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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT MOUSE WHEN USED CORRECTLY, May 11, 2008
I don't usually don't take the time to rate products, but I really like this mouse and noticed that some others had problems with it while others loved it. Here's my bottom line on it:
1) DOES NOT FEEL CHEAPLY MADE -- to the contrary, feels heavier and more substantial than the previous Logitech corded laser mice I have owned; I have used it for 6 months or more and the feet are not coming off or anything like that. So I really don't know what other reviewers are talking about here, unless they are used to some kind of high-end heavy duty mouse or something. Looking at my mouse, it would take an effort to physically take the feet off of it, so I can't understand the "separating feet" comment either.
2) WIRELESS RANGE CAN BE AN ISSUE -- some of the other reviews mention this mouse has "jerky" behaviour. I had the same problem until I moved the USB receiver from my PC tower (which was under the desk) to a USB hub I have on my desktop that is closer to the mouse. So jerkiness is not an inherent problem with this mouse, but you DO need to be able to place the USB receiver module in close enough proximity to the mouse to ensure you don't have this problem.
3) WORKS GREAT WITH WINDOWS XP -- some reviewers had problem using this mouse with one of the MAC operating systems. I can't comment on this, but I had absolutely no problem or trouble using this with Windows XP. Was a seamless process.
4) GREAT PRICE -- I think $39 at Amazon is a great price for what you're getting here. Some of the other cordless mice are over $100, so logically these more expensive mice have to be better/more features in some respects or they are taking you to the cleaners! But this mouse meets all the requirements I have for a mouse.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
great mouse for the money, October 6, 2007
No regrets on this purchase, have a had it a couple weeks after upgrading from a wired, optic mouse. I have Windows Vista and so far no problems with connectivity or access to the mouses functions. I think it's important to note that I actually went to a store that carried most of the mice I was interested in and was able to test them all out for overall performance, quality, comfort etc... this allowed me to actually feel what I was going to purchase (a concept some people don't seem to understand, why buy a mouse online with no idea of how it actually feels for you personally).
After trying the different mice I narrowed it down to Logitechs and eventually I decided to go with the mx620 over the revolution. Both felt very comfortable, but I actually found the 620 to be more comfortable overall (for me personally). Although the 620 doesn't have the rechargeable battery, thumb wheel, or the neat auto-shifting wheel gear of the mx revolution it does hold a charge for a much longer period of time (lower maintenance), it has thumb buttons that can serve a similar purpose to the wheel, and so far I still prefer the click to click style thumb-wheel anyway, as I personally am rarely scrolling through massive documents. Also, for me personally, if I am worried about work-flow and speed I'm usually using my wacom tablet instead of a mouse. Tablets allow for much faster point and click or ink and paint as well as giving the user a much more fine touch in general, they just take a while to master. This fact made the extra functions on the mx revolution less appealing to me. As far as other complaints on this mouse from previous reviews I would say what I said before; go to the store, try out some mice (or anything else that requires constant interaction for that matter), and talk to a knowledgeable sales clerk about any possible downsides, such as problems with a certain OS. This should make your decision much more obvious in general. Laser will feel different than optic also, it took me a while to get used to it, but now I prefer the laser.
I will say, however, that this mouse might not be for everyone. As with any mice that are different from what you previously used, it will take some getting used to. After using optic for so long the reaction times felt odd with the laser mouse, but after a week or so I came to prefer it. The thumb wheel's click to click function has much less resistance than your typical mouse. Once again, this felt odd at first but I now prefer it's smoothness and it feels like it strains my hand/wrist less. It allows me to scroll faster when I want, just takes more of a fine touch for slow, accurate scrolling than what I was used to. The little search button to the left of the left mouse button is kind of silly (though i found it makes a handy quick spell checker if you have a fast enough connection. just highlight the word in question then click with the little search button and your search engine will let you know if you miss-spelled it or not), but you can reset it to many different useful functions so who cares?
