Comments on: Hands-on with Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v3

By: oliver

oliver — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:07:54 +0000

why does the shift key on the wireless keyboard 6000 v.3 not work?

By: Darryl

Darryl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:04:55 +0000

Hey, guys. I first had trouble with this keyboard when I plugged it in. It would stop working every 30 mins or so. If I waited 5 minutes, it would work again.

Then I got a USB extender from another keyboard set and put my transceiver in the USB extender. This way the transceiver is on the desktop instead of in the back of the computer. (much closer to the keyboard and mouse)

I found that this eliminated the not working-ness that I was experiencing.

Moral of the story: Microsoft sucks at doing keyboards. And Microsoft’s wireless technology has a range of a whopping two feet!

By: pardot

pardot — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:50:11 +0000

Phew, I am relieved!

My old Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 v2 just broke down, but luckily it was 3 month before warranty expiration I will get this (v3) new one as a replacement and I was worried about performance. But after reading this review I am really looking forward at this new one. Just must wait few more days, until it arrive from warehose

By: avoidz

avoidz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:29:14 +0000

To those with StickyKeys, why not just turn off the shortcut for the feature in Control Panel?

By: avoidz

avoidz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:27:45 +0000

I had a couple of Microsoft keyboards in recent years, and both suffered keyboard failures very shortly after use. I swapped one and got another which also failed. I swore off Microsoft keyboards from then on and have never owned another since. A shame, because the earlier keyboard models from about 10 years ago had no problems. Different factory in China, perhaps? (Microsoft mice still seem to be reliable, however.)

By: aj

aj — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:11:10 +0000

i have never bought a keyboard that didn’t work before, this is amzing. lets hope this is not a sign of where microsoft is headed. the keyboard looks nice feels nice but dosn’t work. the shift key doesn’t choose the upper case characters. btw:that is why i am typing this all in lower case. you can get it to shift charactersby first selecting the character then hitting the shift key. doing that leads to something like this fF you then have to go back and delete the lower case character. i also found that the control key works the same way.
as far as the software there is a nice zoom feature and the quality of the zoom seems good but… if you then search for a string of characters it finds them and highlights characters to the left.
it appears the repeat when you hold down a key doesn’t work either.
thats all i have found but i have only been using the keyboard for about a half hour or so.
it looks from other posts i am not the only one seeing these problems. i figured it was just my keyboard and was going to return it and try another. i guess not.
i long for my old ibm xt keyb oard that click click click it looked and felt just like a typewriter, the good ol days.

By: frustrated

frustrated — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:29:54 +0000

This thing looks nice and has good connectivity. The mouse seems to work prettty well but the keyboard is another thing. Don’t try and type anything with it. If you push the shift to try and capitalize a letter or access the @ above the 2 key forget it. You get a message about sticky keys. When you look back after typing a paragraph you will notice many missing strokes. Combined with the non-existent customer service and lack of an available manual I was really disappointed. It is back in the box on its way to the return shelf. Microsoft can do much better.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:56:41 +0000

Is it just me, or is the enter key on this keyboard a button?

I just got this keyboard, and if I press the enter key on the right side of the key, it locks in place, sending the enter key continuously to my desktop.

To unlock it, I need to press it on the left side of the key. Is this normal?

By: avoidz

avoidz — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:37:08 +0000

I don’t understand why they mess with something like the F-key layout. At least they left the Insert-Home-PageUp arrangement along on this keyboard.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:09:09 +0000

Great article I was looking for a tabular comparision between V2 and V3, but still a great article.

If you could add what problems the V2 had that this fixed, I would be very interested, (besides the shape of the mouse)

thanks again