我阅读了大量评论，但似乎没有一篇提供有关使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标（ (Microsoft Touch mouse)Microsoft推出的最新鼠标）的真实体验的详细信息。幸运(Luck)的是，我得到了这款鼠标并且能够对其进行测试。我的发现与您在许多其他评论中发现的非常不同，并且更接近您在使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)时将获得的实际体验。如果您想知道它在现实计算中的表现如何，请不要犹豫，阅读这篇评论。
拆箱 Microsoft 触控鼠标
包装优雅，制作精良，其中包括您需要的基础知识：无线USB 适配器(USB adapter)、USB 扩展器(USB extender)、电池和手册。更多关于它的外观可以在下面的拆箱视频中找到。
没有打包驱动程序，因为它们会在您第一次使用鼠标时由Windows 7自动安装。(Windows 7)如您所料，Windows 7在识别新设备方面做得很好。下载并安装驱动程序后，您会立即看到有关在鼠标上工作的特殊触摸手势的教程。每个手势都进行了演示，并要求您自己尝试，直到您掌握它的窍门。
我强烈建议您在使用鼠标之前阅读整个教程。否则，你会觉得你手里拿着一个陌生而陌生的设备。
硬件规格
有关此鼠标的技术规格的信息不多。首先(First)，这是一款带有许多传感器的单键鼠标(button mouse)，连同其驱动程序，可以模拟使用带有两个按钮和一个滚轮(scroll wheel)的普通鼠标执行的大多数活动。它使用Microsoft的BlueTrack 技术(BlueTrack Technology)，几乎可以在任何表面上工作，并装有 2 节标准AA 碱性(AA alkaline)电池。可以在此处(here)找到有关其规格的更多详细信息。如您所料，它的驱动程序很好，并且在Windows 7和Windows 8上运行良好(Windows 8). 您可以配置要启用的手势、滚动的灵敏度和握住它的手。
这款鼠标会给其他人留下深刻印象吗？
与Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse不同，我不认为答案是肯定的。它似乎对这么多人没有吸引力。在查看Microsoft的演示材料时，我真的很喜欢它的外观。我仍然这样做，但是，在使用了一段时间后，我不再认为它像我第一次看到它的照片时那样好看。此外，我得到了其他人的不同反应。
我不喜欢这款鼠标的外观，是它底部使用的白色。真不明白微软(Microsoft)为什么不把整个鼠标都弄黑。与黑色外涂层相比，白色底部看起来并不好。幸运的是，只有将鼠标倒置时才能看到白色。否则，您会觉得它是一只完全涂成黑色的鼠标。
Microsoft Touch Mouse Awesome的用途是什么？
尽管一键式触控鼠标的概念对于许多Windows用户来说可能感觉很陌生，但它确实有效。完成本教程后，用一根、两根或三根手指在鼠标表面做出手势是流畅流畅的。捕捉窗口，最大化或最小化它们是轻而易举的事。如果您并行处理大量应用程序，那么在它们之间切换时您的工作效率会更高。
Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)的另一个重要方面是它的工作原理和感觉都是一样的，无论您是左撇子还是右撇子。它确实是一款出色的灵巧鼠标，它的驱动程序在调整手势方面做得很好，具体取决于您设置为正在使用的手。浏览网页时，您必须经常按“后退”(Back)和“前进(Forward)”按钮。使用鼠标，只需轻扫一下即可更快地完成此操作。我也在Windows 8中短暂使用过鼠标，我很高兴看到它的驱动程序与(Windows 8)Windows 7中的工作方式相同。两种操作系统之间的体验没有区别。
微软触控鼠标(Microsoft Touch Mouse)的局限性(Limitations)
不幸的是，在我使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)在我的电脑上工作的那几周里，我发现了许多限制，使我无法充分享受使用它的体验。我将一一介绍。首先(First)，它的USB nano 收发器(nano transceiver)很难插入我的USB端口，也很难取出。然后，我的台式电脑放在我的桌子下面。鼠标似乎对我的点击和手势反应不太好。我不得不使用包装中包含的USB 扩展器并将(USB extender)nano 收发器(nano transceiver)举到我的桌面上。只有这样鼠标才能正常工作(mouse work)。如果您有类似的设置，请不要犹豫使用USB 扩展器(USB extender)将USB nano 收发器(nano transceiver)放置在更靠近鼠标的位置。
因为我现在的主要活动是写博客和写书(book writing)，所以我每天都在网上冲浪。我最喜欢的手势之一是单击鼠标的滚轮(scroll wheel)，当它放在链接上时，在新标签中打开它。不幸的是，使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)无法做出该手势。您必须右键单击链接并选择(link and select) 在新选项卡中打开(Open in New Tab). 在处理文档时，我对滚动精度不满意，尤其是在进行垂直滚动时。为了让它更好地工作，我不得不稍微调整它的驱动程序设置，但我从来没有设法让它像我的其他两只鼠标那样工作。此外，与其他鼠标相比，放大和缩小感觉粗糙且不流畅。使用此鼠标的一个相当不愉快的方面是当您离开办公桌一段时间后将手放在它上使用它。几乎(Almost)每次我最终做出一个不需要的手势来最小化活动窗口或将其捕捉到屏幕的一侧。起初，您认为在您对鼠标更加熟悉之后不会发生这种情况。又过了几天，没有任何改善。开始烦人的是，几乎每次你回到办公桌前第一次使用鼠标时，你最终都会做出一些不需要的手势。我注意到的另一个限制是关于电池的使用寿命。起初，与它捆绑在一起的电池在一周内就用完了。然后，我意识到当我不使用电脑时，我并没有关闭鼠标。这似乎提高了他们的寿命，因为鼠标没有一直打开。但是，我发现我不得不记住关闭鼠标以延长电池寿命，这很烦人(battery life). 最后但同样重要的是，我注意到如果在鼠标垫上使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)，它的性能会下降。是的……你没看错。在鼠标垫上使用它意味着您将很难移动鼠标并保持精确。如果您想获得最佳效果，请直接在办公桌上使用，无需鼠标垫。
