Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000

542 reviews

May, 2013

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Usability (11)
Value for money (4)
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Reliability (3)
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alaTest has collected and analyzed 542 reviews from magazines and websites. Opinions about the design and reliability are on the whole positive. The size and value for money also get good opinions.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Keyboards the Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 90/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by: Daniel S. Evans (pcmag.com)

Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000

If you're looking for a comfortable everyday keyboard-and-mouse combo for a new Windows 7 PC, check out the Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000.

Slim. Ergonomic. BlueTrack technology. Offers Windows 7 functionality

Not exactly plug and play

Sep, 2009

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Expert review by: Justin Yu (cnet.com)

Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 Keyboard

The Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 is an $80 keyboard and mouse combo that offers all of the innovative and customizable features we've come to expect from Microsoft peripherals. The mouse is simple in design but also features Microsoft's...

Impressive list of customizable features; receiver connects to keyboard and mouse combo.

Difficult to adjust to curved design; removable feet easily misplaced; narrowly-shaped mouse hard to grip.

The Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 is a solid keyboard and mouse combination with a bevy of customizable buttons that make it a no-brainer to use with a home theater PC, but the asymmetrical button layout on the keyboard requires time to...

Aug, 2009

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Expert review by: Clint (maximumcpu.net)

Read Microsoft Comfort Desktop 5000

A keyboard and mouse are often times one of the most overlooked components of any computer system, yet they may very well be one of the most important components. After all, almost all interaction with any computer seems to be with a keyboard and...

Keyboard is comfortable to use ; User can choose between having the keyboard raised in the front or rear ; Ambidextrous mouse

No “Lock” indicator lights ; Enhanced F-Keys and other programmable buttons require installation of software ; Mouse is not comfortable to use ; Mouse gets horrible battery life

I have mixed opinions about the Microsoft Comfort Desktop 5000. On one hand, I really like the keyboard. It is comfortable to use and in my opinion, when raised in the front has a very natural feel to it. However, this can vary based on user...

Apr, 2010

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Expert review by: Sahas Katta (skattertech.com)

Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000

Microsoft recently sent us the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 combo package. It includes both their latest Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000 and the Wireless Mouse 5000. The keyboard sports a curved layout for proper posture, a palm rest, media keys, and...

Dec, 2009

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Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000

Microsoft has done it again, impressing us with its Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 Keyboard and Mouse Set. If this combo had some of the battery conserving features that we find essential in wireless keyboard and mouse combos, we would have...

Microsoft’s BlueTrack optical technology means the mouse will work on just about any surface

A battery level indicator is absent from both the keyboard and the mouse

This is a quality wireless keyboard and mouse combo, but we wish it had battery conservation built in.

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Consumer review by: mijcar (cnet.com)

"Great Keyboard - Dreadful Mouse"

This is a terrific keyboard. The clunkiness due to its oversize and the pointless mouse only shows that MS is not aware of what a great product they would have otherwise. None of the negatives are enough to keep the keyboard design and behavior from...

Keyboard is truly comfortable and enhances touch-typing. Feel and action of the keys are just right. The placement due to the curvature reduces the amount of small adjustments usually required of touch typists, so work is more accurate and less tiring.

Function keys and escape keys are too small and the software reassignment of them is both pointless and frustrating. The oversize board due to the palm-rest is unnecessary. I have never found palm-rests helpful and they more often than not simply get in

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: mijcar (cnet.com)

Great Keyboard - Dreadful Mouse

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: Cruke001 (cnet.com)

The mouse and keyboard interface are great

Well this is my third Microsoft key board and this set is just the best ever. the key board lay out is great i can type a lot faster and the Caps lock is fare engulf away so you do not hit it by mistake. some say the Ecs is too small but i do not think...

Well with the key board lay out is great,ezy to use and just the hole key board is really ezy to use. the mouse is grete the best i have very come across. all up both are well put together. i just love the key board it is great

there is nothing i don't like

Feb, 2011

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Consumer review by: mijcar (cnet.com)

Great Keyboard - Dreadful Mouse

Feb, 2011

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Consumer review by: Cruke001 (cnet.com)

"The mouse and keyboard interface are great"

there is nothing i don't like

Feb, 2011

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Product Specifications

Wyse Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA) is a software-only solution for Wyse thin clients and supported PCs. Wyse VDA delivers the best user experience for the network bandwidth allocated to users, neutralizes the effects of network delays (latencies) and errors (packet loss) for thin computing, making it suitable for more remote-site, branch, or field-based users.Today, poor network performance for thin computing protocols can reduce user experience, forcing organizations to limit deployment scope, deploy additional datacenters, use higher cost networks, purchase expensive hardware accelerators and even fall back to costly legacy techniques (client-server). In addition, Public Cloud centers are sparsely distributed today, only providing low latency access in limited markets.Wyse VDA means organizations can deploy thin computing to more remote users - while minimizing additional network costs, and avoiding the need for regional datacenters. Organizations that have already deployed thin computing using regional datacenters will be able to achieve significant cost-savings through datacenter consolidation.