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290) and this tiny little mouse fits my huge mitts perfectly. This thing has easily replaced my funky, troublesome wireless mouse. It's so light, it has no inertia, like a wireless mouse with heavy batteries. The cord is so light, it almost doesn't have one. I'm a elephant of a person (6'5". Just flick it where you want it to go. So far, so good.
And because they break so easily, I only buy the cheapest ones I can find -- some of the prices they're charging for these mice are outrageous. It allows you to select how many lines you'd like the wheel to scroll. This is the 4th notebook mouse I've had to buy within the last 2 years, and this one is the 4th different brand. Not something you might notice unless you had one of the smooth-working types I've used before.The biggest issue for me when this mouse was new was that the scroll wheel jumped more than one screen length on "widescreen" 16:9 displays, like the HP dv2000 I'm using right now to type. Not sure I'd buy one of these again, I'll keep searching for that "perfect" (and cheap). I don't even remember the brand names of the first two; let's face it, a mouse is a commodity item, and as long as it works as expected, who cares what brand it is.The problem with all of the smaller notebook mice like this Targus is that the cables are flimsy and will eventually break where they enter the mouse. Big problem.The solution (for me anyway) was to go to the Targus website and download the 'Scroll Wheel Software' for this mouse and install it.
So keep that in mind if you have this problem.Otherwise, it's just a cheap mouse. So I have a bit of experience with this type of mouse. What's strange is that the software indicated that the mouse was indeed set to scroll 3 lines with each wheel click (it wasn't), but once I reset it using the software, it started to scroll correctly.I could not get the generic Windows or Vista mouse driver software in the Control Panel to do this; only the Targus software worked. There's not much you can do about it; just make sure you try to always pull on the cable and not by the mouse and USB insert.This Targus is made just like the others (indeed, I suspect they're probably all made in a single factory in China), so I expect it to break just like the others, thus I bought two when I found them at a huge discount.The other problem with this Targus compared to my other no-name brands is that the mouse buttons take a little more pressure to click. The whole idea of a scroll wheel is to slowly scroll down, line by line but this one jumped 1.5 pages. Yep, it's small and a bit harder to manage than a full-sized mouse, but it's a notebook mouse and that comes with the territory. notebook mouse.
I recommend this to everyone looking for a laptop mouse or for something small and different. Small, sleek, does everything you want and FAST.
I have no idea what the people that don't like this mouse are talking about. I got this mouse for free when I purchased a targus bag for my laptop maybe 4 or 5 years ago.
It's like the sports car of the mouse industry. I LOVE this thing.
In fact, I'm using it right now while I submit this review. And it definitely turns heads when you're sporting it around the local starbucks.
I've used mine for years and it's still working just like the first time I plugged it into my PowerBook Pro.
It keeps releasing the item I've selected too soon so the amount of clicking and dragging I have to do just to get one thing done has been increased tenfold. I wanted to like this mouse, and have used a similar one from Kensington with great success for years, but for some reason it just doesn't work very well and is a great disappointment. It jumps the cursor all over the screen when my hand is just sitting still not moving. Now I have to go out and buy another brand of the same thing just to get work done. It's way way too jumpy, on any number of surfaces I tried. Very frustrating to use. Can't wait to get rid of it.
I dont know what happened, it just never worked again. I have to admit the size is great its about 3 inches long, good for me, might be bad for someone with big hands. I bought this mouse because i wanted something small to use with my laptop. I ended up just goign to Walmart and buying one from microsoft for $15. It comes with a little case. The mouse worked great for about 2 days and then just stopped working. Ive had it now for a few months and its doing great. DONT BUY THIS MOUSE UNLESS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PAPERWEIGHT.
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