请勿(Do NOT)将其用于游戏(Gaming)和其他高精度(High Precision)活动
不建议将Microsoft Touch(NOT)鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)用于游戏。首先(First)，我用它玩了在线多人游戏(multiplayer game)英雄联盟(League of Legends)。我从第一场比赛开始就讨厌老鼠。我只是没有相同的精确度，而且我的游戏角色被杀死了很多次，因为鼠标通常反应迟钝。玩了几场比赛后，我注意到我握着它的那只手比其他老鼠累得快得多。它根本无法与我使用旧有线鼠标或Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse的体验相提并论。游戏中的另一个问题是由于这是一键鼠标。有游戏，如LA Noire或 星球大战：旧共和国(Star Wars: The Old Republic)，需要你同时使用左键和右键才能做出某些动作。Microsoft Touch在这种情况下不起作用。它的传感器和驱动程序无法确定您要同时进行左键单击和右键单击。您只是被卡住了，无法完全玩游戏。如果您必须进行高精度活动，例如在Adobe Photoshop、Adobe Illustrator或任何 3D 渲染应用程序中工作，您也不会喜欢这款鼠标。如果您是从事任何图像或视频编辑(image or video editing)的专业人士，则不应使用Microsoft Touch 鼠标(Microsoft Touch mouse)，因为与其他鼠标相比，它永远不会感觉足够精确。
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A Real-Life Review of the Microsoft Touch Mouse
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Unboxing the Microsoft Touch Mouse
The packaging is elegant, nicely made and it includes the basics you need to get it working: the wireless USB adapter, a USB extender, batteries and the manual. More about how it looks can be found in the unboxing video below.
There are no drivers packaged, as they are automatically installed by Windows 7 when you first use the mouse. As you expect, Windows 7 does a good job at identifying the new device. Once the drivers are downloaded and installed, you are immediately shown a tutorial about the special touch gestures that work on the mouse. Each gesture is demoed and you are asked to try it yourself until you get the hang of it.
I strongly recommend you to go through the whole tutorial before using the mouse. Otherwise, it will feel like you are holding a foreign and strange device in your hand.
Hardware Specifications
There is not much information available about the technical specifications of this mouse. First of all, this is a one button mouse with lots of sensors that, together with its drivers, can simulate most of the activities executed with a normal mouse with two buttons and a scroll wheel. It uses Microsoft's BlueTrack Technology that allows it to work on almost any surface and packs 2 standard AA alkaline batteries. More details about its specifications can be found here. As you would expect, its drivers are good and work very well with Windows 7 and Windows 8. You can configure which gestures you want enabled, the sensitivity of the scrolling and the hand you are holding it in.
Will this mouse impress others?
Unlike with the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse, I don't think the answer is a definite yes. It simply doesn't seem as appealing to so many people. When looking at the presentation materials from Microsoft, I really liked how it looked. I still do, but, after using it for a while, I no longer consider it as good looking as when I first viewed pictures of it. Also, I got mixed reactions from other people.
