HP Wireless Elite Keyboard and Mouse
Posted by admin | Posted in Computer | Posted on 08-09-2010
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- Silent operation: High-tech scissor switch keyboard design offers a quiet experience.
- Wireless freedom: Free yourself from wires with wireless keyboard and mouse – up to 32 feet. Advanced 2.4GHz wireless technology for less delays or dropouts.
- Get more control: Control your entertainment experience with a comprehensive set of multimedia keys. Convenient access for multimedia controls – 3-buttons for easy volume control. HP TouchSmart PC hot keys.
- High-performance optical mouse: 800 dpi high-precision sensor provides precise, smooth and responsive tracking that works on most surfaces. Symmetric design for right or left handed use.
- Energy efficient: Conserve energy with PC sleep button. Monitor battery level with convenient on screen battery level indicator. Long battery life (keyboard – 12 months typical, mouse – 4 months typical).
Product Description
Upgrade the look of your desktop with ultra-thin and stylish design The HP Wireless Elite Desktop combines style and high-tech key design to deliver an ultra-thin design and silent operation. Built-to-last the HP Wireless Elite Desktop provides full featured keyboard and mouse.Amazon.com Product Description
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After using this product for several days I have grown to love the keyboard. The keys are spaced perfectly, it has just the right amount of feedback, and is nearly silent.
I was looking for simplicity( I have never really used shortcut keys) and volume controls, are all I really need. It does have programmable F-keys that can be used as media controls, eject, and monitor brightness. I find typing more comforatable on a flat surface as opposed to raised up on a wristpad. Keyboard 5/5.
On the other “hand” the mouse is terrible. It is a decent size, comfortable in your hand and glides along a pad or desk smoothly. The scroll wheel is very smooth as well, BUT I have never used a mouse that required so much effort to click. It literally needs to be pressed so hard that everytime I right click, my right arm moves up and to the right, causing the mouse pointer to move off my target frequently.
If I could do it over I would purchase the keyboard by itself http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packard-FQ480AA-Wireless-Elite-Keyboard/dp/B001IOHAVO/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1245364930&sr=1-36 and use the savings on another mouse. It is about 25 dollars cheaper for just the keboard here on amazon.
Check out my pictures, this thing looks great on a desk. 4/5
Rating: 4 / 5
I love the thinness of the keyboard! And it’s a really great product for being so cheap. I have two gripes with this product: a) The USB key turns a bright blue color when you are using this. If you have the USB key anywhere near your peripheral vision, this is a big distraction. I would love to turn it off but I haven’t found out how to do that yet. b) The mouse clicking is LOUD.
Rating: 3 / 5
I haven’t had this product very long, but I wanted to let potential buyers know that it *does* work with Linux. I’m running Ubuntu 8.10 and I just plugged it in and it worked. The USB subsystem recognized it immediately and I was using it within a couple minutes of taking it out of the box.
The keyboard itself and the mouse are quite nice. I have no complaints. That said, this keyboard is probably not for everybody. If you use a keyboard for a living, like I do, you tend to be very particular about what you like and don’t. For me, this works. Others – particularly those who don’t like laptop keyboards or flat (almost no contour), low-profile keys – may not care for it.
The mouse is perfect in its simplicity and has a nice heavy feel to it.
One very small annoyance: if you use the front USB slot on your computer – or any slot where the USB portion of the device is in view – the light may bother you. It’s very bright and very blue – and it’s on whenever you type or move the mouse. Thus, depending on what you’re doing, it can be effectively blinking and quite distracting.
Rating: 5 / 5
The keyboard is super thin and sleek. I type A LOT! and the thinner the keyboard the better because I type fast and I don’t need deep keys to hinder the movement of my fingers. And this keyboard is QUIET! The keys are soft sounding and soft to the touch, yet you can feel the depth of the shallow keys as you type so don’t interpret my description that it’s too soft.
The mouse buttons are loud though. You can really hear the click–it’s a firm click
I love the fact that it is truly wireless–just the USB connector on the front of my computer (you can put it in back too) and it works with my desk cabinet door closed too. Some wireless keyboard/mouse use a wired USB connector–not truly wireless.
You do not need to install any software because once you plug-in the USB, the keyboard/mouse will install themselves, but do use the disk to install the the two features it provides, which are battery monitors for the keyboard and mouse. Two tiny icons will show up on your notification taskbar (in the lower right corner by the clock and date) which will monitor the battery lives of your keyboard and mouse–and the install from the disk takes literally about 5 seconds, so it’s not downloading some memory-eating software.
My only complaint was the firm/loud-ish clicking mouse, but everything else is a perfect 10! I think everyone will be quite pleased with this set. They keyboard is just awesome–Thin, Sleek, Chic, Quiet, Comfortable! Superb design HP! I will want this keyboard forever!
Rating: 5 / 5
So I’ve been using this keyboard and mouse combo for about an hour. I just unpacked it and set it up.
Very easy setup – the Keyboard is great – sleek, stylish, compact, easy to type on and is well built.
The mouse is the polar opposite. Although comfortable in my large hands, it just screams CHEAP. Its buttons are very loud and just feel cheap. And now, literally, 1 hour into using it, the left mouse button is not clicking properly. I have to click down hard. Defective? Yes, maybe the others are not going to have this problem.
But i’ve been working with mice for 16 years.. and this one is one of the cheapest poorly made ones i’ve seen.
If you really like the keyboard, buy it separately and get a different mouse.
Final annoyance, the dongle receiver has the brightest blue led light that flashes with every keystroke/mouse movement. Annoying as heck.
Although i like the keyboard, this ones’ going back. I’m going to go with the new logitech setups that use the same micro receiver for mouse/keyboard. And since i have two laptops, the extra reciever can be used to hook up both!
Rating: 2 / 5