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Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 Keyboard and Mouse | 
 enlarge | Brand: Microsoft
Category: CE
Buy New: £149.99
New (7) from £149.99
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5482
Platform: Windows Vista
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 18.4 x 9.8 x 4.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of the product.
MPN: 69Y-00003
Model: 69Y-00003
UPC: 882224133296
EAN: 0882224133296
ASIN: B000UTL7QM
Release Date: August 5, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
The ultimate rechargeable keyboard and mouse for Windows Vista and PC entertainment. Designed to make it easier than ever to control PC media from your desk, your lapor even from the comfort of your couch. Main Features:Keyboard Features:Navigation Pad: Command your PC from your lap or the comfort of your sofa with the integrated cursor controlWindows Start Button: Press to launch your Start menu and search your PC or the Web if you have Windows Vista installedUltra-thin Comfort Curve Design: Place your h...
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Not for Farmers February 18, 2008
Mr. R. Tweed (Hertfordshire)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've had this now for a couple of months, and am generally pleased. Had I read the comments from P.A.Farmer before buying it though, I probably wouldn't have done and that would have been a shame. Some of the comments aren't exaclty 100% accurate.
1) The "Microsoft" logo on the mouse is a metallic adhesive label on the bottom of the mouse, and whilst is not flush, does not catch on the skin. You can barely feel it.
2) The backlight on the keyboard is not poor - its anything but. You can manually change the brightness of the backlight to suit preferences, and so if you use the keyboard at an angle, then you can set it brighter. Its FN - F12
3) I have experienced the mouse and keyboard being disconnected, and this is slightly irritating. Only happened a couple of times, but did expect better.
5) I've not accidently brushed against the F1-F12 keys myself. They're below the level of the normal keys.
7) The left mouse button is much like a normal mouse button. No reason why this should double click this more than any other mouse.
8) The mouse wheel is difficult to press down and as such you tend not to use it. Why this is so is beyond me, and makes it useless when gaming.
9) There are two buttons on the side of the mouse. I'm right-handed so the LH button is positioned OK, but the RH button is not.
The keyboard is well made and looks good. In my view the important thing about keyboards is their ease of typing and this one has nice soft laptop stlye keys.
The response rate is perfect. I've had other wireless keyboards (although not bluetooth) and the response on games was poor. On this however the opposite is true having played it with Crysis, Bioshock, CoD4, Orange Box.......
The mouse is OK to use. Solidly made with a couple of drawbacks, most notable the wheel-button and the additional buttons on the side. The MS Wireless Mouse 6000 that I used before was much better.
i love it!! January 26, 2008
Colin (Azerbaijan)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this keyboard for the following features:
- no numeric keypad - so my mouse (right-handed) is closer to my right shoulder,
- wireless
-ergonomic key layout,
and additional bonus I discovered is that the keys are beautifully soft-touch.
I do not game, I use this in my office and carry it around as i visit other sites. I have some early RSI, and this keyboard is helping me greatly - especially the light/soft action of the keys.
I even like the charging system.
I used the bundled mouse for a couple of months and I liked it. However i suffer a lot of RSI type discomfort and I have now switched to the Microsoft Natural 6000 mouse. If this had been an option in Blutooth to be compatible with this keyboard I would have given the keyboard 5 stars. Now I have to have an additional chunky wireless receiver for the mouse on my desk.
But I LOVE the keyboard. One more minor gripe - a soft leatherette carrying sleeve or something for the keyboard would be fantastic. I have searched the internet but cannot find anything suitably sized - I use the foam shipping sleeve reinforced with grey duct-tape.
Come on Microsoft - provide a carrying sleeve, and a ergonomic mouse options and it will be a 6-star system.
I have bought a second set - for my home use, and carry one with me every time I move between offices and sites (but i cannot even find a large enough lap-top bag for this keyboard).
 Typically, Microsoft again fails in the detail January 19, 2008
P. A. Farmer (Brighton, UK)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've been using this keyboard and mouse since Oct-07 and it's generally ok, but there are a number of things that irritate now.
1. The "Microsoft" logo on the mouse is a metallic adhesive label and doesn't fit flush, so that it continually catches on the skin of the palm. It has now been forcibly removed.
2. The backlighting in the keyboard is poor. When looked at obliquely (who looks directly down on their keyboard??) only the lower half of the symbol on the keycap is properly illuminated, and reflections from the silver keycaps make it worse. On the numeric keycaps the upper symbols can hardly be determined at all.
3. Occasionally the keyboard seems to lose its connection with the PC after a period of non-use or when detached from the dock, and prolonged holding down of a key is necessary to bring the connection up again - very irritating. (The keyboard is never more than 15cm from the dock, so distance isn't a factor.)
4. It really needs a separate numeric keypad.
5. It's all too easy to accidentally brush against the touch-sensitive Escape and Function keys.
6. I've configured the "Gadgets" button to fire up the Calculator app but irritatingly it doesn't load the app in the foreground, requiring you to find the app and manually bring it to the foreground in order to use it. Where's the time saved in that?
7. The mouse's left button has a tendency to double-click when pressed once, causing problems in number of scenarios.
8. The mouse's thumbwheel is far too stiff when using it to 'click'. It's difficult to click the wheel without also rotating it.
9. Because of Microsoft's attempt to make the mouse and keyboard suitable for left and right handed users they've succeeded in making it fit neither. The 'back' and 'forward' buttons on the side of the mouse are very poorly located.
(Installed on a Dell Core 2 Duo desktop running Vista Ultimate.)
Frankly I'd expected much more polish from a product costing this much money and from a company which has so many resources at its disposal. Overall a very poor effort.
 Excellent December 30, 2007
Mr. L. Leek
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been using this keyboard for about a week now and so far its been superb! I'm still finding features that I didn't realise it was capable of! I did consider upgrading the mouse when I bought it but I'm glad I didn't now as 8000 mouse is excellent! The only bad points about this keyboard are that the touch sensitive buttons at the top (F1-F12) are a bit temperamental and often require several taps. Also the lack of a conventional numeric keypad is slightly annoying and the silver finish makes it quite hard to distinguish the keys in certain light.
I am currently only running Windows XP on my PC and have had no performance or compatibility problems. This does however mean that the Windows Media Center button on the right of the keyboard has no associated function.
All in all this keyboard and mouse are excellent! The problems I have listed above could easily be put down to nit picking and are quite insignificant. It seems very well made and highly reliable.
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