I normally don’t review stuff, but here goes.
Let me start by saying I’m not an expert in electronics, computers and what-not so if I get terms right, take that into consideration. I know enough to get the job done. Plus I can type over 100 words a minute, can you?
So my old Logitech mouse finally died on me (Best mouse ever, forget what it was called though) and since it was a keyboard/mouse wireless combo I figured I’d do the same again. So I also had to dump my old keyboard. So I bring home a MX5000 - cost me about $100 or so at Best Buy. It has Bluetooth, which I guess is some sort of wireless setup, so I don’t need cables to use any of the stuff. That’s pretty cool, my old system was wireless as well but not Bluetooth, so I don’t see the big deal about Bluetooth.
The keyboard has an LED panel on top so I can who I am (in case I forget my name), what time it is (since that’s never displayed on your computer), the date (again, that’s never displayed on your computer), and the temperature. It also shows me what keys are pressed (shift lock, caps locks, f-lock, etc). It also has a calculator. What’s the problem here? From what I can tell (and I hate manuals, so I didn’t read it), the LED panel doesn’t actually light up, so if you know 10-key (which I do) you cannot use the calculator from a comfortable data entry position and read your result. It also has a function list for music and stuff too. But I use this at work, so I don’t need it.
It also has a clever volume control off to the left of the keyboard to let you adjust your sound settings really easy. That’s nice. Next to it is this little annoying zoom function that I cannot stand. It is so darned sensitive, that if you touch it, your monitor zooms in like 200% somewhere on the screen. You have to zoom back out to fix it. Sure its easy, but if you use proper typing style, you’ll end up hitting it quite by accident, especially if you are typing numbers from the top row and not the 10 key pad. The volume switcher isn’t nearly this sensitive. And there is no perceivable way to turn it off either, without also turning off the volume control function.
Finally, the Bluetooth is convenient, easy to setup, but maybe it’s me, but it seems to lose conncetion for a second or two every once in a while, then reconnect again all by itself. Weird. My other wireless setup never did that, nor does my wireless mouse at home. I’d go mental if my wireless internet did it to me as often. This is my first Bluetooth product ever, so I now have this annoying Bluetooth icon on my desktop that I cannot get rid of (it won’t delete) and serves no everyday use to me at all. And I love a clean desktop too, so I find it very frustrating.
The keyboard does have a nice tactile feel to it, so you know what buttons you are pressing and all the main keys are in their proper places. The mouse, overall is quite nice, very nicely formed to my hand so I like it. A few too many buttons on it for scrolling and document flipping (does anyone really use those things), but its a keeper.
All-in-all, this is a nice system with some -really- annoying features. Whomever dreamed up the zoom function on the keyboard needs to be kicked in the nuts - there I said it. I feel much better now. I wish my previous mouse didn’t die on me though, I still miss that little guy.
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