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Summary: Neat little mouse
Review: As an unspectacular, functional foray into the world of optical mousing, this is a well-priced mouse with a good shape and feel, as well as a nicely-calibrated scroll facility.
There's little point in installing the bundled software, as any version of Windows from 2000 onwards will pick it up and detect it as an optical scroll-wheel mouse without problems, and allow you to tweak all the necessary settings through the default 'mouse' dialog box in Control Panel.The 'pointer jumping to random points on the screen' peculiarity is usually a feature of the mousing surface you use. Use too-shiny a mousemat and the optical detector picks up false reflections and can make it think the mouse has moved a significant distance. Keep the alcove clear of dust and use a fabric surface to 'mouse' on and it should be fine. Overall a good little mouse and one that I enjoy using for high-speed games without complication.
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Summary: Nice Mouse, Though It Leaves Some Things To Be Desired.
Review: I have had this mouse for a few months now. I do indeed think that it is a good mouse. It has a pleasing visual appeal and performs great for the money. The scroll wheel is silky smooth and has a nice positive rotational click. It is not not sticky and rough like some lesser mice that I have used. The little replacement button for window selection which acts almost like hitting Alt+Tab at the same time is a nice feature. Though if you are like me and have your hands on the keyboard most of the time you may find little use for it, I find that using Alt+Tab is more intuitive and I dont have to find the mouse. With this botton feature you have to move the mouse or scroll to the window that you choose to view, nice if your left hand is not near the keyboard. All this neat stuff and yes there are still some things that are left to be desired. A drawback for those of us that travel or use multiple laptops is that it is quite large, which is also why it is so comfortable, give a little take a little. Also the software must be installed on each computer you will use with the mouse for the little window button feature to work properly. I am not sure why but the mouse cursor will suddenly jump to some unknown corner of the screen for a moment then reappear. This can be extremely frustrating at times, not sure if that is from the mouse pad or the eye having a lint speck on it, but it happens fairly often and on multiple mouse pads I have tried. Thus the lower score. Possibly a dual optical mouse would take care of the random necessity this thing has for jumping around (done that about 4+ times since I began writing). Cheers.
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Summary: Nice Mouse, Though It Leaves Some Things To Be Desired.
Review: I have had this mouse for a few months now. I do indeed think that it is a good mouse. It has a pleasing visual appeal and performs great for the money. The scroll wheel is silky smooth and has a nice positive rotational click. It is not not sticky and rough like some lesser mice that I have used. The little replacement button for window selection which acts almost like hitting Alt+Tab at the same time is a nice feature. Though if you are like me and have your hands on the keyboard most of the time you may find little use for it, I find that using Alt+Tab is more intuitive and I dont have to find the mouse. With this botton feature you have to move the mouse or scroll to the window that you choose to view, nice if your left hand is not near the keyboard. All this neat stuff and yes there are still some things that are left to be desired. A drawback for those of us that travel or use multiple laptops is that it is quite large, which is also why it is so comfortable, give a little take a little. Also the software must be installed on each computer you will use with the mouse for the little window button feature to work properly. I am not sure why but the mouse cursor will suddenly jump to some unknown corner of the screen for a moment then reappear. This can be extremely frustrating at times, not sure if that is from the mouse pad or the eye having a lint speck on it, but it happens fairly often and on multiple mouse pads I have tried. Thus the lower score. Possibly a dual optical mouse would take care of the random necessity this thing has for jumping around (done that about 4+ times since I began writing). Cheers.
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Summary: Uncomfortable
Review: This mouse slides very nice and is very accurate. Unfortunately, it's the most uncomfortable mouse I've ever used. My right ring finger sits right on the pointy edge. I tried to get used to it, but I will be returning it tomorrow in exchange for something else.
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Summary: The experience of an unhappy camper
Review: Well folks, I'm sorry to say I've had a bad experience with this mouse -- which I confess I chose pretty much because my favorite color is green. Granted, my experience could be an isolated fluke, but then again, it might not be, and it might be worth sharing in any case.
I actually did like the design and feel of this mouse, except for a few minor details I'll get to in a little while. All in all, it worked quite nicely for me for about six months.
Then the left (primary) mouse button suddenly went dead. A coworker volunteered to help me troubleshoot, and verified that the problem was indeed the mouse by testing it on another Mac, and on a PC.
Since it was WAY too late to send it back to the online store from which I bought it -- not Amazon -- I had to contact Logitech. This was easier said then done because, their website, like the websites of many other companies, doesn't have any prominent buttons or links labeled, "Click here to send us a message." Instead, you have to wade through an endless series of lists Frequently Asked Questions, with the last item on each list being "If your question still hasn't been answered, click here." (How DID I manage to click when my left (primary) mouse button was dead? I'll get to that.) I did finally get to the form for submitting questions, but I'm still not sure how. I think I banged my fist on the keyboard and accidentally hit the right key combination.
Their response informed me that, although the mouse is still covered by their five-year warranty, they won't fix it. Okay, they'll replace it, but I can't just send it back to them with proof of purchase. First, I have to call their NON-TOLL-FREE customer service number, and we all know that I'll spend hours on hold, listening to ooshy string orchestra arrangements of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin songs, interspersed with promotional announcements for Logitech products. And I'll be paying for it. (Did I tell you they don't have a toll-free number?) Then, if the customer service representative decides it's necessary, I'll have to go through a long troubleshooting session with them on the phone. They'll almost certainly ignore my protests that I've already done my own troubleshooting and I already KNOW it's the mouse. And I'll be paying for it. (Did I tell you they don't have a toll-free number?) After all that, they'll probably still tell me I have to send it back at my expense.
So it looks like I may as well buy a new mouse. Another coworker suggested that as long as I'm going to do that, I might try to disassemble the Logitech mouse and see if I can reconnect the left (primary) mouse button. But it seems I don't even have that option. The casing does seem to be made of several pieces, but as Mr. Scott would say, they're fused. There are no little screws to unscrew. The only way to take it apart appears to be to break it. Don't tempt me.
Fortunately, there's a bright side. In the course of that six months, I became aware that this mouse was not actually the best choice for my situation. bought it to use with my Mac PowerBook, because I'm not crazy about the trackpad (which is how I managed to click, even though the left (primary)mouse button was dead). But it turned out that the large size of the mouse interfered with the purpose of choosing a PowerBook over a new desktop model. Actually, it was my wife's purpose. We go away on vacation for a little over a week every summer, and I always got crabby because I didn't have my computer. Now that I have one we can take with us, I have no legitimate reason to be crabby. (If I think hard, however, I'm sure I can come up with another reason.) The mouse was big enough that it was difficult to fit into the PowerBook's carrying case -- and I'm even wondering if forcing it in there so many times had anything to do with the left (primary) mouse button breaking. Furthermore, the cord is cumbersome, both on vacation and at home. I rejected the idea of a cordless mouse because of a compulsion to stick with the familiar.
But I didn't want to trash a perfectly good mouse. Now that said mouse is no longer perfectly good, I have a legitimate reason to replace it. This time, I am going to go cordless, and I'll get one of those smaller mice, designed for portability.
And this time, I WILL buy it from Amazon. At least if I'd bought this one from Amazon, I'd be out a bit less money.
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