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Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse Review |
[ Hardware Reviews ] posted by Delta*   on Friday, November 30, 2007 12:54 AM |
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Microsoft revitalises gaming line with a new mouse. |
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Inside the Package
Microsoft are back with their own personal line of gaming accessories, with a collection of various devices for any kind of gamer. The Sidewinder series was the 'de facto' for gamers back in the day when the genre was still not a mainstream culture, making it an easier chore with technologies like Plug and Play on the now obsolete Gameport. But in this era, many companies are putting the term “gaming” in almost any ridiculous device around. Our job is to make sure that the devices reviewed here are given the fair judgment from gamers’ perspective.
Microsoft have made an attempt in reviving the old culture, firstly by working closely with Razer (in fact they even sold the original Tarantula design to Microsoft) in light of the Games for Windows campaign, promoting the Windows XP and Vista as the number one gaming platform. Here’s the first peripheral, announced in August 2007, the Sidewinder mouse.
Inside the package
The Sidewinder mouse comes enclosed in a bright and prominent red case, featuring the revamped Sidewinder logo, the mouse itself peeking out on the right hand side and the sides are detailed with the specifications of the new mouse in various European languages. Quite a casual presentation, so let us move on to check what’s inside the box.
As with all Microsoft hardware, the package includes a getting started guide and a detailed graphic manual that explains the installation process and the highlights of the Sidewinder mouse. The software for this mouse is only available as a download. I simply have nothing against this, as usually the included CDs are unutilized as downloads are quite fast and new updates render them outdated anyway. Of course there’s the big fat mouse in black and wine highlights and a toolbox, filled with extra 2 sets of mouse feet and weights, which also serves as a cord management system in itself.
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Christian 'Delta*' DeBono
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9/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
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