Tiny Receiver

I predominantly use this mouse because it is a laser mouse, because it looks like the Delta Flyer and because its pretty. If I’m honest i saw the chance to change my mouse for very little and felt it was worth the effort. My previously mentioned colleague Joe had terrible luck with the Logitech MX1100. So now that this new “goddess” has walked into my life i said goodbye to the MX1100 and hello to the Performance MX.

To date, running about a week on a single purchase charge of the battery the mouse is still going. A quick check of the logitech software, which i love, and I’m told that the battery is “low”. Pity really as i plan on playing some more Modern Warfare 2, buying X-Mas presents and general server messing with tonight. However as i speak i have plugged in the extremely handy USB cable and hey presto it’s charging and more importantly still working as i use it. I think Logitech copped something. Cradled mice need to have the PC on in order to charge them, the charge is slow and .. annoying. You cannot even use the mouse while its charging. Also what’s the point in docking the mouse when you turn off your PC for the night?

So it seems that they copied the XBOX 360 method, charge as you play. If this mouse’ battery runs out it will simply become a corded mouse, never a non functioning one. Quite like the humble escalator, it doesn’t break it becomes a staircase.

The unifying receiver is a welcome bonus, however i have no Logitech Keyboard, pointer or otherwise capable device to connect with. The size of the damned thing still impresses me as i look at these photo’s. It is simply astonishing and the amount of USB Dongle problems that a slim and tiny (almost flush) USB receiver can solve by existing.

The Receiver is Unifying or Tiny take your pick

It’s comfortable, its large which is frankly great for me as i have big hands/long fingers. I found the MX1100 to be stumpy and stiff in comparison. Overall comfort is great and the mouse works perfectly on my worn wooden desk. Distance has not been an issue, however if you use the mouse for a Media Center setup then you may require more distance than your standard PC desk. Logitech even provide a USB extender cable for just that with a slightly stylish design so you won’t feel too put out be the trailing cable.

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It stole my evening!

No server work or nothing done just COD:MW2. Although i have been trying unsuccessfully to fix my XBOX 360 while attempting to watercool it. I guess i should do 1 at a time. Also my new mouse finally arrived in Komplett and was shipped yesterday so i’m hoping to get in tomorrow, if not it will be Thursday. Expect a glowing review. SSD’s wont be in until Thursday so midweek is a cracking failure so far.

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As per my rant yesterday i decided to continue searching for an awesome mouse.
My field was limited to Logitech (I’m still hopeful) and i came across the Logitech MX Performace, and yes its really this sexy…

Works out at around €120 including shipping from Komplett.ie but they aren’t due in until Friday. This has forced me to look elsewhere, dabs.ie don’t have priority shipping so that could take 3-5 days. Nothing on overclock.co.uk and as i said yesterday I’m ditching overclockers.co.uk.

Peats.com have them on their site for 99 Euro but as always have none in stock. This mouse had better be worth the wait!

Peats.com won’t have them until Friday evening at 3pm earliest. Some other local checks reveal that dixons are becoming currys who don’t seem to have a store in Tallaght (lol). Maplins are useless. This has brought on why i shop online and have to deal with stupid couriers and false delivery dates. I want to walk into a shop today this evening and buy this mouse but there’s nowhere to go. The same thing happened when i wanted to buy an ATI 4890 Gfx Card. Nowhere in this country has them. So I’m justified Mr Cowen is shopping abroad, because our consumer “IT” suppliers are useless.

Back to the specs of the mouse you may like this

And don’t try to tell me that this mouse does not look like “The Delta Flyer” from ST: Voyager.

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So it seems that according to Overclockers UK i am “extremely unlucky”.
Let me begin this saga back on the 28 of September.

I got 2 demo mice from HP in work> Needless to say i tried it out and was extremely impressed as was my colleague Joe.

HP Laser Demo Mouse

As this mouse was a demo i naturally had to go and purchase one for myself, Joe tagged along and wanted one too.
Some quick looking around pointed to Logitech still being on top form for Mice.
Some more reading and it seemed the MX 1100 was the perfect mouse for me.

Logitech Mx1100

Having purchased a 4890 Gfx Card from Overclockers.co.uk only 3 weeks before this i decided to purchase 2 of these mice from them.
2 Days later DPD deliver the mice and the Saga begins.

Only 1 of these mice worked. Yes i tried plugging it out and back in, tried a new PC, tried everything i could think of. Nada.
Unlike other wireless mice there is no “sync button” to help out. So an RMA was requested and approved for the mouse on the 30th of September.
Once delivered it was processed quickly and a second mouse sent on its way.

The Logitech strikes back, busted, again. At this point i should explain that when i received the 2 mice i gave Joe the good one (little did i know) and afterwards he gave it to me saying he would wait for the replacement, a decision i think he is regretting now.

Another RMA and another postage paid €7.50. 2 weeks later the mouse is still being processed. A call to overclockers reveals that they are “extremely busy”. 2 Days later  they agree to replace it. Testing a mouse isn’t really hard. You just plug it in and if it doesn’t work then its clearly broken.

More time passes and we receive the new mouse and did it work??
No. Another faulty mouse. That’s the 3rd so far. I begin to complain, and google this model of mouse. Turns out this isn’t news. One person received 3 dead mice and then got a refund and bought one in a local computer store where he made the staff plug it into a PC first.

So joe being placid had decided to give it one last try and send it back. RMA, print, postage $7.50, delay and bingo a new mouse.
Busted. Yes that’s 4. How the hell can a person receive 4 faulty mice in a ROW? I must point out that i have the original mouse here and that still works on this PC and the 3 others that we tried.

So my advice to you is to not go near an MX1100 unless you can see it working first.
I’m giving Joe my MX1100 tomorrow and I’m going back to Komplett.ie for purchases and getting me a new mouse.

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