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Posted by
Toby Crundwell
on October 24, 2001
Company: Microsoft
Product: Trackball
Explorer
Conclusion
The Microsoft
Trackball Explorer certainly looks the part, and is probably
the sexiest peripheral I have ever seen, if those two words
can be used in the same sentence. However this costs. The
Trackball Explorer is currently retailing for £50 ($75),
which is almost three times the price of equivalent
Kensington trackballs.
The four main buttons
with a “normal” scroll wheel are definitely a bonus,
however I feel Microsoft would have done a lot better if
they had made the device have a secondary button that is
actually a reasonable size, rather than a decent sized
primary one, and three other tiny ones. The use of
Intellieye movement sensing diodes ensures that the device
does not suffer from the problem of skin building up on the
rollers and crippling the device (as is common with
practically all other trackballs), but in the same way the
movement is a little on the loose side and takes a while to
get used to. The Trackball Explorer marginally misses out on
an outstanding product award.
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Pros:
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Fluid
movement
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Very
comfortable
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Easy on
the eye
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Cons:
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Company: Microsoft
Product: Trackball
Explorer
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Explorer prices here.
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