Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 – Black
November 20, 2009 | Posted by Rajesh 
- BlueTrack Technology – Works on virtually any surface including granite countertops, carpets, and wood tables
- Nano Transceiver – Leave plugged in when you¿re on the go, or stow in mouse
- 4-way scrolling and 4 customizable buttons – Additional advanced features with included software
- Includes video effectsUp to 10 months¿ battery life – Battery status indicator lets you know when your battery is running low
- 3-year limited hardware warranty
Product Description
Wireless BlueTrack Notebook Mouse with Nano Receiver – PC USB… More >>
Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 – Black
Categories: Microsoft Notebook Mouse | 
Tags: 4000, Black, Microsoft, Mobile, Mouse, Wireless | 
4 Comments »
really like the design, like the lok and feel better than the 6000. battery life is good also, but performance doent live up to expectation on carpet. Works fine on flat surfaces.
Rating: 5 / 5
My wife purchased and says it is a great size. She has small hands and found this to be the prefect size. She also like that you can turn it off to conserve the battery and the wireless usb is very small. When they say wireless for mouse in most cases it still means a long wire for the antenna. She is using it for my desk top computer. Trying to cut down on the wires.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a great little mouse. Usually I prefer Bluetooth over USB wireless, because I’m worried about the USB receiver getting bumped and broken when I move my laptop around. The receiver for this mouse is so tiny, this is not an issue. It’s as good as having a Bluetooth mouse, but much less expensive.
Overall, it seems well-built. The textured rubber sides give it a comfortable grip, and the no-click vertical scrolling is great for CAD/3d modeling programs where you often want to scroll in just a little (and not in fixed increments). It’s small enough to be portable, but large enough to be comfortable in my fairly large hand. The tracking seems very accurate on many surfaces.
One note: If you use AutoCAD, 3DS Max, or other such programs, be sure to install the CD so you can customize buttons. The mouse will work without it, but the default for clicking the center (scroll) button is “3D flip” and you’ll want to change it to “Middle Click” (at least in Windows Vista 32 bit).
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Also, I couldn’t get horizontal scrolling to work, but since I didn’t really want it anyway I didn’t try very hard.
Overall- definitely recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
First off, i’ve tried over half a dozen wireless mice in the last five years. Every new one seems to claim that they’re all lag free. That’s not the case with me. I’ve even tried wireless mice up to a hundred dollars in price and even some Bluetooth mice. They are usually fine on a small laptop screen, but when you connect them up to a 24″ LCD there is barely noticeable lag. It’s so small that 95% of people would probably not notice it at all. It only seems to occur on large screens and it’s a big enough annoyance to keep me from using a wireless mouse of any kind.
I heard about the new Blue-Track technology and just figured it was just a marketing thing and not really something new. I figured it was perhaps just an Optical mouse in disguise. After losing my receiver for my VX Revolution (which is a very good mouse) I needed a new mouse for my laptop with a small receiver. I read up about these and a almost went for the Mobile Mouse 5000 instead, but glad I didn’t. I saw these on display at a local store and they were out of stock. I checked online and most every place was out of stock of them. I waited a week and my local store only got in the white version. After another few weeks I ended up driving a half hour just to pick up this mouse in black. Yes, I actually waited just so I didn’t have to buy the ugly white version!
Instead of connecting it to my laptop I immediately hooked it up to my PC connected to a 24″ display. I immediately noticed there was no micro-lag AT ALL. I was pretty impressed to say the least. It actually tracks just as well as my Logitech G5 that I was previously using. So far I have not installed any of the software on the disc, so I can not comment on that. I usually prefer not to if I can avoid it.
In my picture viewing software the mouse scroll wheel skips by pictures too fast, so that it’s nearly impossible to scroll down one image at a time. I can fix the scroll speed in the software easily i’m sure. The scroll wheel itself is a bit too thin, but this is a laptop mouse, so it’s not a big deal. The wheel just feels cheap and i’ve always preferred the Logitech wheels due to the clicking sound it makes when you scroll it. The auto-scroll on the VX revolution is a really nice feature.
Unfortunately the entire mouse feels cheap. It IS cheap, so that’s not a big deal. It’s not bad enough to make me want to not use it though. There is a rubber grip material on both sides of the mouse and i’m not sure why this was needed, since it’s too smooth to begin with. It does however make the mouse look a bit better. It is a very well designed mouse and looks pretty nice.
I’m currently using this still on my desktop computer. As my main mouse it’s a bit small, but for a laptop it’s PERFECT. I actually liked the blue-track so much that I went out and bought the Wireless Mouse 5000 for my desktop. I didn’t like that much (too big and heavy!) so I’m going to keep this for desktop use despite it being so small.
My suggestion to Microsoft is that they should make a higher quality version of this. One with a metal scroll wheel and better buttons. Pretty much like a top of the line model like the MX revolution. This actually tracks better then that mouse, so why not?
It’s the best tracking wireless mouse i’ve ever tried and the best mouse you can get for the price!
Rating: 5 / 5