Microsoft Wireless Media Desktop 1000
Sunday, 11. October 2009. 20:31
- Windows Flip 3D Key Experience this dynamic Windows Vista feature by pressing a key or the mouse scroll wheel to display a 3D overlay of all open windows, and cycle through them.
- Media Center Control your media activities with the touch of a button.
- Spill-Resistant Keys – Quiet, responsive, thin-profile keys with integrated water channels inbetween to drain the liquid away.
- Hot Keys One-touch access to Windows Media Player, e-mail, Home, calculator, My Documents, instant messaging, and photos.
- High Definition Optical Mouse – More responsive, more precise, smoother tracking
Product Description
A Sleek, Wireless Desktop Designed for Your Digital Lifestyle. Sit back and enjoy fast, easy access to all your favorite digital pictures, music, videos and more with this sleek, ultra-thin quiet touch keyboard. The companion wireless mouse delivers ergonomic comfort and advanced productivity with Microsoft High Defi nition Optical Technology, Flip 3D button, and Magnifier…. More >>
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October 11th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
This is a bad product and lacks the quality anything from Microsoft is supposed to have. The reciever is garbage, the keyboard drains battery life too fast and drops out half the time and after a few weeks keys randomly stop working altogether. The mouse weights about 10 pounds and is just combersome and anything but comfortable. Most Microsoft keyboards, mice and desktop sets are wonderful for any ststem but this one is complete junk in every sence, Im baffled that Microsoft even let this sick puppy out of the gate.
Rating: 1 / 5
October 11th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
This setup is great. The wireless keyboard is a huge convenience. Also, all of the shortcut buttons along the top are fantastic. The mouse isn’t so great. It worked fine for a few weeks but then the scroll wheel basically stopped workng
Rating: 4 / 5
October 12th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I’ve only had this for a few months- but it’s great. Easy setup- just plug & play. No lag and very accurate. Batteries still go going strong, can barely hear key strokes, and NO WIRES. Great product for the price.
Rating: 5 / 5
October 12th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Great keyboard with good feel to keys, no lights on the keyboard for function settings though. Mouse is adequate but scroll wheel is very clunky.
Rating: 3 / 5
October 12th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Microsoft offers a keyboard and mouse wireless configuration that is easily set-up, quite simple to configure and use and is ergonomically shaped to provide comfortable use with a minimum of muscle strain. The mouse fits easily into the hand and its relatively small, sleek footprint reduces the kind of carpal tunnel wear and tear that often causes my right hand to cramp up into a claw-like appendage after 30 minutes of constant clicking and pointing. The keyboard is cleverly designed to provide maximum control over media files and external USB devices that are attached to your computer. Mice and keyboards are generally quite similar so what Microsoft has done to differentiate the set is to gear this package towards users who are frequently accessing media of various kinds. Programmable buttons allow one-click access to a DVD player or card reader, for example. Thus by cleverly programming the keyboard one can centralize all of your attached devices into one control center, with significant savings in time and complexity.
However, both wireless devices require a RF transmitter that plugs into your PC’s USB connection, using up one of the (usually) three available USB slots. The radio connection can be interrupted by extraneous signals such as a wireless phone or router depending on the frequency in use. Some distance between devices is probably advisable. And when I attempted to load the necessary software onto my Bluetooth enabled laptop to compare the performance of the two wireless schemes, Microsoft’s installation package insisted that it had discovered a conflicting program which it then proceeded to attempt to delete. I barely caught it in time, preventing the loss of my bluetooth software. Apparently simply disabling the Bluetooth application and devices was insufficient,
The bottom line is that the mouse and keyboard combination are well designed and easy to use but that these attributes come at a significant cost in flexibility. Users who can spare a USB slot and are engaged in media intensive activities will be the ones most attracted to this package. But if Bluetooth is a possible option I would definitely choose that wireless route.
Rating: 4 / 5