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 Meet My New Great Mouse March 12, 2009
Jeffrey Green
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This mouse is the best mouse I have owned and I like it better than any Logitech mouse. There I have said it.
To start off with this matches and compliments my Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard. While this mouse is not for small hands, my hand is of normal size and the mouse feels good. The mouse comes with the Intellipoint software where you can really gear the mouse up as you would like. The X8 Mouse is a gaming cordless USB drive mouse with a round disk with one end plugged into a USB slot and then it gives a cord that rolls out from the disk that you attach to the base of the mouse when you want to recharge or use it as a corded mouse. It is the best of both worlds. No more swapping or changing batteries as the mouse can recharge from this method while you use it. When the included AA rechargable battery needs to be recharged the mouse pulsates its red color to let you know that it is time to recharge. There is even an On/Off switch to conserve batteries.
I have put this round disk that contains the wire to run or recharge the mouse out of sight under the opening I have at my desk. I even tested the mouse out on different surfaces form a desk to a rug to a bed and the mouse performs very well without missing a beat. There are different feet for the mouse, but I can not tell that there is much difference in the way the mouse performs or feels, but as stated the movement is fine without changing the feet on the bottom. On the front of the X8 you have three LCDs to change your DPI on the fly. This feature works very well and there is a noticable difference so it conforms to what your needs will be whether you use it for gaming or as just use it as your mouse of choice all of the time. It has up to 4000 DPI. The mouse itself has many buttons that are well laid out. You can customize some of them to fit your needs.
Now I must say that I have stayed away from these Microsoft mice in the past due to the smooth scrolling of the wheel. I can not stand that. It would feel like you have no contol of what you scroll. Well this mouse has detents on the scroll wheel so this dislike I have for other Microsoft mice is no longer an issue with the X8. The scroll wheel is also adjustable with its speed which is a must for me.
There are so may other features that I have not even bothered with as of yet. Yes, this is a Microsoft product, but forget that. The X8 mouse not only looks good, but is comfortable and performs flawlessly with evey feature a mouse can possess. I hope the sturdy feel of the mouse holds up over time, but I am quite pleased with not only the X6 Sidewinder keyboard, but just as pleased with the X8 Sidewinder mouse. At this point I give the X8 Sidewinder Mouse the highest rating.
Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse April 13, 2009
Gregory E. Landis (Snellville,GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
awsome mouse..works great..does everything it is setup to do..very smooth on the mouse pad..great feature that lets you set you own DPI control..the 2 side buttons are real handy..the 1 in front hard to reach though..great for gaming!!!
The best for its price February 20, 2010
Gabriel Siqueira (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was a really long way for me to decide which mouse should I buy. Suddenly I came across this one. The mouse is great. It has 2 dedicated buttons for macros and customized actions, but all its 12 buttons, icluding click and scroll are full programable. Let's go by parts. The comfort is great, especially when you have big hands. WARNING: Don't try to use this mouse if you are left-handed. It's really comfortable for people who use the right hand, but definitely not for left handed people. It has 3 sets of feet which allow the user to choose the one that feels better. (They have (not so) different surfaces)
The scroll is very accurate. Not only up and down, but left and right too. The sensibility goes from 250dpi to 4000dpi. A very good range. It has 3 dpi switching buttons, on-the-fly. Well, now the best part. Wireless and batteries ! Microsoft had me on this feature. The battery is very good, I played for a week without problems, but the best about the mouse is that you never have to change batteries or stop playing to charge. You just have to conect it to the wire (magnetic, really cool) and you have a wired mouse AND you are charging the battery. You never have to stop. About the Blue Track technology, it really works in almost all surfaces and really well. Some reviews say it doesn't work well on cloth pads. Not true for me. I use it with a Mantis Control, and it's fine.
Well, thank you for reading my review. Forgive me for my poor english, I've probably made several mistakes since the beginning of the review.
Sidewinder X8 Mouse April 9, 2010
Richard K. Rote (Rochester, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this mouse because of the number of programmable buttons and their placement. I am very satisfied with the results. Battery life seems a little short, however the mouse can be immediately put on charge and used easily and without difficultly while it is charging.
Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse August 19, 2009
rbriann (Jacksonville, FL USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have a collection of mice and all of them have something I don't like about them. I decided to give the Sidewinder X8 a try and was very impressed. It's advertised as a gaming mouse, but works well with any application. It has many of the buttons you find on most of today's mice and nearly all of them are programmable. One of the buttons (which I haven't used yet) is a record button you can use in your favorite games to record macros and then play them back with a one-button-click. Some of the features I like best are: Three small buttons on the top, behind the wheel, allow you to program different resolutions. Pressing any of those three buttons will change to the set resolution on-the-fly. The resolution can be set from 250 dpi to 4000 dpi. I find that for most of my needs, 750 to 1000 dpi works fine. This mouse does not use RF (radio frequency) for wireless connection. Instead, it uses 2.4GHz used by the older cordless phones. I've noticed that this eliminates the lag I use to experience with some of my more resource-intensive games. Now, when I move the mouse, the cursor moves right with it. The transmitter/receiver reminds me of a yo-yo, approximately 3 inches in diameter and 1.2 inches high. It connects to a USB port on your computer. The thin charging cable wraps around the receiver like the yo-yo's string when not in use and connects to the bottom of the mouse, magnetically, when charging. This allows you to continue using the mouse like a corded mouse while charging. Charging takes about one hour for a full charge and lasts two days with continuous use without turning off the power switch (and I use this mouse on an average of 16/7). You can remove the top of the receiver to reveal two extra sets of feet of different colors for the mouse, to suit your taste. Currently, there are only two things I might change or add to this mouse. The sensitivity (resolution) can only be set in 250 to 500 dpi increments. I would have liked it better if Microsoft allowed a custom field where you could type in a resolution such as 800 or 1100 dpi. The other is the square, silver button, located behind the three sensitivity buttons. When you press it, it opens your Games Folder (in Microsoft Vista). I would like to program it to open my internet browser, instead. In summary, I am very happy with this mouse. It is, without a doubt, the best mouse I've owned so far.
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