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This is a great mouse, especially for the price. It is not only very accurate, but the movement of the cursor is very smooth (when the software is installed), like a mac. Then there is the advantage of not having to clean it or worry about a mousepad. It is great not to have to wiggle the mouse around to get the ball to move one more millimeter over. I know that Microsoft is frequently accused of being a monopolist and not innovative, but if any of their products are innovative, it is this one. I have heard of problems with the USB port so I would stick with the PS/2 (I also hear there is no loss in accuracy this way). Now if only they could make a cordless version, that would be the last mouse I would ever buy.

I have this connected to a ThinkPad 600E and overall I've had a great experience. It is smooth, fast, doesn't get gunked up and works on almost all surfaces. USB support isn't available on NT, but there is an adapter for a PS/2 port.

I've noticed that the mouse freezes from time to time and then gets going again. It could be an IRQ issue, but I never had that before...

This mouse is really great. You don't have to clean a track ball and no more problem with the track ball sticking. It is also a more accurate pointing device compared to the rolling track ball.

No need for me to repeat everything you've already read about this mouse, it is a smooth operator, doesn't get clogged, has the look and feel of a standard Microsoft mouse, and overall, it's just neat technology. But I had problems installing the mouse on my Dell I7000 laptop's USB port.

First of all, the CD that comes with the mouse is not an installation disk, it only has software that helps with settings such as button assignment, pointer speed and acceleration, etc. When I plugged the mouse into my USB port, the computer recognized the mouse with no problem and then asked for my Windows98 CD to complete the installation. That's when things went south. For some reason the installation failed to retrieve the files from my Win98 CD giving a 'file not found' error message. After many tries of removing the mouse in Device Manager and reinstalling it, it still wouldn't work. To make a long story short, I went to Microsoft's web site and found a page that listed the exact problem I was experiencing. Here it is: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q249/4/28.ASP After following the instructions, I was up and running in minutes. I hope this helps you. (I should mention that the mouse did work fine when installed on the PS/2 port on my computer, but I wanted to use the USB port.)

The mouse works as advertised and other than the installation glitch, I am very happy with it.

This is an excellent mouse for those of us who don't need a whole lot of extra buttons. I got it after trying a friend's wheel mouse. If you don't have a wheel mouse; get this -- I would have a hard time going back to browsing without the convenience of the wheel.

For me, the Intellieye is just icing on the cake. Occasionally the cursor jitters, but overall the control is so much better than with a regular mouse. Also, I don't have to worry about the mouse getting off the mousepad.

The contour is excellent for this righty, but you lefties may have a problem with it; I don't know.