Germany-based Cherry, best known for its keyboards and keyswitches, has just launched a new wired mouse aimed at professionals, "where rapid work is required". The Cherry MC 4000 is an ambidextrous design that offers an adjustable DPI high-quality optical sensor, twin colour illumination, six buttons plus scroll wheel, and a large 360-degree sliding pad on its base. This new wired mouse has an MSRP of €30 and becomes available from September.
According to Cherry, the key benefits offered by the MC 4000 wired mouse can be summarised as follows:
- Reliable cable mouse with 6 buttons
- The all-round 360° smooth surface ensures secure and stable mouse movements
- High-quality optical sensor and adjustable DPI resolution for two speeds
- High-speed motion detection at 60ips (1.5 metres per second)
- Illumination colour depends on the set resolution (1000 dpi = blue, 2000 dpi = red)
- Red/blue illumination on the sides, the scroll wheel, and the DPI switch
- Optimized for professional requirements where speed is a factor
- Symmetrical design - suitable for left- and right-handed users
Looking at its physical qualities, the Cherry MC 4000 weighs about 130g and measures 116 x 64.5 x 34.5mm. Cherry has fitted a 1.8m (6ft) USB cable to the mouse which should be plenty for most people. In terms of reliability, Cherry claims the mouse buttons offer a life time of 10 million clicks and the scroll wheel can endure 150,000 cycles. Buyers receive a two year warranty. The MC 4000 consumes a maximum of 100mA in operation.
So what can you do with the six buttons? It seems like the button functionality is not configurable. Cherry mentions that its button functions include; "buttons for DPI switching, browser navigation, and Windows Panel". That last one must be equivalent to hitting the Windows key on the keyboard. Usually browser navigation buttons on a six button mouse are used for back-forward browsing actions.
