Logitech's laser MX1000 mouse review

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John Doe

After owning this mouse for many months, having done significant
research before buying it, this is my impression.

After upgrading from a cordless ball mouse to the MX1000, it's not
thrilling but it's fine. Seems to me that all of the emphatic
arguments pro and con are misleading. Cordlessness is so useful to
me that working with the receiver position/setup is no problem.

There is some hesitation before initial movement if you leave the
mouse idle for a long time. The LEDs switch off after five or 10
seconds. Apparently the radio transmission sleep state does not kick
in until later, after that is when movement hesitation will occur. I
didn't notice any hesitation while playing days worth of Age of
Empires (which is mouse intensive). I would not realize the benefit
of including two battery packs and disabling the sleep mode in their
newer "gaming grade" version.

Something I find (pleasant but) difficult to get used to is the fact
that when the mouse is stopped and I only want to move a tiny amount
left or right, there is no need to get the ball rolling. In other
words, like with any optical mouse, slight movement no matter how
slow is going to produce the appropriate pointer movement. That's
good, as it should be with any optical mouse.
 
I love my MX 1000 :)

Though i will be getting the G7 for my new gaming PC. The mx1000 will
be use don my HTPC.

I was a tiny bit worried about the lag. But i dont notice anything. It
shuts off after abour 4 seconds but when iam playing a game it genraly
is movied before it shutsoff.

I just finished call of Duty 2 and its great playing a FPS like that.
Quake 4 before that :)

Though i suspect the G7 or G5 Corded will be even better. Response
wise. I hope it has power saving as well. Atleast turnonable. I don't
mind the mosue swirching off. But from what i read i dont think so in
the reviews.

My review was better :p
 
Alyssa said:
I was a tiny bit worried about the lag. But i dont notice
anything. It shuts off after abour 4 seconds but when iam playing
a game it genraly is movied before it shutsoff... I don't
mind the mosue swirching off.
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As I wrote, only the LEDs shut off at first. You could have tested
that easily.

.... take your hand off of the mouse
.... look at the mouse
.... wait for the LEDs to turn off
.... look at the pointer
.... tap the mouse with your hand
.... notice there is no hesitation

But there is significant hesitation after the MX1000 has been
stationary for a long time (clearly longer than it takes for the
LEDs to turn off).
 
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