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Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse

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Brand: Logitech
Category: CE

List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $63.00
You Save: $36.99 (37%)



New (58) Used (6) Refurbished (4) from $33.98

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 413 reviews
Sales Rank: 179

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: 814227012292
EAN: 0840356750347
ASIN: B000HCT12O

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Logitech MX Revolution scrolls through long documents at lightning quick speeds with the nearly frictionless alloy scroll wheel. Shift to precise click-to-click scrolling to navigate lists, slides and image collections. A high-resolution sensor inside this mouse makes it the most sensitive, highest performance mouse on the market. The precision laser tracking works on almost any surface. The Logitech MX Revolution uses advanced technology to detect your current application and automatically apply the scrolling mode that best fits the task at hand. Two conveniently located side buttons let you easily move forward and back through pages on the Internet. The mouse also moves seamlessly between documents. It's never been easier to cut and paste between applications, compare documents or check email. Highlight a word or phrase and click the Search button to display results from a search engine immediately. Have full-speed USB wireless technology with a simple plug and play interface. System requirements - Windows 95, 98, 2000, Me, NT 4.0, XP, Mac OS 8.6 or later, available USB port, CD-ROM drive (for MouseWare software installation) Package Includes - Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse / Recharging station / AC power cord / USB micro-receiver Logitech SetPoint software CD / User's guide / Manufacturer's 3-year limited warranty

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.

Hyper-fast scrolling
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



Customer Reviews:   Read 408 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse   October 2, 2008
Great mouse. I had to make a call to the Logitech help desk to get the software installed without error, but now it is working the way it is supposed to. Most highly featured and advanced mouse I have ever seen or used and very glad I bought it. I haven't had any battery problems as some report, but I charge it every 4 or 5 days. I expecially like the scroll wheel function of being changable between click mode and free spinning mode. Highly recommended!


5 out of 5 stars Well worth the price.   September 29, 2008
This mouse rules. Couple it with a large mouse pad and you've got a winner. You don't realize how aggravating using a regular mouse with a small pad is until you get something like this. Preset buttons are great and the scroll wheel is the best part of the mouse.


1 out of 5 stars junk   September 26, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I've been swearing-by Logitech for a LONG time -
The MX-Revolution hardware and software is junk.
With my machine on the floor beside my desk, and receiver plugged into the back of the PC, the RF won't communicate _all the way_ up to my desktop. I have to put the receiver on a USB extension cord.
I never figured-out how to hack Microsoft mice for the functions I needed on mouse buttons (escape), so I was looking-forward to programming the MX-R buttons for AutoCAD (which was easy, but created a huge per-application configuration MESS in their UI).
The Logitech software creates response lags for the interrupts -- time-slicing. This is IMPOSSIBLE to deal with - if you've Ever played games or drawn CAD you know what I mean. So when I do use it, I don't load the Logitech software handlers, which is a Large part of the functionality of the product.
I'm using my default Dell wired optical mouse and the MX-R is in it's stand on the credenza behind me, and has been for days.
I'm going to try another Logitech mouse, but just one more.
I could NOT be more disappointed.



1 out of 5 stars STAY AWAY from this mouse   September 19, 2008
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I WAS a Logitech fan. After many years of using one of its firts cordless optical mouse with no problem at all, I decided to buy the "best" Logitech mouse available and bought this one. The LAG/FREEZE problem many people have spoken of is TRUE. I am running my mouse in a Dell Dual Core PC with Vista Windows Ultimate and the PC is right next to me so it is not that the PC is away from the mouse. The lag/freeze issue is unbearable and I can not accept it in a product this expensive and made by such a great (?) company as Logitech. So after one year using it with the same problem I just throw it to the garbage and bought a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 that has been working flawlessly. Oh, one more thing, the issue about the POOR DURATION of the battery is also true.


4 out of 5 stars Caused wrist problems - otherwise awesome   September 18, 2008
Make no mistake, this is a very nice mouse. I don't even have Windows XP, so I can't install the driver to use most of the features. The thing I love about it is the free-spinning scroll wheel. It is so nice to quickly scroll through a long spreadsheet, document, or web page - you just give it a spin and sit back and watch.

However, I am going to have to get rid of it because it is causing sharp pains in my wrist. I even went to the doctor, fearing it was carpal tunnel. He diagnosed it as tendinitis. I suspect the problem lies in the area of the mouse where you place your thumb. It is curved into the side, which results in your thumb being in a very unnatural position. I have large hands, which may contribute to the problem... I plan to replace it with either an ergonomic mouse or a trackball, but I am definitely going to find something with a free-spinning scroll wheel.


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