The Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 2.0
On the other hand, at least on the first batch of boxes including our tester’s, they’ll spot a proofreading problem in the label “Desktop comfort. The label on the mouse’s bottom adds a v2.0 suffix, but it’s safe to assume nobody will experience déjà vu upon seeing the 6000 in a store. To forestall any confusion among mouse model memorizers, we should note that the new mouse takes the name of the model it replaces in Microsoft’s crowded lineup, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 we reviewed in October 2005. Presto, the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 - a full-sized, $50 mouse with a USB adapter that snaps into a bottom slot just like its miniature siblings.
However, according to Microsoft, more than a third of consumers prefer to buy full-sized desktop mice to use with their laptops, to avoid having to adjust from a hand rest to a fingertip grip when leaving the office or home. Microsoft, like its rival Logitech, makes numerous mice designed for use with notebook PCs - scaled-down devices that don’t take much space in a traveler’s briefcase, usually with a niche or cubbyhole on the underside to hold the cordless mouse’s USB receiver so the latter is less likely to get lost in said briefcase. It’s hardly a radical idea, but you wonder why no one thought of it before.
