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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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PTFE is teflon.
Wouldn't mind a G5, looks & sounds good
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.
As Q said, nice Review prime
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.
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
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