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Microsoft SideWinder Mouse Review

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  1. Adam Scheckler •  December 19, 2007
    Rating: 4.5/5

    Hi I bought the sidewinder mouse buy Microsoft it’s an awesome mouse seems’ to please me because I have big hands it’s comfortable and the LCD display is awesome it has three awesome buttons to change your DPI speed instantly which is a good key factor in and gaming mouse it performs’ awesome and in my rating I would tell anybody who doesn’t have on get one you would be a fool not to. Give this mouse the hands down compared it to the g9 Logitech which is good but the design let’s this mouse down plus it’s feel and the look it’s to small but I have compared them both the sidewinder is the Winner here… i hope you all get one if your true Gamers you will get better performance from this mouse from any other Cheer’s Adam.

    Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Obbe •  February 27, 2008
    Rating: 4/5

    When I first saw the mouse, I said “what the” to myself, simply because the shape of the mouse really looked like a damn Quake2 rail gun with titanium pistons sticking’ out of the sides.

    Now, one week later, I have to say that I really enjoy the unique shape, and I actually find it quite attractive.

    As for performance, I have nothing to complain about. It’s responsive, many buttons to customize and a comfortable grip. The DPI-on-the-fly settings though seems, for me, quite overkill, as I’m not a frequent FPS player, but I believe many people will enjoy this feature, even if the concept of DPI switching isn’t new.

    I do find the macro feature quite questionable. Cheats? Will people have to fear to get banned from major gaming tournaments such as WCG, OSL, and StarLeage when using this “cheat hardware”?

    I guess time will tell.

    Overall, I find this mouse to be a great investment. Don’t get scared of the Battle Tank appearance, it’s not as bad as the pictures might tell you.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  3. diablos010 •  June 17, 2008
    Rating: 1/5

    Very uncomfortable mouse, only positive thing about this mouse is the 2 side buttons which was a nice change. Other then that, yes very uncomfortable, ALL BUTTONS ARE NOT CUSTOMIZABLE, only 5 are, thats right, only 5, so forget all those nice extra buttons a cheaper, more comfortable, more custimizable Logitech MX518 could give you. 2/10 which I dont fully believe it even deserves that much gratitude. Do not buy this mouse.

    Rating: 2 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Brian •  January 28, 2009
    Rating: 5/5

    This mouse is great for gaming with the weights and the cable holder. and there are up to 6 buttons that can be macro.

    But the drawback is it wont be comfortable for all user. this is a mouse you have to test before buying, but if it fits you then it one of the best mice you can buy.

    Rating: 10 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

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