What I do not enjoy about the looks of this mouse, is the white color used on its bottom. I really don't understand why Microsoft did not make the whole mouse black. The white bottom simply doesn't look good when comparing it with its black exterior coating. Fortunately, the white is visible only if you turn the mouse upside-down. Otherwise, you get the impression that it is a mouse fully painted in black.
What is the Microsoft Touch Mouse Awesome at?
Even though the concept of a one button, touch-based mouse may feel alien to many Windows users, it does work. Making gestures with one, two or three fingers on the surface of the mouse is smooth and fluent after you go through the tutorial. Snapping windows, maximizing or minimizing them is a breeze. If you work with plenty of applications in parallel, you will be more productive when switching between them.
Another great aspect about the Microsoft Touch mouse is the fact that it works and feels the same, no matter if you are left-handed or right-handed. It truly is a good ambidextrous mouse and its drivers do a good job at adjusting the gestures, depending on the hand you set as the one being used. When browsing the web, you have to press the Back and Forward buttons quite a lot. With the mouse, this is done much faster, with only a swipe. I briefly used the mouse also in Windows 8 and I was happy to see its drivers working the same as in Windows 7. There's no difference in the experience you get between the two operating systems.
The Limitations of the Microsoft Touch Mouse
Unfortunately, in the weeks I worked on my computer with the Microsoft Touch mouse, I discovered many limitations which stopped me from fully enjoying the experience of using it. I will cover them one by one. First, its USB nano transceiver was hard to plugin into my USB ports and very hard to take out. Then, my desktop PC is placed under my desk. The mouse did not seem to respond very well to my clicks and gestures. I had to use the USB extender included in the package and lift the nano transceiver on top of my desk. Only then did the mouse work well. If you have a similar setup, don't hesitate to use the USB extender to place the USB nano transceiver closer to the mouse.
Since my main activities are now blogging and book writing, I heavily surf the web each day. One of my favorite gestures is to click on the scroll wheel of the mouse, when it is placed on a link, to open it in a new tab. Unfortunately, making that gesture is not possible with the Microsoft Touch mouse. You have to right-click on a link and select Open in New Tab. When working with documents, I was not pleased with the scrolling precision, especially when doing vertical scrolling. In order to get it to work better, I had to tweak its driver settings a bit, but I never managed to get it to work as well as it did with my other two mice. Also, the zooming in and out feels rough and less smooth than with other mice. A rather unpleasant aspect of using this mouse is when you place your hand on it to use it after you left your desk for a while. Almost each time I ended up making an unwanted gesture which minimized the active window or snapped it to one side of the screen. At first, you think that this won't happen after you get more familiar with the mouse. After a few more days, there are no improvements. It starts to be annoying that, almost each time you come back to your desk and you first use the mouse, you end up making some unwanted gesture. Another limitation I noticed is regarding how long batteries last. At first, the batteries which were bundled with it were dead in a week. Then, I realized I wasn't turning off the mouse when I was not using my computer. This seemed to improve their lifetime since the mouse was not turned on at all times. However, I found it annoying that I have to remember to turn off the mouse, in order to improve the battery life. Last but not least, I noticed that the performance of the Microsoft Touch mouse deteriorates if you use it on a mousepad. Yes... you read correctly. Using it on a mousepad means you will have a harder time at moving the mouse around and being precise. If you want the best results, use it directly on your desk, without a mousepad.
Do NOT Use it for Gaming & Other High Precision Activities
The Microsoft Touch mouse is NOT recommended for gaming. First, I played with it the online multiplayer game League of Legends. I hated the mouse from my first match. I simply did not have the same amount of precision and my in-game character got killed many times because the mouse was often slow to react. After playing a few matches, I noticed that the hand I was holding it with, got tired much faster than with other mice. It simply did not compare with the experience I had with my old wired mouse or with the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. Another problem in games is caused by the fact that this is a one-button mouse. There are games such as L.A. Noire or Star Wars: The Old Republic, that require you to use the left-click and the right-click at the same time, in order to make certain actions. Microsoft Touch will not work in such scenarios. Its sensors and drivers cannot figure out that you want to make both a left-click and right-click simultaneously. You are simply stuck, unable to fully play the game. You will not enjoy this mouse also if you have to do high-precision activities such as working in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator or any 3D rendering applications. If you are a professional doing any kind of image or video editing, you should not use the Microsoft Touch mouse as it will never feel precise enough compared to other mice.
Verdict
