Founded in 1982, Labtec is a leading developer and marketer of high technology, multimedia peripherals for the personal computer and workstation industries. Labtec offers a broad array of products, including computer speakers, subwoofers, PC Voice Access microphones, headphones and accessories, 3D input controllers and 3D gamepads.Labtec's strategy is to offer a growing assortment of products based on proprietary technology through multiple channels of distribution. Labtec currently sells to most of the largest and fastest growing retailers, master distributors and original equipment manufacturers, with all channels served on a worldwide basis.
Labtec has designed this optical mouse with comfort and performance in mind, incorporating advanced sensor technology. The mouse uses an optical sensor instead of a ball, so your cursor glides smoothly and accurately with the latest technology. There's no more mouse ball to clean or hassle with.
The mouse offers three-button operation and a scrolling wheel for easy document and Web browsing. Its optical sensor captures thousands of frames per second for superior, more accurate tracking. There are no moving parts in the mouse that wear out, ensuring that tracking is always smoother, faster, and more accurate than with traditional mice. The mouse requires a PS/2 port and a Windows operating system for PCs and is compatible with Windows XP.
1 Wrong
I bought an optical mouse but I got a normal mouse with a red decorative light.
2 Excellent Little Mouse at a Great Price
The Labtec optical mouse has a nice feel in the user's hand. It is not too obtrusive or over-round and the fingers settle quite nicely on the mouse buttons.
The scroll wheel is a nice addition but is set in the mouse further than usual. This has its ups and downs. On the positive side, the scroll wheel does not protrude clumsily from the mouse. On the other hand, it does take some getting used to and slows the pace of scrolling.
The optical eye is smaller than I have seen on an optical mouse. Again, on the positive side, the small eye slows down the mouse movement such that the pointer does not go careening around the screen. On the down side, some people may like that feature in their mouse.
As for the construction, it does not feel like the most sturdy mouse out there but I suppose if you don't smack it around like a hockey puck, it should last you just fine.
3 Great bargain
I trade stocks for a living, so I need the speed and accuracy of an optical mouse, as well as a comfortable design since my hand is on it pretty much constantly for 8 hours a day. I used one of these at work for 3 months without any problem. I bought a Logitech for my home for $$... (Before I realized how inexpensive these were) and found the comfort, feel, and performance to be superior with this Labtec mouse in every way. It's the best mouse I've ever used -- regardless of price.
4 Very good mouse for very little money
I have this Labtec mouse since April 2002 and it have never failed. I think that its price is very low compared with its functionality. I have Windows XP pro, and it works great with it.
5 Cost-effective
I picked one of these up as a replacement for a certain other brand that costs about twice as much and find it satisfactory. Positives: It seems a solid piece of work, the 'eye' port doesn't pick up dust as readily as the other brand, and the standard driver software is noticeably smaller than the other brand's. Negative: when I used it with a particular mousepad that has two identical patterns next to each other, and the mouse was in just the right spot between them, the mouse pointer would bounce around on the screen, indicating some confusion in what passes for the mouse's mind as to where it was on the pad. I don't know if this is a driver problem or a hardware problem. I kept the mouse and tossed the pad in a drawer -- with an optical mouse, who needs it?
6 Doesn't work with my computer
I currently use a PS2 mouse with a sieral port adapter. Which is the way it came, giving you the choice of using a PS2 port or a serial port. I use the serial port because I do not have a PS2 port on my computer. This Labtec is a PS2 and I assumed I would be able to use with the serial port adapter as I do with the one I have now. The instructions say you do not have to do any installation for this mouse. Just turn your computer off, plug the mouse in and turn your computer back on. I did this and I get a message saying the computer can not find a mouse. So is that because the mouse I received is defective or is it because this mouse won't work with the adapter. I haven't had the opportunity to have someone else check it out on their computer, so I don't know.
