Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 for Business

The keyboard and mouse arrived and when I opened the package, I was surprised to find batteries included. I simply installed the batteries, turned on the power switch for the mouse and plugged in the usb adapter and bingo, everything worked! The keyboard is just the right size - not too big, but not too small and is lite and clean looking. I really liked the fact that as soon as i turn on the mouse, it is up and running. No issues at all. The mouse works great. Excellent price for a very good product. Highly recommend it.

This has become my go-to wireless keyboard/mouse combo. At the typical desktop distances expected in an office environment, you can't lose - this thing is good enough that I can game with it. Setup is stupid easy: just plug in the dongle and go. No pairing - no drivers, everything is recognized by the computer as a standard keyboard & mouse, and this will even work pre-boot. Very handy during OS installations. The range is good enough that I can use this to control my pc from across the room when using it as a media center, and in fact it is good enough that I can even play mouse/keyboard RPG type games like The Witcher with very little noticeable lag or jitter from a distance of over 8 feet. It's not seemless - I think that at this distance I -would- notice problems playing FPS-type games, but for games where twitch isn't super important, or non-game applications, you're fine. Range starts to become an issue at over 10 feet but I've never really put it too the test beyond that. The battery life is excellent too. All I can say is "months", provided you remember to switch off the mouse when not in use. Speaking of the mouse, it's worth noting that the mouse makes an excellent laptop accessory, as it has a nice little divit to store the usb dongle when not in use. If there is one weird quirk I've noticed - and this is specific to one game only - on Dragon Age: Origins, the scroll wheel doesn't work right. This is extremely weird because it works normally in literally every other application I use, and I've double and triple checked my application settings for the specific game, but strangely, it appears to be the mouse. Switching to any other mouse I have and the scrolling in that game works fine. The keyboard is on par with wired keyboards in the $10-$20 range, with my only complaint being the smallish F-keys. You get used to them, but they are not optimal. If you are familiar with the standard Microsoft wired keyboard 400, you know what you are in for. One last thing worth mentioning: this combo works with Xbox 360s and PS3s as well. While I have never had need for a mouse on either console, the keyboard works just fine, and are 'plug & play', just plug the dongle into a USB port and the keyboard works. 5 stars - awesome price, awesome battery life, reliable hardware. I would deduct a half-star for the tiny F keys and the DA:O glitch, but since amazon doesn't award half-stars, I have to round up for all the other great things about this kit.

I have a little translator business so I type a lot. I bought this keyboard/ mouse combination mainly because it came with a mini receiver rather than a big old USB stick, and of course because it really had a great price. Technically all the devices work perfectly fine. However, I found out quickly that there is some truth to "you get what you payed for" pretty quick. For some reason I can only see on my computer's login screen whether caps lock is on. For every other screen I have to find out the "hard way" by getting an error message from the application I happen to work with. Additionally, several letter keys on the keyboard are already blank, and several more start to fade out. I have no issues whatsoever with the mouse, but would never buy this keyboard again. Not only does it look cheap, it obviously is cheap and not made for extended typing.

I somehow missed reading everything I could that the mouse doesn't have a "back" button. Now for me that's OK because I'm mainly a keyboard user but since I bought it for someone else who depends more on a mouse I ended up trading them my old wireless/mouse combo for the new one because the old one (no-name) had the back button. I can live with that but must admit now days I'm surprised to see a Microsoft product that doesn't lend itself more heavily to Internet Browsing. I really can't remember the last time I saw any new mouse without a back button. Anyway, I really like the keyboard and mouse and the compact form factor of the USB dongle. I swap these devices all the time from laptops to desktops and they work perfectly each time on my XP, Win 7, and Ubuntu systems. I like the feel of the keyboard and the mouse fits my fairly large hands well. The battery life is good to above average on both devices. The stowaway compartment for the USB dongle is excellent and much welcomed. The dongle's small form factor doesn't mean I have to remove it to tote it in a backpack (although you probably should). I don't really use any of the extra multimedia keys so can't comment on them but I do find that it's much easier to press the keyboard's calculator button than type WINDOWS>RUN>CALC so that's another plus. In the end I think anyone that want's a wireless mouse/keyboard combo and doesn't care about the lack of a back button on the mouse will be perfectly happy with the Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 for Business.