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Pros

It's super expensive now because microsoft doesn't make it anymore so this type of mouse is super rare.

The slope of the ms mouse is gentle so your hand sits on top of it without any effort. I love trackball mice because i am disabled and the other meeces make you have to flail your arm/wrist about to achieve your goals.

The only problem now is that the solder traces inside are separating from the circuit board. Overall, this is the best mouse i've ever owned, and i hope microsoft brings back this mouse and start selling an updated version of it. There is some mainten...  Read More



Cons

Movement of the cursor is imprecise and jerky. Ball sticks to the socket, making it difficult to control the cursor. Ball falls out easily.

This mouse fails miserably in the most important area - the trackball itself. It does not have a retaining ring like the logitech. When it gets too much lint in front of the optical receiver inside there (the eye), it stops working.

It travels at most a quarter inch before friction stops it. Since the smoothness is not uniform, it is hard to get it to track without sporadic jerks. Now, everyone has rubbed plastic against plastic before (i assume) - there isn't exactly a low coeff...  Read More

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Quality


The two outside buttons are fantastic that you get at by sliding your outstretched fingers over the zone , works very , very well.


The great thing about this method: no damage to the plastic, and the new ball bearings will go into the bearing cups and stay in there.


Bought a new one and it lasted one month and the optics on it died.


Then using a blade, gently nudge the bearing in all directions for several minutes to allow the oil to pull the grit out of the bearing.

Price


Worth every penny of the outrageous prices it goes for used.


And to the fantastic storefront seller's who offer great items that are needed at affordable prices.


Purched 2 from another sight for half the cost here!


We want to buy them from you at acceptable prices, not scammers.

Shipping


Not sure if this review covers the seller too, but shipping was fast, well packaged, and everything works perfectly.


Now, the problem is: the like new unit which i ordered was never delivered, & i still don't know why but it was cancelled prior...  Read More


Shipping time was fast especially considering that i am in an apo location so mail can take forever.

Packaging/appearance


This was labeled as used but looks brand new, the seal was broken on the box and that was it.


I did notice a picture of you sellers with the caption under it with the words flim-flam, bunco, shady, extortion and crook.

Competitiveness


I use the forward and backward keys a lot, even on nested microsoft explorer (disk drive access) locations.


I would love to curse the idiot at microsoft who discontinued them a thousand times over.


I believe this product has been discontinued by microsoft, or at least they are making fewer of them.


I also bought a 'logitech' knock-off some time later to use on another pc but it just wasn't the same.

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    still, new and best.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 46.0% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 221 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 27 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hopefully theyll last longer than i do


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had one back in the 90s and it lasted 13 years


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When i tried to replace it i found out that it was no longer produced


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Was a replacement for the same


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Shipping time was fast especially considering that i am in an apo location so mail can take forever


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Bless you worthy ones who are lucky enough to have a working genuine ms trackball


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The world shall not see its like again


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This was labeled as used but looks brand new the seal was broken on the box and that was it

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