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| Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 Keyboard and Mouse Set (Black) |
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| Manufacturer: Microsoft |
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| List Price: $79.99 |
| Sale Price: $57.50 |
| Availibility: Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Product Description |
| Wireless Comfort Curve Keyboard and Mouse Set with Soft-touch Palm Rest |
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Product Details |
- Designed for Comfort - Type more comfortably with low-profile Quiet Touch keys
- Ergonomist-approved Comfort Curve design - Microsoft's Comfort Curve encourages natural wrist posture and is easy to use.
- Microsoft BlueTrack Technology - World's most advanced tracking - go more places than optical and laser.
- Reliable wireless with snap-in transceiver - The 2.4 GHz wireless USB Mini-Transceiver
- Windows 7 Taskbar Favorites - Easily access programs in the taskbar with convenient hot keys.
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 Excellent Keyboard, great ergonomic feel |
| Review Date: September 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Pierre Huguet, San Diego, CA United States |
This keyboard has a great feel and the textured rubber wrist pad feels very nice. I love the curved key layout, I have been buying this shape of keboard for years.
The keys are quiet and give a great soft bounce feedback (not too soft).
The mouse also has a very nice textured rubber feel.
The optical tracking of the mouse works very well on any surfaces.
I bought this keyboard for the ergonomics and the windows 7 compatibility.
I like the taskbar keys buttons wich make accessing your pinned applications a snap. (Note: that in Windows 7 those keys will not only start the applications but once they are opened the keys will toggle between foreground, minimized state and application specific shortcut menu)
There is no led indicator of the keyboard state (num lock or caps lock) but the intellipoint software will display a tiny popup on the screen to show the state (Which I think is even better, since you don't have to look down from the screen). This "lack" of feature ultimately saves the battery life of the keyboard greatly. |
A very comfortable keyboard
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| Review Date: September 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Zach, Dallas, Texas |
I've been using a Microsoft Comfort keyboard for a while so the only thing I had to get used to is the ESC & Function keys being shorter. The keyboard itself is very solid feeling and the buttons are quiet and have a great feel. My previous keyboard was giving me fits as it would intermittently drop keys. I love the textured feel of the palm wrest and the rubberized feet on the bottom.
This set is by far the best I have had. I do have an issue with the scroll wheel on the mouse, but Microsoft is sending a new one to me soon. Dealing with technical support was quite painless and took only 20 minutes of my day.
I would have liked to rate this with 4.5 stars because of the shorter function keys, but I can get used to them.
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This is the greatest Ergonoic wireliss keyboard.
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| Review Date: October 11, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. holst, south lake tahoe,ca |
| I've owned several wireless keyboard/mouse systems over the years and this one is by far the best one. Not only do you get away from using your PS/2 ports on your computer you use only one USB port. The Wireless receiver is no bigger than your finger. The keyboard which doesn't use the split key format feels more comfortable. The range is pretty far, I took the keyboard 15 feet away from the receiver and it still worked. The keyboard feels nice and sturdy but still sleek at the same time. The adjustable/detachable keyboard legs are a nice feature. They can be used to raise it from the front or the back giving you the right positioning for any desk. The keys however are bit shorter than other keyboards so it's more like a lab top keyboard and takes some getting used to . The mouse with its Blue light technology is really sweet, it works on every surface. The one drawback is the side buttons which are really small. I really like the whole system overall. I like so much I'm trying to convince my work to replace our keyboards with one of these. A definite great buy. |
Functional, comfortable and attractive
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| Review Date: December 16, 2009 |
| Reviewer: anon_2003, usa |
Keyboard: Quiet, comfortable, lots of functionality
Mouse: A little large, light, 2 extra programmable side buttons
Works great with both my XP and Vista laptops!
This was my first curved keyboard. I've been struggling with carpel for awhile, but didn't want an extreme curve. This keyboard fit the bill. It has a slight curve, which makes it comfortable, but it's not hard to find the keys. The textured rubber hand rest is at a very good angle for the wrist. I have medium sized hands and this keyboard is the perfect fit.
The only thing I don't like is the keyboard does not have an indicator led for caps lock or num lock. I end up toggling these a lot and it would be useful. The battery life is great though.
I really love the mouse. It's a little large, but still light. Motion control is very good. There are 2 extra buttons on the side that are programmable. It took a little bit to get used to the larger mouse, but now I like it. I rest my hand on it and it seems less stressful to my wrist.
Also the USB receiver fits into the bottom of the mouse when not in use turning off the mouse. It fits tightly, but I would not trust it not to come out during travel and I secure it well in my briefcase. The receiver is bigger than the logitech which helps but still small enough to be easily lost.
This is a great combo. Highly recommended!
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Great Buy!
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| Review Date: December 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: T. SaWyer, New York |
| This was an excellent purchase for the price. Although I did not buy this on Amazon, actually bought in Costco. But this thing is a great value and the wireless range is great. I am about 15 ft away with no problems. The mouse is smooth and works well on all surfaces. you can't go wrong with this purchase. |
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Tags: 5000, black, comfort, desktop, keyboard, Microsoft, mouse, wireless
