Advantages: Rechargable batteries and charger, cool design
Disadvantages: some keys are a liitle small and close together

...The genius keyboard and mouse are great if you require something a little smaller then normal, they are both compact and the fact that the mouse is optical is also an added bonus. The battery life is probably better then most wireless products I have tried and the fact that the receiver also charges a spare set of batteries which are included is also very good. The keyboard is very light, slim and feels like it has been well built with very little rattle in the keys, the keys themselves do seem a little squashed in though, but this has been done to make the unit smaller, the home, end etc keys are a little tricky to use and there seems to be an issue if you want to highlight lots of data using them as they are brought into use with the shift key anyway. The cursor keys have been crammed in under the enter key which has also been... Read review

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Advantages: Good value, good quality product
Disadvantages: Software's not brilliant

...£15 is not a lot to pay for an optical mouse. It's also not a lot to pay for a USB/PS2 combo mouse. With the Genius Netscroll Optical, you get a lot for your money. That's probably a fair summary of this review, however there is more to this mouse than simply the fact that it's optical. It boasts the now-standard wheel, and also two buttons on the side, which glow blue. The two main mouse buttons, along with the base of the mouse, are a tasteful blue-grey colour, contrasting with the 'PC White' of the top of the mouse. The mouse can plug into a USB port, or, using the supplied converter, a PS/2 mouse port. The USB plug doesn't have pass-through, though, probably because you might get people trying to plug a USB device, through the mouse, into the PS/2 port. This shouldn't, though, be too much of a problem for most people... Read review

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Advantages: Wireless, Relativly cheap, Durable, Initially get rechargeable batteries
Disadvantages: Need to eventually buy new batteries, Problems with low power.

...I have owned this keyboard and mouse for a few years now and although I have thought about it I have never seen the need to replace it. The keyboard has smooth corners giving it a nice soft feel compared to standard square edge keyboards. It contains many useful hot keys across the top that control various programs such as a play, stop, previous and next buttons useful for Windows Media Player. It also has system volume control buttons to increase or decrease the master volume of your PC. Lesser used but still highly useful buttons include a quick launch to internet explorer and outlook express. It has a wrist rest that folds neatly under the keyboard, clicking into place when not required. The mouse is smaller than average and well shaped so it fits well into the palm of your hand. It has a scroll wheel, which i find... Read review

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Advantages: Almost Indestructible
Disadvantages: speed of scrolling not fabulous. Dies when struck at 86mph.

...My Mouse broke a house brick I have owned a Genius NetMouse Pro mouse for approx 2 years and it has served me very very faithfully. I truly have had no complaints with the mouse at all - its quite splendid. The little button on the side allows you to scroll nicely through webpages (although it did only scroll at 2 speeds - slow and INANELY fast - and yes I do mean inanely, not insanely ;+) The little 3rd button between left and right click buttons does a much similar thing but up/down scrolling only and in blocks rather than smoothly so, but its still quite funky. It is the mouse of ages. It is practically Herculean in the tasks that it performs. Recently, as with all mechanical and electronic components, my mouse has flagged - it has reached the end of its capability to act sucessfully as a mouse in fact, and had... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent when in peak condition
Disadvantages: Goes funny as it gets older

...I have been using the Genius netmouse since I got my first computer as it was old when I first got it I wasn't surprised that after six months it started to show signs of ageing. At this point I did what I could to make it better so I gave it a good cleaning inside but before long it started to play up. The main problem was that when you click once on anything, it will almost always double click for your which proves especially annoying when on the internet. Another problem with the mouse is that when I try to click and drag anything, it double clicks for me instead. Although i am criticising the mouse, it did work well when it was working properly. Unfortunately I cannot rate the mouse in relation to price because I was given it but as long as it holds, it's a good mouse but there are better ones available. This depends... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, ergonomic, button weight is just right
Disadvantages: Not very tolerant of dirt

...The Genius netmouse is an ideal alternative to Microsoft's Intellimouse range. Besides being much, much cheaper, the scroll button has advantages in online gaming over a wheel since it's much easier to press a button up or down than to mess about scrolling a wheel a certain amount of degrees. The mouse is very responsive, and the amount of pressure required to press the buttons is ideal. The only complaint I have is that the mouse is not very tolerant of dirt on the mouse ball - if there is a speck of dirt it will begin jumping and skipping. I have seen mice which handle small amounts of dirt much better.... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap and functional
Disadvantages: Scrolling can be messed up

...As mice, mouses or miece go it ain't a badun. So how does it look and feeel(ooh I went all Kilroy for a minute). More curved than most your hand rests comfortably over it. Predominantly white it has the standard left and right buttons which make a satisfyingly response click. Nestled in between these two is the best feature of this mouse. In a pale blue stylee is a rocker type button which scrolls the page up and down or can be used as a select button for games. This button is very easy to use compared to trackerball, dial type contraptions and makes this mouse ideal for children or computer novices. On the left hand side is another blue button which can also be used as a scroller/selector. However, maybe its cos i am a leftie but I found this awkward and uncomfortable to use. With a long cable and easy to use plug in and play... Read review

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Advantages: Perfect grip, precize move, great on-click response
Disadvantages: I haven't found any

...I've been using this mouse for about 6 months by now and it's the best thing I've ever had. Let me get to the point through the story about how I got to this mouse: With my desk computer I've tried about 6 mice, both with the roller ball in the old days and opticals later, the best of those being Genius optical mouse, which had served me more than well for about 3 years, even if I hardly used all of its functions and I thought it was a little too big and bit clumsy therefore, but you get used to it. I've got a laptop a year ago and my first thought when going to buy me a mouse, since I hadn't got one with the laptop, was that the mouse had to be small, smart and easy-to-use and of course I wanted an optical one, since I travel a lot and like to carry the laptop with me, so a small ballfree mouse was a neccessity. As a satisfied user... Read review

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Advantages: no cleaning required, precise, value
Disadvantages: incompatible software for windows xp

...Optical Mice Review Optical mice are starting to become more and more popular with today’s computer users, whether for home or business use. Ever since I started as a computer engineer a few years ago, I’ve used hundreds of different mice – from the standard PS/2 and USB ball mice to laptop touch pads and roller balls. But I’ve never found a mouse more comfortable to use than the Genius Netscroll PS/2 ball mouse. It is finished in a rather dull shade of grey, which doesn’t look like anything special, but it does its job. It consists of three buttons – the standard left and right button and a roller button. The roller can be used to scroll up and down in Internet