We never thought we'd see the day when we could recommend a wireless mouse—much less one designed for gaming.
Introduction
Wireless mice are all well and good, but you’d never use one for gaming, right? Everybody knows wireless mice suffer from lag, skipping, and all sorts of other problems. Well, here’s a situation where common wisdom is wrong. Microsoft has managed to chop off this mouse’s tail while avoiding these and other problems.
Does that mean the SideWinder X8 Wireless Gaming Mouse is the ultimate offering in its class? Not exactly. It’s a very good example of its breed – and we mean that for gaming as well as productivity – but it’s not perfect. And cutting the tail off the mouse doesn’t eliminate cords.
by Les on November 7, 2009:
“I tried the first sidewinder mouse that Microsoft came out with and it was to flat and small for my hands. This one is very good, it fits very nice and the buttons are all within easy and fast reach. I don't have any problem with the scroll wheel, not slippery...” More...