I purchased the MX revolution mouse from Logitech about a month ago. It is by far the most impressive mouse I have seen so far. Here are just a few of the features I like best about it.
- It has a perfect shape that fits your hand beautifully. I found it to be very good for my hand when playing games for long periods of time. It is curved around your hand, and gives a lot of ‘clicking room’ to be subject to the user’s preference.
-The Search tool. The MX Revolution has a little button with a magnifying glass on it, when pressed will open your favourite search engine on the web, or the instant search tool inside of Windows Vista or the Spotlight tool inside of Mac OS X. But perhaps the most intuitive feature of this search tool, is that it ill also search for any text you happen to have highlighted at the time, again either within a web search engine of on your local disc.
-The thumb screw. This mouse has a secondary scroll wheel just where you thumb sits, this wheel provides lots of user functionality. Firstly, (By default) it will scroll between windows in flip 3D inside of windows Vista, But this function can be changed to anything you like. Secondly, it can be used to turn the volume up and down, this is what I use and I have found it to be very useful during game play. This scroll wheel has another cool features, which is that it can be ‘pushed’ inwards to provide an even greater range of functionality, I have it set to Mute my computer when pressed. Like I said their are huge customisation options for this scroll wheel, as shown below.
-Rechargeable Battery. Yes, the MX revolution is wireless, but what most wireless mouse’s lack are rechargeable battery’s. It sound like a simple and obvious features, but one that most manufacturers have forgotten. The MX revolution comes with the built-in rechargeable battery, and charging cradle. The mouse just sits in the cradle, and within an hour your ready for 14 days of gaming! The Mouse features a charge indicator on the side, which illuminates when the mouse is active. There is also a tray icon which indicates your charge, and warns you when the charge it getting low.
-Last but most definitely not least, the main scroll wheel. You may think that there isn’t much you can do to a scroll wheel to make it special, but Logitech have done a fantastic job! For starters, the scroll wheel will not just scroll up and down, but also side-to-side. But the most amazing feature of the MX Revolution’s scroll wheel, is what Logitech call ‘Micro-Gear’ technology. This basically is a feature that lets you switch from click-to-click scrolling, to ‘hyper scrolling’. This is basically where you spin the scroll wheel, and it will carry on spinning until you stop it. An absolutely wonderful feature, and one that I could not live without, now that I’ve used it.
This is overall a fantastic mouse, and money well spent.
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