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Logitech makes such amazing input devices... Got the G15 keyboard and the G5 laser mouse, and they're both top notch.... Granted, I'd like it if the G5 came in a left-handed version, but it's still great. Interestingly, my headset and my two cams are both Logitech too... Great company.
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I've never liked any of the Logitech mice I've used. The MS mice I've had have always just worked. Every Logitech optical mouse I've used (all 4 of them) periodically starts lagging and ignoring input like a filthy ball mouse that's had its spinner rods ground down by accumulated grime. Flipping it over for a few seconds fixes the problem (occasionally takes a few tries); but it never seems to get better if left on the desktop surface. I was jumping for joy when MS announced, a few months after Logitech, that it was going to make a lefty egro mouse too. Then a few months after the Logitech one came out MS scrapped it.
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I've never liked any of the Logitech mice I've used. The MS mice I've had have always just worked. Every Logitech optical mouse I've used (all 4 of them) periodically starts lagging and ignoring input like a filthy ball mouse that's had its spinner rods ground down by accumulated grime. Flipping it over for a few seconds fixes the problem (occasionally takes a few tries); but it never seems to get better if left on the desktop surface. I was jumping for joy when MS announced, a few months after Logitech, that it was going to make a lefty egro mouse too. Then a few months after the Logitech one came out MS scrapped it.
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Don't get optical mice. Get laser mice. Laser mice are more accurate and work on surfaces that confuse the optical ones... For example, I have a black mouse pad, and my two desktops have a Logitech G5 Laser Mouse and a Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 (Grabbed the MS one as a spare, when I got the new machine and realized all of my old ball mice were broken). The laser mouse works perfectly, 100% of the time. The optical mouse fails every few seconds... Since the desk is black too, I had to tape a piece of white paper on top of the mousepad to get the MS one to work. Oh, and I don't go near wireless mice of any type... They're just not reliable, in my experience.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)
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Don't get optical mice. Get laser mice. Laser mice are more accurate and work on surfaces that confuse the optical ones... For example, I have a black mouse pad, and my two desktops have a Logitech G5 Laser Mouse and a Microsoft Comfort Optical 3000 (Grabbed the MS one as a spare, when I got the new machine and realized all of my old ball mice were broken). The laser mouse works perfectly, 100% of the time. The optical mouse fails every few seconds... Since the desk is black too, I had to tape a piece of white paper on top of the mousepad to get the MS one to work. Oh, and I don't go near wireless mice of any type... They're just not reliable, in my experience.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)
The MX610 is a cordless laser mouse, i have 2 of these (it's the only lefty ergo mouse on the market). The MX310 is a corded optical mouse. The MediaPlay (its predecessor???) is a wireless laser(????) mouse. All 4 fail identically; the type of surface being used doesn't matter (I experimented extensively). That covers both corded, wireless, led, and laser models; the only things they have in common are using logitech hardware internally. The best I can say about the 610's is that they're less glitch prone than their predecessors and niether've followed the MediaPlay into a death spiral of more frequent glitches culminating in failure.
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The MX610 is a cordless laser mouse, i have 2 of these (it's the only lefty ergo mouse on the market). The MX310 is a corded optical mouse. The MediaPlay (its predecessor???) is a wireless laser(????) mouse. All 4 fail identically; the type of surface being used doesn't matter (I experimented extensively). That covers both corded, wireless, led, and laser models; the only things they have in common are using logitech hardware internally. The best I can say about the 610's is that they're less glitch prone than their predecessors and niether've followed the MediaPlay into a death spiral of more frequent glitches culminating in failure.
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Dan Neely wrote:
. That covers both corded, wireless, led, and laser models;
You covered everything EXCEPT a corded, laser mouse, which is what my G5 is. As I said, I don't touch wireless input devices at all anymore, and optical ones are glitchy... Mine is actually slightly right-hand-oriented, but I manage to use it with my left hand anyway. Basically... Wireless gives you inaccuracies from signal degradation and interference... Opticals have a lot of trouble with certain types of surfaces (Don't work on black, and I think they have trouble on reflective). A laser mouse will, I believe, work on anything except a transparent surface, and a wired mouse has no trouble with interference.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)
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Dan Neely wrote:
. That covers both corded, wireless, led, and laser models;
You covered everything EXCEPT a corded, laser mouse, which is what my G5 is. As I said, I don't touch wireless input devices at all anymore, and optical ones are glitchy... Mine is actually slightly right-hand-oriented, but I manage to use it with my left hand anyway. Basically... Wireless gives you inaccuracies from signal degradation and interference... Opticals have a lot of trouble with certain types of surfaces (Don't work on black, and I think they have trouble on reflective). A laser mouse will, I believe, work on anything except a transparent surface, and a wired mouse has no trouble with interference.
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It's the same failure mode. Not two different ones. And good LED mice (eg those made by Microsoft, or even Dell's lowest bidder models) perform flawlessly; it's only when logitech adds their suckware that they become buggy.
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