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Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $59.98
You Save: $40.01 (40%)
New (64) Used (4) Refurbished (5) from $34.87
Rating:  405 reviews
Sales Rank: 103
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 9.5 x 4
nv:Device Type: Mouse
Connection Type: Cordless
Tracking Method: Laser
Buttons: 7
Vertical Scroll: Yes
Power Supply Type: Power Via Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery
Special Features: 2 Thumb Buttons
Special Features: Rechargeable
Special Features: Document Quick-Flip Button
Special Features: Search Button
Frequency: 2.4GHz
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: 931689-0403
Model: 931689-0403
UPC: 097855039385
EAN: 0840356750347
ASIN: B000HCT12O
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new in the sealed box, shipped as priority mail.
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| Features:
| • | MicroGear Precision scroll wheel operates in two distinct modes, allowing you to scroll faster and with more precision than ever before | | • | SmartShift technology automatically applies the best scrolling mode for the application you're using | | • | Document quick flip lets you move effortlessly between documents and applications | | • | Integrated search button connects instantly to your preferred search engine | | • | Precise laser technology and a rechargeable battery |
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Product Description
Logitech is an international market leader in human interface devices and software that link people to digital information and the Internet and enable them to work, play, learn and communicate more effectively in the digital world. The company's products combine essential core technologies, continuing innovation, award-winning industrial design and excellent price performance.
Amazon.com Review
Mice have come a long way since the early days of the Macintosh, with its innovative roller-balled brick. Fast forward 22 years and meet the Logitech MX Revolution. With innovative scrolling technology, rechargeable batteries, and improvements that make it easier to do common tasks, the MX Revolution is definitely a big step in the right direction. Whether or not this mouse is a revolution is up for debate, as it doesn't completely change the way we interact with our computers like the Macintosh mouse did, but it's clearly an important step in the evolution of one mankind's most indispensable tools. 
Feels good in the hand, and the intelligent scroll wheel is a revelation. | 
Just remember to turn it off. This baby is a power gulper, not a sipper. |
The mouse feels great in small and large hands
| Ergonomics and Design
The first thing you'll notice about the MX Revolution is the distinct shape, which is very reminiscent of a cresting wave. Fortunately, the design does more than look good. The mouse feels great in small and large hands, and the curved channel--which accommodates the thumb nicely--makes it easy to use the document "Quick Flip" dial on the side of the mouse. Above the Quick Flip control you'll find a pair of thin, customizable buttons that by default operate as forward and back controls for Web pages. The top of the mouse houses Logitech's tour de force, the MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel, which dynamically controls the speed and resistance of your scrolling tasks. Side scrolling and a scroll wheel-based button press are also supported. Just behind the scroll wheel sits the quick search button, which pops you into the search engine of your choice. 
The "Quick-Flip" thumb wheel makes it easy to quickly switch between active windows. | All in all, it's a surprisingly simple layout for a device that offers a great deal of functionality. Lefties beware, though. You'll find it awkward to use the quick flip dial that's located in the channel on the left side of the mouse. Although Logitech has designed a small ridge on the right side of the mouse that lefties may find supportive this is obviously a mouse built for righties first. The MicroGear Scroll Wheel
Logitech says that the MicroGear Scroll Wheel "represents the single largest engineering effort ever undertaken by our engineering team," and their hard work shows; the scroll wheel is not only well designed with a smooth, progressive feel, but it is also surprisingly intelligent. Need to quickly scroll through large Web pages and documents? Place the scroll wheel in "freewheel" mode and give the wheel a quick, frictionless spin. The action feels much like a well-oiled roller-ball and offers blazing speed. Need slow scrolling for browsing photo libraries or spreadsheets? Switch to ratchet mode for precise movement. The included SetPoint software can automatically switch modes--a feature called SmartShift--or you can switch modes manually with a light press on the scroll wheel that shifts "gears." A note for Mac users: The Mac version of the MX Revolution Software does not appear to support SmartShift.
