so today I'm going to be having a quick look at the Microsoft Arc Mouse now I
unboxed The Arc keyboard quite recently
and while I had thought it was new it turns out that was one of my co-workers
playing a prank on me I didn't even think to look it up and find out that
the art keyboard is not a new product at all but I figured hey since I've you
know gone and unboxed the keyboard I might as well do the mouse too so it
works with Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP
OSX and that's pretty much it as far as what it says on that side it is designed
for comfort and folds for portability so that's pretty cool then it has a picture
of the mouse and then on the back we find the mouse folds on a strong metal
hinge to 60% of its fully expanded size
the fooling motion turns the mouse on or off and the microtrans snaps into the
bottom of the mouse just like the keyboard I'm assuming the advanced
performance includes laser tracking for precision and 2.4 GHz Wireless with up
to 30 foot range so something like this would be perfect like I said with the
keyboard that isn't new for something
like a media PC you know if you want something that just kind of you can sit
on the couch it doesn't take up a lot of space that sort of thing so here is the
mouse itself so it has kind of a neat shape to it and I'm still kind of
puzzling about how to get the Box open like this almost looks like something
that should sit on a retail like a retail hook if it had a little thing
here like where it would just sit like this that would kind of work for it too
I think that's okay let's open it up
okay and here the have the little test pry thing Ms color bar
V5 okay that's not important all right inside we find documentation including
the Microsoft product guide which tells you how to avoid damaging it how to
select an appropriate power source how to use a mouse and keyboard without
injuring yourself how to not look directly into the laser all right all
the useful information download software hey hey Microsoft has it figured out
look at this they don't include a software DVD all you do is you download
the software from microsoft.com Hardware this is what I always tell people to do
anyway brilliant okay so then that's
pretty much all it oh no it has more information so oh you need to install
the batteries insert the transceiver and then fold for portability when you're
not using it so that's a very simple very simple setup guide there we
go I don't know what's going to be in here this is a mystery but you open this
up and then inside we find B batteries
so this accepts AAA batteries and it includes a couple of durol ones by
default I'm guessing this pouch is for the mouse it's kind of a um like a suy
sort of leathery material seems
reasonably durable there's like little stiffener pieces in the top and I'm oh
it's they're magnetic strips look at
that so that keeps the bag closed even though it's actually quite easy to open
because they're like those flexible magnets very cool
okay um and inside here so I figured out
how to get the mouse up you take these two little tabs you fold them down and
then once you do that the whole plastic tab will fit up through the top and then
the mouse will come out just like that now that was simple okay so here at the
bottom of the mouse we find the little USB transceiver which clips into place
with a magnet so appropriate use of magnets on this particular product it's
very very small and the mouse itself is actually also very very small cameraman
just got an SSD so he wants me to compare it in size to his SSD which
he'll be using to not take forever to load games while we wait for him in the
uh in the lobby okay so there's his SSD and here is the mouse so here we have a
scroll wheel we have a left and a right click so it's nothing too complicated as
far as that goes the ergonomic shape is actually it's not bad considering how
small it folds up so why don't we take the mouse and put it inside the little
pouch cuz that's where it's supposed to go so the mouse is going home there it
goes and then you can close it up and then you can throw that in your laptop
bag I guess it actually has quite a bit of strength even when it's folded like
you you wouldn't worry about breaking it you can see how it's it's braced quite
well against itself there so let me have a look oh it's got non-slip pads here
and here so if you're using it on a Surface where you know it's not
particularly slippery you still don't have to really worry about that the
Laser's in not a centered location but I'm going to go ahead and assume that it
still works fine let's get the battery compartment open so if we were going to
install the batteries you'd put them in here and I think that pretty much covers
it you know what before we before we wrap this up why don't I just go over to
cameraman's desk here put it next to his other Microsoft mouse which I hate this
mouse it's so like laggy um but this one
seems like it would probably be pretty good oh it has another button check this out it's uh got what I'm going to assume
is a browser back button which in my opinion is an essential button on any
Mouse these days I can't remember how I lived without it it's like going back to
a mouse that doesn't have a scroll wheel like that's that'd be the worst thing
ever so it actually has four buttons 1 2 3 four so you can press the middle click
it feels not bad I'm actually really surprised and I I'm kind of harping on
this issue but it actually feels surprisingly good the mouse buttons have
a good clicky tactile feel to them this is a little bit Out Of Reach for me like
if I had if I had bigger hands you can see my thumb isn't even close to
reaching that button but I don't don't think it'd be a problem for me if I had
bigger hands either way thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look
at the Microsoft art foldable portable mouse