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I wore through the spacebar on my old set, so I decided to get a new one:
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX5000 Laser Bluetooth
I decided to go with this one based on some past experiences with logitech's gear. They used to have serious issues with their bluetooth drivers, but I have confirmed that those were resolved a few months ago with my diNovio bluetooth setup. This seemed to have the most bells and whistles, and I've noticed that I actually do use them after a while.
Logitech MX1000 Laser Bluetooth edition:
Probably the biggest mouse I've ever used. All five fingers of my fairly large hands rest comfortably on the mouse. On my old mouse (MX700 - not a small mouse), my little finger was left on it's own; having to be suspended or dragged on it's own.
The motion is really, really smooth. It works flawlessly on any surface I've tried it on including clear, clean glass. The buttons are well placed; easy to find yet not in the way of your fingers in their "relaxed" positions. Unlike the MS mice in this range, the lateral movement of the mousewheel is not on a hair-trigger; causing accidental engagement with nasty cansequences. The rechargable base is separate from the USB-based reciever, allowing more freedom of placement.
Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Keyboard
Big. About 3 inches wider and 3 inched deeper than a feature-free generic keyboard. The screen is large and easy to read, displaying usefull information (MP3 info, e-mail info, current temp, whatever) by default, with 3rd-party hacks to display pretty much anything. The meda section on the left is really nice, with backlit buttons and touch-sensative dragstrips for voulume and zoom. Works really well for text size in Firefox. All the "extra" buttons can be completely re-programmed in software to do anything, much more flexible than past software.
The keys are significantly larger than those on it's predicessor (Cordless desktop MX), closer in size to the keys on the diNovio (laptop-style) but have a full-stroke. Throwing off my typing a bit, we'll see how it does.
Range is significant; over 30 feet through several walls and electrical devices with full functionality.
Conclusion:
Expensive and big, but seems to be the "best" when it comes to features. The real winner is the mouse, it's motion and size are both big winners for me.
~D
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX5000 Laser Bluetooth
I decided to go with this one based on some past experiences with logitech's gear. They used to have serious issues with their bluetooth drivers, but I have confirmed that those were resolved a few months ago with my diNovio bluetooth setup. This seemed to have the most bells and whistles, and I've noticed that I actually do use them after a while.
Logitech MX1000 Laser Bluetooth edition:
Probably the biggest mouse I've ever used. All five fingers of my fairly large hands rest comfortably on the mouse. On my old mouse (MX700 - not a small mouse), my little finger was left on it's own; having to be suspended or dragged on it's own.
The motion is really, really smooth. It works flawlessly on any surface I've tried it on including clear, clean glass. The buttons are well placed; easy to find yet not in the way of your fingers in their "relaxed" positions. Unlike the MS mice in this range, the lateral movement of the mousewheel is not on a hair-trigger; causing accidental engagement with nasty cansequences. The rechargable base is separate from the USB-based reciever, allowing more freedom of placement.
Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Keyboard
Big. About 3 inches wider and 3 inched deeper than a feature-free generic keyboard. The screen is large and easy to read, displaying usefull information (MP3 info, e-mail info, current temp, whatever) by default, with 3rd-party hacks to display pretty much anything. The meda section on the left is really nice, with backlit buttons and touch-sensative dragstrips for voulume and zoom. Works really well for text size in Firefox. All the "extra" buttons can be completely re-programmed in software to do anything, much more flexible than past software.
The keys are significantly larger than those on it's predicessor (Cordless desktop MX), closer in size to the keys on the diNovio (laptop-style) but have a full-stroke. Throwing off my typing a bit, we'll see how it does.
Range is significant; over 30 feet through several walls and electrical devices with full functionality.
Conclusion:
Expensive and big, but seems to be the "best" when it comes to features. The real winner is the mouse, it's motion and size are both big winners for me.
~D