegated to my media server PC. I use it once a week and it is still painful.

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    lwinstan on 03/05/2013 - 13:32

    +5

    Thanks for saving me ~$20 bucks!

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    Unbreakable on 03/05/2013 - 13:37

    20 bucks and a f* around to officeworks bondi!

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    DJ on 03/05/2013 - 13:55

    As another person who purchased this, I agree with alvian. Nice idea. Poor implementation.

    Mine is …. somewhere, I don't even know where it is anymore. I forced myself to use it every workday to 3 months, tried in vain to like it - but just couldn't.

    Lack of configuration options in the drivers didn't help matters.

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    ZRXS12 on 03/05/2013 - 13:58

    -3

    This mouse sucks, I don't think Microsoft make any decent mice.

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      DJ on 03/05/2013 - 14:01

      Some of their mice are just fine. The explorer series were particularly good.

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        ZRXS12 on 03/05/2013 - 14:09

        -3

        Well I have very limited experience with their mouses only used 2 in the last year and both have been very laggy/poor tracking.
        The first one was a cheaper one from a keyboard combo so I thought that could explain it but the second one wasn't a cheap one and it was much of a muchness.

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        ericeric on 03/05/2013 - 14:20

        Yes, the explorers are the best laptop mouse in the $30 price range.

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        ericeric on 03/05/2013 - 14:30

        http://m.dicksmith.com.au/Product/XH1374/Microsoft-Explorer-…

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      dak52 on 03/05/2013 - 14:06

      I loved my MX5500. Especially considering I got the set for around $75 thanks to slickdeals.net a few years back.

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        thunderz on 03/05/2013 - 19:32

        The mouse is good in MX5500, but the keys on the keyboard starts rubbing off in a little over a year. Now after 2-3 years, I have 3 key caps with no prints left, and 2 with about 1/3 left.

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  ocoolio on 03/05/2013 - 13:50

  Out of stock

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  ericeric on 03/05/2013 - 14:07

  Got one last time when MS had cash back on them for $3.50 out of pocket, end up returned after 2 months of ownership, too difficult to use.

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  cuteseal on 03/05/2013 - 14:31

  Notice they got the Explorer Touch Mouse as well for $18.71. Anyone know if this is any good?
  http://dicksmith.com.au/product/XH1374/microsoft-explorer-to…

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    vandwi on 03/05/2013 - 14:56

    been using it for quite a while. doing a good job as a mouse. need a bit of feel and adjustment when scrolling.

    bought it off CPL for 15 bucks pick up. good mice for the price, considering the rrp was $50.

    if you are in melbourne this link could help save a couple of $$$.

    http://www.cplonline.com.au/microsoft-explorer-touch-u5k-000…

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      cuteseal on 03/05/2013 - 15:50

      Thanks! Much appreciated…