Bottom line >>> Good mouse for the price. I use it much more for general computer use and for programs like photoshop, aftereffects, video editing, and maya than i do for gaming, but it still works just fine for casual the casual gamer. Each button (except standard left and right) is reprogrammable and the logitech software allows for fine tuning of speeds, acceleration, etc. This mouse also had the weight, balance, comfort/ergonomics that I was looking for. I repeat; I only knew this buy going and trying them out for myself. There is no one mouse to rule them all, as everyone has different shape and size hands/wrists/fingers as well as different personal needs. So go out and try it on before you buy (just don't let the sales people at the store know that you don't plan on actually buying from them, duh).
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best mice for Mac I have found, April 14, 2008
This is one of the best mice I have found to work well on Mac.
I've been using Mac now for several years after being a lifelong Windows user. I had been using the Apple bluetooth wireless mice and in general I liked them, but after a while they would start acting up. It would become very difficult to right-click or the scroll ball would get dirty and start sticking. The dirty scroll ball is easy to fix (just clean it) but the right-click issue would really become a problem. I ended up going through probably 4 or 5 of these mice before I decided to ditch it and try something else.
I then did some research online and ended up buying quite a few more mice. The first was a Microsoft bluetooth mouse. It took a bit of "hacking" to get it working on Mac but eventually it paired up but I didn't like the performance at all. It was very laggy and unprecise.
After more research, I then ordered the bluetooth mouse from Razer. Razer is very well known as the makers of some of the best mice for gaming. Very precise and accurate. But, they are a bit expensive. I ended up ordering two of these based on the great reviews (one for my Mac Pro and one for my laptop). These turned out to indeed be very precise and accurate but they had an irritating trait. If you let it sit still for just a couple seconds (and I mean only 2 or 3 here), when i went to move it again it would have a slight delay in responding and thus the mouse pointer would end up jumping. I found this extremely annoying and made it very difficult to use. I contacted Razer about this and after a few email exchanges and testing on different computers (I tried on a total of 6 different Macs all with the same experience), they told me this was due to it going into a "power saving" mode to make the batteries last longer. I told them this was ridiculous and this should only happen maybe after a couple minutes of sitting still. Not just a couple seconds. They told me they'd bring this up with their engineers.
I then decided to give up on bluetooth as nobody seems to make bluetooth mouse that responds well with the exception of Apple but their mice have different issues.
So, I then tried a Microsoft wireless mouse that uses a USB dongle instead of bluetooh for wireless communication. This mouse turned out to also have bad delay problems.
So, finally I decided to give Logitech a try and ordered this mouse (MX620) from Amazon. The same day I also ended up going to a local big box store and picked up the Logitech VX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks as it was on sale. The VX Revolution is very similar to this mouse but it is marketed as a "notebook" mouse and is thus a bit smaller. I figured I'd use the VX for my laptop.
So, I tried them both. First I tried this mouse from Amazon and it worked great! Very responsive and accurate. No delays. No lag. It was just perfect. I was so relieved to have finally found a decent Mac mouse!
I then decided to try the VX Revolution and it worked just as well as this one (MX620). But, I liked it a bit better due to the "feet" on it. They are made out of some kind of very slippery material and it glided much smoother over my hard plastic Everglide mouse pad. The MX620 has feet that aren't quite as "slippery" and thus takes a bit more effort to get it to start moving. The result ended up being that the VX was better for making very small movements.
So, I love both the MX620 and the VX Revolution mice. They are both excellent mice for Mac users out there. They also make an Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse which also sounds great (same slippery feet as the VX Revo but is a full size mouse). But, I didn't want to give it a try as it is rechargeable and thus requires a charging base to be on your desk and you have to remember to keep putting the mouse back in the charger. For me, I didn't want the extra desk clutter and yet another power brick to deal with. I'd rather have a mouse that uses normal batteries which these two mice do.
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