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Input Devices
Logitech Cordless MX700 Mouse
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By Joel Shore
February 25,
2004
 Most
people can’t be bothered replacing the mouse that came with their PC.
They think it’s good enough. They’d be wrong.
Logitech’s MX700 mouse is about the coolest you’ll ever use. First,
it’s cordless. That means no more wire to get caught on the keyboard,
or speakers. If you’ve never used a cordless mouse, prepare to be set
free. Second, this baby doesn’t eat a steady diet of AA alkaline
batteries. It’s much better than that: the MX700 is rechargeable. So
forget about buying batteries by the trainload.
So what to do with your old mouse? Hang it from next year’s
Christmas tree as an ornament. That’s about all it’s probably good for
anyway.
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The base unit serves
three purposes. It’s the receiver that connects to the PC and
receives the signals transmitted by the mouse. It’s a handy storage
garage. And its where you place the mouse nightly to recharge its internal
batteries. Each charge cycle lasts for weeks, but park it here
nightly and you’ll never run out of power. |
The MX700 is great on several different
fronts.
First, it’s wireless. If you’ve never
used a cordless mouse before, you have no idea what you’re missing.
The cord on my old mouse used to get tangled, on speakers, underneath
my desk, on stuff I’d have lying beside my monitor, and more. I was
constantly pulling on the stuck cord to free it up and create some
slack. What a pain! And even when the cord wasn’t caught on something,
it just always seemed to be in the way. No more.
Second, is the pleasure of rechargeable
batteries. My first cordless mouse (also from Logitech) ran on two AA
batteries. Even though I was told that they should last for weeks, I
was replacing the batteries weekly. It wasn’t pretty and it was
getting very expensive. That’s not the case with the MX700. As long as
I remember to park it in the recharging station every night, I don’t
run out of power.
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The stylish base
station connects to an available USB port on your PC. With the
included adapter, you can plug it into the round PS/2 mouse port
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Third, is the phenomenal accuracy and response of the MX700.
There’s never any lag between moving the mouse and seeing the cursor
move on the screen. Engineered for advanced precision and
control, the MX700 mouse incorporates
a new benchmark in optical performance called the MX Optical Engine. A
revolutionary 800 dpi sensor captures 5.3 megapixels every second to
give you instant response to even your fastest movements. That’s 800
dots per inch, a significantly higher resolution than the 600 dpi
laser printer you have sitting in your office.
Performance is boosted again with Fast RF
(radio frequency) technology, that gives you the responsiveness of a
corded connection, but without a cord. In other words, there’s no lag
between your hand movement and the corresponding cursor movement on
the screen.
We could go on and on about the advanced technology that Logitech
has built into its cordless MX700 mouse. But do you really care about
any of that? Nah. What’s important is that the MX700 is comfortable,
cordless, accurate, and responsive. Whether you’re Web surfing,
navigating a financial spreadsheet, or playing some cool new game, you
won’t find a better pointing device.< |
