Dream Weaver

After a new mouse and had a look at a Logitech cordless effort on Saturday - MX700 or something, comes with a docking station etc. £60

Anyone used one, and are the Logitechs better than Microsoft.

Also, any lag etc on the cordless mice? I need it to be spot on down to 1 pixel.

TIA

nkh

I am interested in one of those.

Dabs are selling them for £40 ex vat.

Inc VAT and carriage would be £50.52.

Mr Footlong

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Look here:

http://80.177.63.18:7883/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=251

My take on them along with links to reviews on them.

Cheers,

Nick

stevem2k

http://nexushardware.com/reviews/ind...eviewnumber=31

This lot seem to like it.


Steve

Dream Weaver

Cheers all, guess I'll have me one of them then

mj

i have just bought one. The mouse itself is excellent, but I am having trouble getting games to recognise the keys I have allocated to the extra buttons.

e.g, With previous mice, I always used the 3rd button on the side of the mouse as delete in most programmes, I then configured the game to see the delete as the "move forward command" whatever i do i cannot map any of the extra keys into the game control.

I have tried hitting the the correspnding key on the keyboard, and also messing with the game keyboard config files but with no joy.

any suggestions?

Sith

I have just bought one of these. Love it already. Shame it isn't a little larger. I have big hands and find smaller mice give me hand cramp.

Regards to the game problem download the latest Mouseware from Logitech.

ptholt

will be interested to hear how you get on with it, i have the one before the mx without a docker and my only complaint is that sometimes it 'looses' the mouse when it and the cordless keyboard swap channels for no reason???!!!

also as my pc is on 24/7 im using a pack of batteries a week!

mj

PT,

don't know if your referring to me or not, however I have the latest mouseware now and will try the mouse with games later today and let you know.

BTW mate , you remember that debenhams gift voucher I had of you?

just weighed it in this week for a microlight flight for my dad's birthday. In the end there was nothing in the booklet that I really wanted to do so I contacted them with a view to putting it toward a decent days racing, but they would not let me -cheeky barstewards.

DazV

Pete is correct when he talks about a delay/lag - BUT this is with the previous cordless mice Logitech do. They run at about 48Hz refresh on average and do suffer a log problem. Avoid those, BUT...

The MX700, which I have, is superb, refreshing at 130Hz. It nails the Microsoft Bluetooth mouse too, plus its rechargeable.

ptholt

I dont get any lag as such on mine cordless desktop pro thing (keyboard and mouse) but after prolonged use normally in a game it suddenly looses the connection to the mouse and you cant get it back without rebooting and unplugging usb cables etc.

Mr Footlong

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Pete, doesn't happen with this model and trust me, it will completely and utterly nail your mouse mate . BTW, the refresh rate is 125hz, but close enough

I am stuck at this geekfest LAN party this weekend (Over 1100 Players!) and combined with one of the new Everglide optical mouse pads, it is soooo nice. The everglide is so smooth that it compensates for the additional weight of the MX-700, making it feel far more lightweight and even more accurate

Hehe, our clan came second in the BF1942 tourney, going out to the LAN hosts who are the best clan in the country at our game and my new rig/me is being featured in PC Format magazine. Ooooh the gheyness of it all

Cheers,

Nick

[Edited by Mr Footlong - 3/16/2003 9:22:00 AM]

ptholt

well im not upgrading mine till they do the keyboard and mouse bundle, as mine is the cordless desktop pro so only comes with one receiver for keyboard and the mouse and seems a little silly to leave a rather nice cordless optical mouseman redundant just to cure two little faults that occur every now and then.

This is the cordless pack i have -
here

and some other peeps having probs here

[Edited by ptholt - 3/16/2003 10:48:53 AM]

Dream Weaver

Actually bought one a couple of weeks ago and its great, for both work and games.

My only gripe is that the wheel isn't as smooth as the Microsoft mouse, but I will get used to it.

The cruise control buttons are very cool

P1 Enthusiast

Hah, will have to buy PC Format then just to see Footlong's ugly touche!

Mr Footlong

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I know, I cannot stand photos! In our clan photo at the award ceremony malarkey I look like a serial killer!

ptholt

nowt new there then

Mr Footlong

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Now now, enough of that you little northern sumo lookalike

P1 Enthusiast

Defo buying it now lol!

Odds on Footlong looking like a serial killer / child molesting priest / gay popstar anyone?

ptholt

ooo its a toughie but ill have a fiver each way on the priest or the gay popstar please.

someone say jimmy sommerville???

Mr Footlong

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Ignore the penfold, that was merely our group feelings towards another clan member, so we added that just for him.

Awful photo, guess who I am? LOL

Dream Weaver

Evil bald man on the right, or icy cold stare dude with glasses second left

Mr Footlong

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Evil Bald Man

Dream Weaver

And not a pony tail in sight

P1 Enthusiast

He was never gonna be the young guy on the left was he

I just think its quite fitting i noticed the bar sign in the picture and worked out he would be as close to the bar as possible :O

P.S. I vote he looks most like a dodgy priest !

[Edited by P1 Enthusiast - 3/17/2003 5:36:08 PM]