Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse (930616-0403)
- Ergonomic Fit: Right and Left Handed (Mouse)
- Input Interface Type: Mouse
- Motion Device Type: Optical
- Connectivity: Wireless
- Interface: USB (Mouse) PS/2 (Mouse)
- Platform: PC Mac
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Go wireless and you'll never go back.
Pros
Wireless, easy to use, comfortable in the hand.
Cons
None that I can find.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
A mouse is a mouse is a mouse. Logitech are better than Micro$oft, and this is one of Logitech's best models.
I decided to go wireless after my trusty, long-lived original logitech mouse bit the dust some months ago. I try to be a neat person and the whole cable thing just bugs me. I hate cables all over the place - I always try to keep them tidy but there's no foolproof way of doing this. So I thought this time, why not go wireless?
The Logitech mouse comes in either 'ball' or 'optical' versions. I got the standard rubber ball version (ie. traditional style). The drivers on the CD installed well and worked first time on Windows 2000, and surprisingly, were the most up-to-date drivers when I checked the Logitech website.
You end up with a new control panel setting with options for your new mouse, and an icon in your taskbar. It's wise not to disable this icon because it's where you'll find out when the batteries in the mouse are going dead. The mouse takes a couple of AAA batteries, and under normal use (about 3 hours a day on our PC) they seem to last around 6 months. You can always find the status of the batteries by clicking the taskbar icon.
The mouse itself has two buttons and a button-wheel. The buttons are responsive but not loud. The wheel is easy to use but not annoying to touch (unlike Micro$oft wheels). It's nice to get an uncluttered mouse nowadays. It seems all the manufacturers are littering their mice with addition buttons for thumbs and fifth fingers that have all sorts of "wonderful" functionality to go with them. (All New better-than-ever super-hyper-explora-mouse! Now with 28 buttons! Never use the keyboard again!) In truth, all these extra buttons just make a mouse completely useless. The Logitech, by that yardstick, is gloriously minimalist. You get only what you need, and what you get works well.
The transmit/recieve unit plugs directly into the USB port and you can place it almost anywhere. The Logitech manual comes with a list of "recommended" and "not recommended" placements, but even in their "not recommended" places, I've found the whole setup to work really well. (For example, sitting on top of the PC case directly over the power supply).
One thing to note about the USB mouse though - don't connect it to a hub. Connect it directly to your PC's backplane sockets. I've got a Sony Clie, a Canon S630 printer and a memory-stick reader plugged into my USB hub, and when I had the mouse plugged in there too, I had all sorts of problems. Whenever I synchronised the PDA, printed a document, or tried copying files off a memory card, the mouse would stop responding. I guess the USB bandwidth isn't as great as we'd been led to believe. I solved all the problems though by simply connecting the wireless transmitter/receiver to the second USB port on the back of my PC directly.
The Logitech mouse comes in either 'ball' or 'optical' versions. I got the standard rubber ball version (ie. traditional style). The drivers on the CD installed well and worked first time on Windows 2000, and surprisingly, were the most up-to-date drivers when I checked the Logitech website.
You end up with a new control panel setting with options for your new mouse, and an icon in your taskbar. It's wise not to disable this icon because it's where you'll find out when the batteries in the mouse are going dead. The mouse takes a couple of AAA batteries, and under normal use (about 3 hours a day on our PC) they seem to last around 6 months. You can always find the status of the batteries by clicking the taskbar icon.
The mouse itself has two buttons and a button-wheel. The buttons are responsive but not loud. The wheel is easy to use but not annoying to touch (unlike Micro$oft wheels). It's nice to get an uncluttered mouse nowadays. It seems all the manufacturers are littering their mice with addition buttons for thumbs and fifth fingers that have all sorts of "wonderful" functionality to go with them. (All New better-than-ever super-hyper-explora-mouse! Now with 28 buttons! Never use the keyboard again!) In truth, all these extra buttons just make a mouse completely useless. The Logitech, by that yardstick, is gloriously minimalist. You get only what you need, and what you get works well.
The transmit/recieve unit plugs directly into the USB port and you can place it almost anywhere. The Logitech manual comes with a list of "recommended" and "not recommended" placements, but even in their "not recommended" places, I've found the whole setup to work really well. (For example, sitting on top of the PC case directly over the power supply).
One thing to note about the USB mouse though - don't connect it to a hub. Connect it directly to your PC's backplane sockets. I've got a Sony Clie, a Canon S630 printer and a memory-stick reader plugged into my USB hub, and when I had the mouse plugged in there too, I had all sorts of problems. Whenever I synchronised the PDA, printed a document, or tried copying files off a memory card, the mouse would stop responding. I guess the USB bandwidth isn't as great as we'd been led to believe. I solved all the problems though by simply connecting the wireless transmitter/receiver to the second USB port on the back of my PC directly.
