Logitech G5 and G7 Gaming Mouse Review

Brian Ambrozy 12 Nov, 2005 at 4:47pm ET Article published in Tech

Comments

1. 
   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:01pm shwaip Did you find that only having one thumb button on the mouse was a major downside? One of the things that has stopped my friends and I from buying one of these is only having one thumb button.
   
   one note:
   PTFE is teflon.
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:01pm Shorty Sweet
   
   Wouldn't mind a G5, looks & sounds good
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:03pm primesuspect With the Setpoint software, you can configure the "left/right" scroll button to be keystrokes or whatever, so actually there are five configurable buttons if you give up the on-the-fly accuracy settings. So, thumb button, scroll left, scroll right, sens. up, and sens. down can all be reprogrammed.
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:08pm Shorty Does the setpoint translate over to the MX1000 mouse..? Was it a straight plugin/plugout?
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:10pm primesuspect I don't know, to be honest. My MX1000 is on a different machine. This is my first install of Setpoint.
   
   The sensitivity adjustments do not depend on the setpoint software. You can still use them as they are hardware rather than driver based, even without installing the 33mb setpoint package.
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:23pm QCH Nice review!!!
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:33pm Trogan The G5 looks good but too much money to spend just on a mouse.
   
   
   As Q said, nice Review prime
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   12 Nov 2005 ~ 5:47pm primesuspect That's what a lot of people think (price), but honestly, the G5 is worth it. If you do any work in photoshop, $70 isn't much to spend on a high quality input device.
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   15 Nov 2005 ~ 10:24am TheSmJ I agree. Once you start using a high quality pointing device (such as the G5 or G7), you'll never want to go back to "plain" 2-button mice.
10. 
    15 Nov 2005 ~ 2:56pm Gobbles Good review.
    
    As for it being a gaming mouse. I need more buttons then that. My 510 has what 8 buttons and I have them all bound in every game. I think the G5 would be awesome if they included all the buttons from the 510 - 1000 series mice.
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    15 Nov 2005 ~ 2:57pm profdlp Great review, prime. I've been getting by with a mundane two-button mouse since my old one started having sticky button problems, the G5 is going on my Christmas wish list.
12. 
    17 Mar 2006 ~ 10:08am primesuspect Four month checkup:
    
    I still love the G5. I still feel that it is the best mouse I've ever used.
    
    However, the braided cord? --> Cats LOVE to chew on it
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    17 Mar 2006 ~ 10:41am lemonlime I've been tempted to pick up the G5, but bought the G15 gaming keyboard instead.. I think they would complement eachother nicely though
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    17 Mar 2006 ~ 11:01am Atticus Ahh they look great together. I bought a G5 just after christmas based on prime's article, which is great btw, and i love it. I bought the G15 about a week later and i can't keep my hands off it. The pair look fantastic together and work great.
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    17 Mar 2006 ~ 11:16am lemonlime

    Atticus wrote:

    Ahh they look great together. I bought a G5 just after christmas based on prime's article, which is great btw, and i love it. I bought the G15 about a week later and i can't keep my hands off it. The pair look fantastic together and work great.

    
    I really love my G15 too, I have been using ~$30 logitech keyboards for years, and I didn't know what I was missing all this time