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Logitech Wheel Mouse Optical Blue

Logitech Wheel Mouse Optical Blue

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Unnecessarily loud clicking noises ADDED IN to the product
Review: I used this mouse for a few years: the software works fine, and the mouse is useful - it does what it says, but I am disappointed with the clicking sounds it makes. If you work in a loud office, this is probably a fine mouse to choose. But if you work at coffee shops, think again. When you scroll up or down, it makes extra clicking sounds to tell you that you're scrolling. Also the buttons each make TWO clicks every time they're pressed, one on press, another on release. The sounds are loud enough that people at neighboring tables at coffee shops have asked me (politely) to please stop using the mouse. The weird thing is the sounds are not necessary. These are noises added into Logitech's device to give added feedback to announce: YES, YOU ARE scrolling or pressing the button. It's distracting in a quiet room or library or coffee shop. When I explain it to friends, I ask that they imagine that the keyboard made more noise than it needs to - that the company that designed their keyboard added loud clicking sounds that were not necessary. When depressed, the Logitech buttons make a louder click noise. I actually disassembled this model and another of Logitech's to see if I couldn't remove whatever was making the noises. To my surprise, I could remove the little metal piece from the scroll wheel with no adverse effects on scrolling capability, it only became quiet - nice. Remember the clatter you made as a kid when attaching a playing card to your bicycle so it clicks with each turn of each spoke? That's how the little metal part worked, like a little card against a bicycle spoke. But it's not possible to remove the clicking sounds of the mouse buttons. My recommendation: You can find much better mice on the market. Head to a store and experiment before buying this item, you'll notice how loud it is compared to others. Consider the Belkin or Kensington lines. Also note that wireless models are coming out every day - a good way to go if you're so inclined.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great!
Review: This product is slick. Works great.. very smooth.. value for money.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nice mouse at a decent price.
Review: I bought this mouse - as it was free after the TurboTax rebate. I am using it to replace a Dell scroll mouse - with ball.

I never intstalled the drivers that came with this mouse - it just worked with my old drivers under both Windows 2000 and RedHat Linux.

Manuvering the pointer is much easier with this mouse than any of my previous ball-based mice. It feels much more acurate.

The buttons and mouse-wheel feel a little cheeper than on the original Dell mouse, but given the price (free after rebate), I can live with that.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Didn't Work Well At All With My Games or In General
Review: I bought this mouse several months ago to play some computer games. The first day I used it, the mouse worked fine. The next day I tried using the mouse and it was all jUmPy. I tried playing some games such as Quake with the mouse and it made movements on its own and often got stuck in a spinning cycle. I tried software and drivers for the mouse but nothing worked. The mouse worked a little better in Windows 2000 then XP. DON'T BUY THIS...Pros:Looks good Cons: Jumpy movements moved on its own Didn't work well with computer games Spinned around in games

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Love it.....
Review: Nice mouse and smooth. I wish I had found this one earlier.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Its a mouse.
Review: Its a mouse, it moves the cursor. Watch, Ill use it to click submit.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Very Good
Review: Good value for the money if you are considering to move away from the Optical Chordless like I did. At least you don't have to move the weight of 2 AA Batteries around everytime you need to click.
No maintenance as it's optical. Considering that it's free after the mailinrebate when you buy Turbo tax coudn't have asked for more.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Mouse I've Ever Owned
Review: This is the most comfortable and easy to use mouse that I have ever owned or used. It is very precise with selections, and provides ease of navigation that I've never experienced before. Highly recommend this product.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Mouse!
Review: This mouse works great. Plug and play is easy and you won't have to install drivers if you have Windows XP or Windows ME. Never gets clogged up with dust like old traditional mice. You won't even need a mouse pad. Throw that old dirty mouse pad away and use any smooth flat surface. Don't be fooled into getting some kind of relective mouse pad none are needed.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Elegant Simplicity
Review: This is such a wonderful little mouse. There are no extra bells or whistles. It simply is a standard 3 button scrolling optical mouse (with the scroll wheel as the third button). It does everything you expect the way you expect. Just plug it in, and use it. Whether you use the Mouseware software to configure it or not, you still get precise control over the cursor.

It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of some mice (with the extra thumb button, or cordless recharging station), but if you want a simple accurate mouse for a very reasonable price, it's hard to top this one. The only downside is that its tracking accuracy severely goes down on reflective materials (including shiny magazine covers), so if you use this with a laptop, be sure to keep an inexpensive fabric mousepad (don't use one with the smooth reflective finish) with you.


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