Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2 / 7000

[Andrew]

Introduction

Microsoft took its little world against foot-with the announcement in early February, Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and Wireless Laser Mouse 7000, two new mouse coming from the top renew the collection of field mice of the mark. As we shall see a little further, Microsoft is blowing with these two new models a breath of fresh air on the ergonomics of his mouse, the latter adopting a completely new design and a brand new form.

More or less high-end, according to the model, the new optical mice from Microsoft for their common wireless technology, their new ergonomics and the number of buttons they provide. We offer in the pages just an overview of these two new models from the viewpoint of their comfort and their features.

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2

Model mid-range, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, here in its proposed version 2.0, opens a whole new form that is associated with a brand new dress. Ideally suited to large hands, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 is meant to be refined and elegant while its forms inclined destined exclusively to the right users. On the right side of this mouse surface we find a soft touch whose hollow designed to accommodate your ring and your little finger. On the other side of the mouse, we find an area specially carved for the thumb and adopting also a sweet coating.

On the back, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 has four skates and snowboarders, skid remains fairly strong, while a location for the two batteries LR6 takes place at the centre of the mouse. As with previous models, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 can operate with a single alkaline battery although in this case its autonomy will be less. Although the design of the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 does not intends to use a nomad, designers of the mouse have provided a location to house the key radio, location, carved in the cache batteries, leaves the key half apparent once it is implemented. On a positive note, inserting the key in the mouse cut off power to the latter, a small contactor being judiciously placed under the mouse. Similarly, the withdrawal of the key causes straining of the mouse, straining to be noticed by the illumination of a green LED at the top of the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000.

Regarding the buttons click, the area devoted to home thumb gets two silver buttons, one to turn to page previous practice in the surf, the other activating the zoom function. Pretty regret is, the back button is a little too reinforced making it difficult to access and to use force not with the tip of the thumb but rather with its phalanx. With traditional buttons click left and right click the mouse wheel adopts a multidirectional, including the click wheel central active, Windows Vista, the function Flip 3D. The wheel is still sadly improved since its scroll is always without Notching. Unlike Logitech, Microsoft has offered few years already casters flexible impossible to be truly accurate when it is used, no sensation was felt when it activates the wheel in question. Aesthetically, this grip is black and wears very discreetly mark Microsoft.

In terms of technical features, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0 adopts a laser sensor optical sensor presented as a high definition display with a resolution of 1,000 dpi. Developed internally by Microsoft, this sensor is already used for some time on a number of mice of the mark. Level radio, mere Microsoft uses a transmission on the 2.4 GHz band, Microsoft did not accept the Bluetooth technology to this model.

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Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000

Along with version 2.0 of the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, Microsoft launched there is little the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000, a wireless optical mouse rechargeable. It takes a whole design of the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 but with a different dress. Exit the silver of the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 and replaced by a black robe with chrome rods. Offering the same ownership as the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 has the same buttons. There are no surprises two buttons on the left side where your thumb fits, buttons which retain the same assignment as the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2 even if this time black. Once again, Microsoft persists and signs since the wheel of this mouse is always so depressing with its soft scrolling, the Redmond giant still reserving the wheels cranked the mouse players, a choice very questionable to us.

Lighter than the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 has a rechargeable battery in Cadnium Nickel type LR03. It is interchangeable, a small housing being present at the back of the mouse to accommodate. Microsoft did here foresee any location to accommodate the USB key radio, so that a button is present on the back of the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000. Just like the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000, one discovers a button radio: it is useless default, mice being matched with their receiver leaving the factory to facilitate the initial connection.

Rechargeable, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 comes with a base, the horizontal format, linking the sector via the supplied adapter. marries the shape of the mouse and is extra plate when he just put the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 above to launch a charge cycle. During the charge, saw the mouse illuminates progressively green. Technically speaking, and apart from its power supply, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 incorporates the features of the model 6000 v2 with a laser sensor and a radio transmission on the 2.4 GHz band.




Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2/7000: grip, comfort and handling

The last two mouse Microsoft share a design and technical characteristics common, they offer logically the same sensations to use. Faced with the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000, the model 6000 is a little heavier when it takes over, which is confirmed by the test weighing: while the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 weighs 106 grams, the model 6000 , With its two batteries LR6, claims 119 grams. In practice, this does not change much, while some people find these mice also a little too light. Mice, whose two models provide a good level of slipping even if we would have appreciated skates a little wider. The optical sensor for its part has already proved its worth with a good fluidity and precision quite suitable for this type of mouse office.

Side grip, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2 and 7000 are particularly comfortable, ergonomics is frankly successful. The left-handed regret of course that Microsoft did not believe them while users to large hands are delighted to learn that the contact surface of the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2 and 7000 is tailored to their morphology.

Why Microsoft stubbornly happens to propose non-serrated dials on its desktop mouse? One day, perhaps, the Redmond giant will follow the example of its competitor Swiss Logitech to innovate on this part of the mouse, yet important part for many users.

Conclusion

You will understand when reading these lines, both signed new mouse Microsoft have little to blame. Not only designers Redmond we offer mouse aesthetics successful, but also mice with an excellent grip. Technically however, there is strictly nothing new to report on these models, models who surf the current standards with an optical sensor laser 1000 dpi and a wireless radio link on the 2.4 GHz band. Moreover, it may regret it too small skates but this is not the biggest criticism that could make against the mouse wheel since crystallizes alone all our criticism. One day Microsoft will hear the voice of reason and return to a roulette serrated… one day may be…

In the meantime, these two new mice are offered at prices more reasonable because appox. Rs. 1750 including tax model for the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2, Microsoft offers a pointing device wireless quality while the best model, the Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 , Is marketed around appox. Rs. 2900, a surcharge justified by the base load supplied with the mouse. In both cases, the thought of the 2008 Wireless Laser Mouse seems particularly successful, waiting to see if the Wireless Laser Mouse 8000, the current mouse high-end Microsoft will or not an offspring.