Sounds promising, especially for gamers. STILL want to get my hands on it to see if it's really all they claim it is.

At the GDC, Microsoft has announced their SideWinder mouse, built from the ground up specifically with gamers in mind. Featuring just about everything you could ever want (and things you'll never ever need), it's the "ultimate" in gaming mice. The mouse features a new "Quick Turn" feature, adjustable weight, adjustable glide, an LCD, a Vista Quick Launch button and more. The best news? It will only cost $79!

LinkNice features, and not all that expensive, for saying . . . my G5 was £45, or US$90.
Although that's just being in the UK, everything's so expensive here.
But . . . does anyone else think that the Sidewinder looks uncomfortable?Not only that Calum, It looks like c-rp * That thing looks like SOMETHING an elephant would use. It's huge.
Try playing Halo or Counter Strike on it and you can't move the mouse because it's so big.It really doesn't look that much bigger apart from the left hand thumb section. As far as not being able to turn the below feature mentioned in the article I'd imagine would compensate if not be better than the traditional mouse.

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Turn on a dime. The new Quick Turn feature -- a performance-enhancing macro -- is built right into the software and lets users check their perimeter at any angle from wherever they are in the game with the click of a button.