Comments on: Logitech MX1000

By: Travis Bell

Travis Bell — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:25:40 +0000

FYI–

For any of you experiencing problems weird glitchy “jumpy” movement problems, ever since upgrading to Leopard I haven’t noticed the behavior even once.

Give that a go if it’s a problem for you.

Cheers,

By: Online Coupon Codes

Online Coupon Codes — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:25:06 +0000

I think the MX100 is the best! I got mine from http://www.just4deal.com. Ever since I received my MX 1000 I’have been in mouse heaven. Prior to owning this mouse I owned a Microsoft Wireless mouse and experienced many issues. I am very glad that I made the decision to change.

By: seth

seth — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:21:52 +0000

RE: Steve

Which mouse are you talking about doesn’t need to be plugged in to use? I was thinking of getting either that MX5000 set just to get the BT MX1000, or should i just go for the RF MX1000? I agree that I don’t want to have to have that dock plugged into my MBP, it is afterall a laptop that i’m trying to get even more wireless with a new wireless mouse.

Thanks
seth

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:10:39 +0000

Currently testing the MX1000 with Logitech software installed on my MacBook Pro. No problems at all (RF, not BT). I recently purchased a Mighty Mouse and had to send it back because it was jumping all over the screen. I hope a new one will fix the problem, or else i have to buy another MX1000. (Tired of swapping the mouse between my Mac and PC..)

By: Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:41:32 +0000

Buy the way . . . I bought one a couple days ago. I got one at Amazon - $30 discount for getting a credit card, $20 rebate, and regular discount. That bring my price to under $14! I feel illegal!

By: Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:31:41 +0000

Thanks guys,

I had a Macally cordless keyboard and 2 button/scroll mouse. It’s real hard to get by with the plain wireless mouse Apple provides. What is up with THAT??

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:34:04 +0000

Actually you don’t need to plug the power cord in during normal usage, only to recharge the mouse.

I also highly recommend MX1000 users to purchase USB Overdrive, which plays great with the mouse and is much more reliable and customizable (per-application button assignments; horizontal scrolling etc) than Logitech’s terrible drivers.

How did I ever live with a one-button mouse for so many years?

By: vanlandw

vanlandw — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:48:04 +0000

This mouse works great on my G5 iMac. The only thing i dislike is the power cord. I thought the USB cord would be enough but aparently the base needs to be plugged into the wall.

After purchasing the mouse grabbed the most recent logitech software and installed it with no issues. People who use only wired mouses have noticed the response on this mouse to be almost flawless.

With heavy use i charge it once a week while sleeping.

9.5/10 for me just because of the power cord.

By: Avi Flax

Avi Flax — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:22:19 +0000

Mark, the MX1000 - like virtually all mice - will work with any recent Mac without any special software. Just plug and play. Logitech’s software is supposedly good for managing the “special” settings of their advanced mice, but personally I prefer to not install the extra crap, and just use OS X’s built-in preferences.

The OS X Dashboard & Exposé preference pane can detect the extra buttons on your mouse and assign them to various useful functions. I believe some of them also have default mappings in web browsers for back and forward.

Of course, if you do want Logitech’s software, you can always download and install it when it’s released. I’m just pointing out that there’s no reason to wait to buy a new mouse.

By: Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:28:10 +0000

I’m looking at a MX1000. I don’t think they are ready for my intel iMac. I saw on the site something about they would have the software ready soon. Can anyone help me - PLEASE?

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 08:41:58 +0000

Thanks for the advice, Avi! I’ll check it out

By: Avi Flax

Avi Flax — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:30:03 +0000

Jean-Marc, I just followed the standard procedure, and it worked for me. I’m sorry, but I don’t have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the problem. Try searching over at macosxhints.com. Good luck!

By: Jean-Marc

Jean-Marc — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:49:26 +0000

Re. Avi’s comments
I’ve got a Bluetooth MX1000 as part of the MX5000 package and it won’t work at all with my 17″ powerbook. The bluetooth pairing wizard just doesn’t recognize the device, even though I press the “connect” button at the bottom and keep it just a few feet away from the laptop. How did you set up your MX1000?

By: Avi Flax

Avi Flax — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:31:20 +0000

I’ve got the Bluetooth version of the MX-1000 and use it with my 15″ PB at work. It’s really nice. Unfortunately it’s only available as part of the MX-5000 Bluetooth desktop, which includes a BT keyboard and dongle. Even worse, the included keyboard is the only BT keyboard I’ve ever seen that won’t work with my PB. No biggie for me, I just gave it to a co-worker, I really just wanted the mouse anyway.

