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Microsoft IntelliMouse
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Microsoft IntelliMouse

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A classic Microsoft IntelliMouse, an ergonomic wired optical mouse line introduced in the late 1990s and long remembered for its build quality and shape.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

One owner reports only recently decommissioning a family IntelliMouse after more than twenty years of use, recalling that mice were built to a higher standard back then.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as February 2025

  1. 12
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    I just recently decommissioned my dad's intellimouse that we got over twenty years ago. They made shit different back then

  2. 1
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    Dude, is that the IntelliMouse? That shit was so good

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