Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 5000 - Grey |
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Microsoft
Average Customer Rating:   
List Price: £56.70
Our Price: £41.77
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224129435
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Model: 69C-00006
Platform: Windows 2000 Server
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: 2008-09-10
Studio: Microsoft |
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• Exceptional style in a comfortable and sleek wireless desktop• Ultra thin comfort curve design• Quiet touch keys• Built-in zoom• Windows® VistaTM integration features and media centre (Gadgets, Windows® LiveTM Call and Sta
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Product Description
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 5000 Keyboard and Mouse USB English.Manufactuer's Warranty: 3 Year Warranty...
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Badly Designed Keyboard Nice Mouse, 2008-01-08
Having got fed up with wires trailing across my desk and the rest of the general clutter, I decided to go for a wireless keyboard and mouse. The Laser Desktop 5000 seemed like the best looking, and also it had the benefit of been optimised for Windows Vista.
But the proof is using the thing, not how good it looks. The mouse is well designed and fits into the hand perfectly, although I can see it been far too bulky for a child to use. The keyboard really lets this product down. With new batteries and only using it for less than an hour I had two messages appear saying that the signal was weak. The keyboard suffers from several MAJOR design flaws. Firstly, the little legs at the back of the keyboard we are all familiar with only levels the keyboard. A wrist rest at the front has plastic moulding underneath that prevents the front of the keyboard from been lowered, with no obvious means of removal. (I did eventually work out how to remove this which entails pulling it towards the keyboard and not away, using a fair amount of strength to wrench it free. Instructions would have been useful!). Some of the keys are far too small, with the letter "N" been twice as big as most of the others. The shift key on the left - which been a right-handed typest I use all the time - is even smaller, in fact so small it's easy to hit two keys at the same time, or worse yet to hit the caps lock. Anybody with big hands or fat fingers will find this keyboard completely unusable. There are no indicators for caps lock, numb lock or scroll lock. So when you start to type you have no idea if you will be in lower case or upper case. It's a very frustrating keyboard to use and will mean lots of repeated typing - because you haven't hit the shift key on the left, or because you're in caps and don't know it.
The extra function keys for opening folders, mail, faves, etc, are pretty generic for a keyboard of this type and don't offer anything to enhance your Vista experience. After several frustrating hours this product will be going back to the shop for an exchange.
Very good package but Vista user beware!, 2007-07-13
Firstly, the keyboard and mouse themselves...
Mouse it comfy for left handers like me and very accurate, with assignable shortcut buttons on the sides. No worries there. Scrolling wheel is as smooth as you would expect
Keyboard takes some getting used to due the shape and oddly sized keys, but I think it's a matter if getting used to it with practice. I'm constantly making mistakes at the moment! It has a detachable wrist lift that goes on the bottom of the keyboard but i honestly can't see anyone using it, it makes things very awkward and un-natural. The large array of shortcut buttons are useful but i find the dedicated Vista gadgets button hardly works, but not something I would use regularly. Media keys don't work all that well either, unless the media player you use is the current active window. Otherwise, it tries to open real player on my PC!
One word of warning to Vista users, a common issue after connecting a variety of wireless packages is that you'll notice your screensaver fails to start anymore, as well as some power saving settings failing to work. Microsoft have acknowledged the fault and have released an update downloadable through windows update called "HID Non User Input Data Filter". Run windows update and you will find this under "optional hardware" updates. This fixes the screensaver and power saving issues.
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