Still, I’m very happy with the MX-1000, esp. my BT edition.

By: Mark Gilbert

Mark Gilbert — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:37:53 +0000

Nice review, I’m using an MX1000 on my Mac mini. I tried using the Apple bluetooth mouse for a while but just wasn’t as productive as with a multi-button mouse. So I stole the Logitech off my PC which I never use since I got the Mac.
Much better now

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:26:41 +0000

I’m using a new Logitech G5 Laser Mouse, it is very good mouse better than MX1000 and has good features to gamers.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:55:06 +0000

I never knew that laser mice had such a short battery life. I get months of service out of my wireless Microsoft optical mouse.

By: Andy Smith

Andy Smith — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:43:02 +0000

I actually bought an MX1000 today, to replace my Mighty Mouse that was 2 weeks old. I found the Mighty Mouse a pain, because the scroll wheel kept blocking up. So I returned it.

I’ve had no problems with MX1000 so far, and none with it jolting around the screen. I’m just using it with a cheap 99p (around $2) material mouse mat, which has always proved to be the best surface for optical mice.

I love the fact it has so many buttons - I’ve set some to a volume control, two to Cmd+Left/Right (Back and Forward in a browser and most media players), and one to Cmd-Enter - which I use for opening pages in new tabs in Firefox and Safari. I think it’s going to make me very lazy though

One thing I have read in a few reviews, is it works very well with the ‘IceMat’:
https://www.icemat.com/shop/default.asp?main=products
You can buy some ‘PadSurfers’ to the underside of the mouse to make it glide across the pad. It’s damn expensive though.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:55:32 +0000

Rocco, I had a similar problem when I used a mouse pad (which you mentioned you use). It seemed the mouse pad quickly gathered all sorts of tiny little pieces of junk on it and that made the laser inaccurate…so I suggest ditching the mouse pad and seeing how that works.

By: mufoxe

mufoxe — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:40:01 +0000

What annoys me the most is that the mouse don’t charge over USB. Why did they have to include that small power adapter when Apple has shown us what can be done with a single USB cable?

By: Rocco

Rocco — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:55:07 +0000

Well my story isn’t so great. I bought the G5 Quad (yay for me) and a fancy new MX1000 for editing and motion graphics. The first one I bought jumped around the screen irratically, spontaniously at about one minute intervals. Useless. Obviously I returned it and got the same one again, figuring it was faulty. Not so. The new one does exactly the same. Jumps to the top, left of the screen so often it;s rendered useless.

Anyhoo, I did some research and I’ve minimized the jumping, but not completely removed it.

I bought a shiny mouse mat, ensured the dock is plugged into the Mac and not the monitor, downloaded the latest Logitech Control Center software, downloaded something else, restarted etc…

Something’s up. I’ve read a LOT of comments on other sites (Google “jumps” etc with logitech mx 1000 to find some) and apparently Logitech don’t particularly care.

I adore this mouse, I use it at work, but for what ever reason I cannot reach perfection on my new home Quad.

If anyone hears anything similar, it’s be nice to hear it…

By: camson

camson — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:30:46 +0000

Wireless is overated imho..
batteries.. charging… it’s just a pain!

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:11:15 +0000

Why is it that people hate the idea of a dock? If you didn’t have a dock, how would you recharge it? Using normal dodgy rechargeable batteries? In this case, then you’d have to still have a recharger anyway, right? Hmmm. So either way you can’t get rid of power…

By: Ryan J. Bonnell

Ryan J. Bonnell — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:16:33 +0000

The comment above didn’t completely work, but a link the revoew is here: Logitech MX1000 Cordless Laser Mouse Review.

By: Ryan J. Bonnell

Ryan J. Bonnell — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:13:14 +0000

Another excellent review of Logitech’s mouse can be enjoyed at MacZealots.com in their review of the Logitech MX 1000 cordless laser mouse.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:47:22 +0000

Why the scraps on the Mighty Mouse. I bought one about a month ago and think it’s one of the best input devices I’ve used. Haven’t had any glitches and I love the little trackball instead of a scroll wheel. What’s the stink.

the Logitech Mice are pretty sweet. Thanks for the brief review.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:47:56 +0000

To each their own I personally hated the optical Microsoft mouse I had.

By: Jason Terhorst

Jason Terhorst — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:44:45 +0000

Personally, I think a laser mouse would be overkill. I can do my work in Photoshop with my cheap optical mouse from Microsoft. It was one of the first ones they made, still works great. Even though it scares me to say that about a M$ product. The lesson learned: Microsoft periphrials, but not software.