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Mice...Moose?
nstgc:
I owned a G5, loved it, then I bought a G500 love it more.
bloody000:
G500 if you don't mind the lift-off distance. I never lift my mouse when I move it, no idea why anyone would do such a ridiculous thing.
G400 is an updated MX518 but the wheel still sucks.
iindigo:
Be wary of the G400. Despite being the successor of the vaunted MX518, it's made MUCH more cheaply than the MX518 and isn't worth much more than a crappy $15 mouse.
The G500, I've found, is very solid. Feels really well-built and has some heft to it - nothing like the hollow plastic shell mice you find around the $15 mark. That, along with better sensors and more buttons, is the advantage given by a higher-end mouse. It's kinda like driving a BMW after driving a Ford Focus - they'll both get you from point A to point B, but you'll never want to drive that comparatively junky Focus again after driving the BMW.
Sosseres:
--- Quote from: i_am_otep on November 03, 2011, 06:39:14 AM ---Cord issues, huh... just get a wireless one?
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Well by the time the cord is an issue something else has already broken on it. At least that has been my experience. Why would I get a cordless mouse? Worse response time, higher minimum weight (batteries) and having to swap batteries. Some models seem to have a very long battery life, yet I would still get upset about it going out when I forgot to charge it.
itemno23886:
--- Quote from: iindigo on November 03, 2011, 02:21:39 PM ---Be wary of the G400. Despite being the successor of the vaunted MX518, it's made MUCH more cheaply than the MX518 and isn't worth much more than a crappy $15 mouse.
The G500, I've found, is very solid. Feels really well-built and has some heft to it - nothing like the hollow plastic shell mice you find around the $15 mark. That, along with better sensors and more buttons, is the advantage given by a higher-end mouse. It's kinda like driving a BMW after driving a Ford Focus - they'll both get you from point A to point B, but you'll never want to drive that comparatively junky Focus again after driving the BMW.
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I know it's off-topic, but Ford Taurus is worse. You can get that 2-3 years old at dealer auction for less than $3K, sometimes $1K. A car to get you from your mother in-law's house to the unemployment office, and back.
On topic: MK700 does have back and forward buttons on the mouse, not that I use them. Is also a clear laser rather than glowing red optical, 848nm supposedly. So far its still on the first set of batteries it came with like 10 months in, so i don't believe it'll be an issue unless you don't have enough money to buy two AA alkaline batteries a year. I can't seem to trick it with quick jerky movements or using it raised above the mouse pad, either, but it doesn't respond past 1/8in off the mouse pad.
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