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Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical
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Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical

by Microsoft

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A wired USB optical mouse from Microsoft's early-2000s Wheel Mouse Optical line, a simple ergonomic design with a scroll wheel and no-frills optical sensor.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

One owner reports running it for around a decade of regular use with no failures, still working great, after their previous Logitech optical mouse developed a double-click fault.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as February 2025

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    r/BuyItForLife comment

    I then used a Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical for around 10 years and it still works great

optical-mouse wired-mouse computer-mouse durable vintage-tech

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