Microsoft’s Windows 7 Touchmouse Has Arrived

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In an earlier article I mentioned that the Touchmouse had been announced and that it would reach the market in about eight months.

Well, it’s here.

There’s a good review on Neowin.net, and Microsoft has a webpage with a vid and pics along with it’s promo stuff.

Quick take from Andrew Lyle at Neowin.net:

Pros and Cons:

Pros:

  • Gestures are very easy to use
  • Great look and feel, very comfortable to hold
  • Works on any surface and has great precision

Cons:

  • $79.99 MSRP for a mouse
  • Not really intended to be a gaming mouse
  • No middle click button

He also felt that this was the best mouse he’d ever used.

I fully expect that folks won’t like the price. Neither do I. So, on Amazon it’s $61.99. Shop around. Another minus? It isn’t a gaming mouse.

Can’t shop around that negative. Also, I don’t see a “pinch and expand” feature. That would be a very useful one to add, Microsoft (if you’re listening).

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

No middle click button
End of quote

This is a deal breaker. Having a middle mouse button/scroll wheel is the main reason I use a real mouse instead of the one built into my laptop.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Cons:

$79.99 MSRP for a mouse

Not really intended to be a gaming mouse

No middle click button
End of quote

1:The cons outweigh the Pros by at least 65 bucks. It should include the kb for that kind of money and I doubt if it even comes with batteries.

2: 80 bucks for a mouse to shuffle documents with?  I think not.

3: Less features than a standard $10-$20 mouse. I'll stick with Logitech. My fingers still have enough strength to click it's buttons just fine.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Gwenio1, the scroll button is a gesture with the index finger up and down the mouse.... (image from Neowin, slightly enlarged and emphasized in Jing + Ps)

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm thinking of a new mouse.....this looks promising...;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's a good mouse... my own biggest criterion is how comfortable is it in my hand, and can I use it with Ps... how accurate is it?

MS's mice (except for a big, wired trackball) are kind of small...

So I use the Wired trackball with the desktop and a Logitech with the laptop... just don't wish to spend $99 for my "almost perfect mouse" (the Hippus handshoe mouse 2 buttons and a scroll wheel).

So, I understand you, Wiz. Just reporting the news, not recommending one or another...

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Wait... continuing my conspiracy theory about mouses with side buttons. Can this thing detect gestures just on the top, or also on the side?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 3
Gwenio1, the scroll button is a gesture with the index finger up and down the mouse.... (image from Neowin, slightly enlarged and emphasized in Jing + Ps)
 
End of DrJBHL's quote

So can the mouse built into my laptop. But neither is also a button. (and somethings do not react properly to the scroll feature of the built in mouse, but that is beside the point)

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hmmmmmm, no thanks.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll pass on this... looks interesting bhut i like my buttons and scroll wheel.