The action feels much like a well-oiled roller-ball and offers blazing speed
| Quick Flip and Fingertip Search
Two other nifty functions make the MX Revolution a great tool for productivity freaks and power users. The included software installs an application switcher that is linked to the mouse's thumb wheel, an action called "Quick-Flipping." Clicking the thumb wheel brings up a window listing all currently active application windows. Rotating the wheel and then pressing it again when you've reached your selection brings up the window of your choice. The Fingertip Search, which relies on a small button just behind the scroll wheel, allows you to input any copied text into the search engine of your choice. For OS X users, the action brings up a Spotlight search window. Connection and Power
Connecting the MX Revolution couldn't be easier. The included wireless USB dongle was immediately recognized by Windows and Mac machines, and after switching on the power switch on the base of the mouse, we were mousing almost instantaneously. Wireless mice are often a pain when it comes to battery life and replacement. The Revolution MX solves one of these problems by integrating a rechargeable battery. The included charging stand is simple and stylish, although it requires wall power--no USB charging. You'll be using the stand a lot, as we couldn't squeeze much more than a day's work out of the mouse before the low battery indicator appeared. The mouse does not appear to have a sleep mode when it's not active (or when folks inevitably forget to turn it off), a notable omission from a device that is otherwise a home run--as long as you're a right hander. Pros
- Great ergonomics
- MicroGear scroll wheel and fast application switching
- Nifty charging stand
Cons
- Mac support not on par with Windows
- Poor battery life
- Don't bother if you're a lefty
What's in the Box
Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse, recharging station, AC power cord, USB micro-receiver, Logitech SetPoint software CD, user's guide, and three-year limited warranty.
Amazon.com Product Description
Worlds most advanced mouse.
Smarter, faster, and fully-loaded, the MX Revolution gives you powerful new controls that will streamline the way you work. Logitechs innovative MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel lets you fly through long documents at hyperspeed, or switch to precise click-to-click scrolling for navigating lists, slides, and image collections. Toggle between open documents with the convenient Quick-Flip thumb wheel, or search the Web by highlighting a word or phrase and pressing the Search button. New, revolutionary, hyper-fast scroll wheel A new concept in PC navigation, the MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel operates in two distinct modes, allowing you to scroll faster and with more precision than ever before:
Free-spin mode for hyper-fast, nearly frictionless scrolling. With a single flick, the machined alloy wheel spins for up to seven seconds, scrolling hundreds of pages or thousands of rows. Fly through long documents and instantly stop wherever you want.
Click-to-click mode for detailed navigation. An ultra-precise ratchet-scrolling mechanism allows users to move line-by-line through complex spreadsheets, step through slideshows, or travel small vertical distances in documents or Web pages.
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Fly through long documents at hyperspeed. Shift to precise click-to-click scrolling, to navigate lists, slides, and image collections. | | SmartShift technology
MX Revolution detects your current application and automatically applies the scrolling mode that best fits the task at hand. | | Document quick-flip
Move effortlessly between documents. Cut and paste between applications, compare documents, or check e-mail. | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | Touch to search
Highlight a word or phrase and press the search button to instantly display results from your favorite search engine. | | Rechargeable Li-ion battery
Never worry about replacing batteries. A four-stage battery level meter lets you know when to recharge. | | Cordless Laser
Full-speed USB wireless technology and state-of-the-art laser engine deliver absolute precision and control. |  | | System Requirements PC - Windows XP
- Windows Vista (requires Internet connection)
- Available USB port
- CD-ROM drive
Mac - Mac OSX 10.2.8+
- Available USB port
- CD-ROM drive
- Internet connection
Package Contents - Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
- Recharging station
- AC power cord
- USB micro-receiver
- Logitech SetPoint software CD
- User's guide
- 3-year limited warranty
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| Customer Reviews: Read 400 more reviews...
 Lag/Freeze problems are endemic to this mouse September 7, 2008
You can google "MX revolution problems" and find out, ad nauseum, about the endemic lag/freeze problems with this mouse. I'm sorry I didn't do my homework and burnt $100.
 Fantastic mouse! August 28, 2008
Very expensive for a mouse, but well worth it. I have small hands, and it is one of the most comfortable mice I have used. The absolute best and most frequently used features of this mouse are the back and forward buttons and the scroll wheel. You will have to customize the scrolling options to suit your preferences, but I love the two different types of scrolling. The battery lasts a long time and the charging station is very cool.
