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Before this month, I’ve never owned any 3Dconnexion 3D-mice <\/a>in my life.\u00a0 Heck, I wasn’t even exactly sure how to pronounce 3Dconnexion.\u00a0 That “x” in the middle of the name throws me off.\u00a0 Despite this, I’ve had some interest in their devices.\u00a0 This has never taken me to the point of testing one on my own.\u00a0 After all, I feel I’m pretty fast with my mouse-work and keyboard shortcuts.\u00a0 So, when 3DConnexion asked to meet with me <\/a>at SolidWorks World 2009, I was interested in seeing what they wanted to show me, yet skeptical about finding any game changers.<\/p>\n

\"SpacePilotThey introduced me to the SpacePilot PRO <\/a><\/strong>3D mouse.\u00a0 (It may already be available on Amazon<\/a> or other locations if someone is interested in looking for price comparisons.)\u00a0 The SpacePilot PRO is the latest 3D mouse in a long line of professional 3D-mice which “have rewritten the rules on the way design engineers and professionals interact with 3D environments,” as noted by Dieter Neujahr in the official press release.\u00a0 OK, so what am I doing quoting press release comments?<\/p>\n

Now, anyone that reads my product reviews knows I’m no sell-out.\u00a0 I don’t give shiny reviews to get free stuff.\u00a0 I don’t run promotions.\u00a0 For full disclosure, I must say that 3Dconnexion did give me a free SpacePilot PRO a few days ago.\u00a0 This was given to me without any strings attached.\u00a0 Technically, they didn’t even ask me to write any review or comment on the unit they give to me.\u00a0 I made it clear back in February that if I did review the product based on the unit they were going to give me, it was going to be unbiased.\u00a0 They seemed to insist upon that.\u00a0 Even at that time, I had a few critical comments about the device (which I cannot remember now), to which they were receptive.<\/p>\n

Does getting a free $499 device impact my opinion?\u00a0 You betcha….JUST KIDDING!!\u00a0 However, I do feel it is appropriate for me to write about my experiences, to give others a sense as to whether these devices are worth the cash.\u00a0 Expect my usual sarcastic comments juxtaposed with well deserved praise, and demands for further improvement.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to write one all encompassing review.\u00a0 This is a highly capable device.\u00a0 I doubt I can write completely about my experiences with this unit in one review without the article getting excessive in length.\u00a0 I mean, just look how long this article is already, and I haven’t even started my review yet!\u00a0 More information will come soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before this month, I’ve never owned any 3Dconnexion 3D-mice in my life.\u00a0 Heck, I wasn’t even exactly sure how to pronounce 3Dconnexion.\u00a0 That “x” in the middle of the name throws me off.\u00a0 Despite this, I’ve had some interest in their devices.\u00a0 This has never taken me to the point of testing one on my … Continue reading “3Dconnexion’s new SpacePilot PRO 3D Mouse”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,5,319],"tags":[519,516,517,518],"series":[],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-product-review","category-sww09","tag-3d-mouse","tag-3dconnexion","tag-spacepilot","tag-spacepilot-pro"],"yoast_head":"\n3Dconnexion's new SpacePilot PRO 3D Mouse - 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