Christmas is just around the conner I guess I just buy myself a present to cheer myself up (ok… that was just a lame excuse I made up to buy a wireless mouse).
Went down the the local department computer hardware store, and immediately two model of wireless mouse come into view (after filter out the anything beyond RM110 and above), the Prolink PML095G and Microsoft Optical Mouse 4000.
I was suspicious at first, I had never heard a Prolink being a mouse maker, yeah it has some home network product (wireless router, switch.. etc), but the shop keeper is telling me that it is a Laser Mouse! while the Microsoft 4000 is a Optical Mouse. So after a thoughtful moment ( actually, it was just about 5 minutes), I decided to to purchase the Prolink mouse, simply because the price for a Laser Mouse from Microsoft / Logitech is at RM200++
2 hours later when I reached home, plug in the USB dongle that come with the mouse, the driver installed automatically, and I try to move the mouse around a little… *_* THIS PRODUCT SUCKS! The mouse pointer move about, but there is no PRECISION! If you want to know what I mean, try to use a optical mouse on a piece of glass, you’ll get the effect of the pointer move distance is inconsistent! And this is a Prolink Laser Mouse that sits on a Mouse Pad!
I took the mouse and went back to the shop, and explain what happen, and to my greatfullness, the shopkeeper allows me to change it to Microsoft Optical Mouse 4000, and it all works as it should be (precise pointer movement).
So… moral of the story… Get a well establish brand name, do not fall for the deal gimmick!
I hope that this review / comparison will help you!
That the price to pay for lol. Agree get a reputable brand that has credibility.
I have quite the opposite experience with this Prolink mouse. I normally stick with branded mice (MS, Logitech etc.), therefore last time when I went shopping for a good portable mouse for my notebook I ended up buying a Microsoft Notebook Laser Mouse 6000; the worst mouse I ever owned !. It behaved exactly like your Prolink. Only works on completely black mousepads. (jumps all over the screen if used on a surface with light colors or patterns).
Then I saw this cheap Prolink mouse few days back when I was looking for a cheap wireless keyboard mouse combo for my desktop server; Didnt worry too much about the brand because I dont use the desktop very often. However, to my surprise this Prolink turned out to be much better than the more expensive MS 6000! Now I use it as the primary mouse with the notebook. Even though it may not be as accurate or as sensitive as some of the high-end optical mice out there, it is still very usable for normal work, has better precision and range than the MS Notebook 6000.
yeah… the Microsoft Optical Mouse 4000 would not work on glass surface, but tis pretty consistent over not so reflective surface. But in my case its far more stable then the PML095G… hm… this is weired…