Microsoft wireless desktop 1000

Microsoft's entry-level Wireless Media Desktop offers an affordable mouse-and-keyboard set for PC owners. We found few surprises with either desktop set, although Microsoft's design is not quite as thoughtful as its competition's. We prefer the Logitech set for its design, but if price is more important to you, the Microsoft Wireless Media Desktop is the best deal of the two.

The Microsoft mouse included in this desktop set is perfectly functional and thoroughly unremarkable. It is composed of two buttons, a scroll wheel, and an infrared sensor--and that's pretty much the story.

The Logitech mouse comes with a laser sensor, but that's really only an advantage to gamers; and, if you're a serious enough gamer to care about mouse performance, chances are you'll want a separate gaming mouse with more features.

You'll need to feed the Microsoft mouse two AA batteries, which are included in the box. The Wireless Media Desktop keyboard has a bit more going on.

In addition to its primary key layout, you get two separate rows of special-function keys along the top edge. You'll find familiar media-control keys, application and special-command hot keys, as well as a few unassigned keys that you can program using Microsoft's Intellipoint control software.

Microsoft actually gives you more extra hot keys than Logitech does, but we prefer the Logitech layout because it moves the hot keys below the space bar, thus making them more natural to use.

If you prefer quantity over quality, Microsoft wins with 19 extra keys to Logitech's 10, but we find it worth asking whether you'll actually use those extra keys. Both keyboards have a hot key assigned to launch Windows' Calculator, a feature we appreciate in both cases. Our other major criticism of Microsoft's desktop set is that the molded plastic keyboard and USB IR receiver feel thicker than they need to be. Unlike the trim Logitech keyboard, which lies flat, a bulge on the underside of the Microsoft keyboard gives it a slight upward curve.

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