 Unreliable parts, works on Linux August 28, 2008
I have this mouse for like 8 months now, and it's worked ok except for two annoyances.
First, you have to fiddle with its position on the cradle so it begins to charge. When I first got it, more than once I left it to charge overnight only to find the next day that it didn't charge at all. So now I always have to make sure the mouse is properly seated and charging. This is oh so annoying.
On the plus side, after all these months, the battery still lasts a long time, like a week or so. And I never turn it off, so that is impressive.
Now, for the past couple of months, the left button has started to act funny, and now, often when I click it, it performs a double-click. Extremely annoying.
You must know I'm not a heavy mouse user, as I use the keyboard a lot, so this issue is surprising.
The only reason I'm going to purchase another of these is that I just love the free-scroll wheel.
Oh, and it works great on Linux. Using btnx you can configure all of its features.
If this mouse was better built it would get 5 stars. Note that it doesn't feel cheap at all, I just say this because of the issues I mention above.
best used as a professional tool, simply outstanding August 24, 2008
No one on here seems to truly understand WHY this mouse is worth every penny. It's not the fancy scrolling, it's not the alt-tabbing thumb wheel, and it's certainly not the auto search option. Quite simply it is the fact that this mouse has more buttons than any other on the market as far as I know of, and they are all easily changed to perform any task you want. Let me run it down the line:
Before I bought this mouse I had used a Microsoft 5-button Intellimouse for years. I loved it and never wanted to change to another mouse. However, this mouse was irresistible for one reason: 11 customizable buttons. ELEVEN BUTTONS! (left click, right click, wheel button left, wheel button middle, wheel button right, search button, back button, forward button, thumb wheel forward, thumb wheel in, thumb wheel back).
These 11 buttons are customizable for any and all of your programs! (For example you could easily set the search button to perform copy in notepad, paste in mspaint, and search in internet explorer). It's perfect for designers, as you can customize mouse click shortcuts for common commands.
The SetPoint software that comes with it is easy to navigate so that you can customize the 11 buttons you have at your disposal to perform clicks, keystrokes, or hotkeys (IE ctrl+c, atl+tab, etc). Please note that there is an "uber-options" third party software available that is better, but if you don't want to get it, it's not a necessity.
I have had no range or battery issues. I use it heavily 8 hours a day at work and 1-2 hours at home, roughly 4 feet away from the USB dongle. It never lags and I charge it once a week.
I disagree with just about all the cons that I see others have had. The battery life is fine, the range is great, I have not once had the cursor skip or lag (and I've used it with games), the software is good, I don't "accidentally" hit buttons, AND it works on my XP workstation and my Vista laptop.
The ONLY complaint I have is that the thumb wheel could have a bit more "sandpaper" grip to it. I have my thumbwheel programmed to toggle ortho, move, and create polygon for AutoCAD, so I use it a lot and it gets slippery.
Other Thoughts: Combined with autohotkey (a freeware hotkey script creator) and to some degree the uber options SetPoint replacement software, this mouse is absolutely indispensable at work if you are a power user who wants to optimize your work time. If you work at a computer 40hrs a week, I'm sure you can come up with at least 5 repetitive keyboard tasks you perform. With this mouse (and an autohotkey script) you could simplify those 5 text strings into button clicks, plus have room for 4 more. (That's a total of 9 programmable strings per program - I'm not counting right and left click).
This mouse is a HUGE potential upgrade for your workstation. Don't doubt it, add it to your cart.
Very comfortable - no horizontal scroll wheel August 23, 2008
I bought this mouse because I thought the side wheel could be configured for horizontal scrolling. I was very disappointed when I discovered it wasn't really a wheel but a button. I do a lot of work with spreadsheets and the sideways motion of the top wheel does not work as well as my previous 2 wheel mouse. The other thing I noticed is when the top wheel is put into non-click mode it tends to pop back into click mode.
On the plus side the mouse is very comfortable and works well on my mouse pad. Lots of features and the docking station is a nice plus.
If I had known the mouse didn't have a horizontal wheel I probably would have just purchased the MX600 which is also a very nice mouse at half the price.
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