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Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks
Manufacturer Description The ultra-portable notebook mouse Simplify life on the road. The ultra-portable Logitech® VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks is always ready for use, thanks to the plug-and-forget nano-receiver, the world's smallest USB receiver*. Plug it into your notebook's USB port just once and forget about it. The Plug-and-Forget Nano-Receiver - plug it once and for all!
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Product Description Simplify life on the road with the ultra-portable Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks. It's always ready for use, thanks to the world's smallest USB receiver. Plug it into your notebook's USB port just once, and then forget about it. Reader Reviews Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?) GENERAL INFO: The Nano Mouse is a cousin to Logitech's regular sized VX model. In size it's about ½ inch smaller than the VX, and a bit thinner. It fit my mom-sized hand nicely, and my husband hasn't complained, but I rather imagine that it could be too small for someone with really large hands. The other shape-and-size element I noticed is that the mouse is symmetrical which means theoretically that it has no inherent lefties or righties bias. The theory falls apart somewhat as there are two programmable buttons on the far left side of the mouse: Logitech calls these Thumb Back and Thumb Forward buttons. I found them difficult enough to use as a rightie, I can only imagine it would be more difficult for a leftie. The package includes a carrying case, batteries (the ones in the box were dead) and Windows-ONLY software. I tested the mouse on my MacBook and an ACER laptop. The mouse did work right out of the box on the Mac (once fresh batteries were inserted), but without the 'special features'. To get those to work you need to go to the Logitech site. The file you need is icc222.dmg - a quick download. The key element is the minuscule RF dongle that goes in a USB port. [Bluetooth afficiandos are just going to have to wait.] It's so small that you hardly need to remove it, unless you use a very small tote. If you do want to remove it, there is a convenient storage area inside the mouse. REGULAR FEATURES: Left and Right Buttons: can be set for 1, 2, and 3 clicks as well as click-lock and right click only. The Scroll Wheel lets you adjust increment and acceleration. Typically a small movement is one line, a big one 5 or more lines (varies, of course, with what Application you are using). There is also an extension 'thingie' for those looking to use it with a big box machine. COOL FEATURES: The Scroll wheel lets you go left and right. That's right you can now nudge the pointer over. How cool is that. One-Touch search: Behind the scroll wheel there is a button with a magnifying glass on it. You can program that button to load up a search function such as Yahoo, Google, Finder, Sherlock, or even a custom URL. The Thumb Forward/Back buttons can be programmed to do various tasks. There are more options available on the Windows menu as compared to the bare listing for Apple machines. PROBLEMS: --The BIGGEST problem is that the dang mouse software locked up my MacBook. It is really difficult to do on a Mac so I can only conclude that Logitech thought of Apple as an afterthought. Boo-hiss. --The above opinion is supported by the second annoyance which is that they didn't include the Apple software on the disk. --The 'nudge' feature does not work in Open Office (on the Mac) - sigh - although it does work in Adobe. [Note: this feature worked with everything I tried on my Acer.] --They also could have, for symmetries sake, included another set of programmable buttons on the right hand side of the mouse for lefties. WINDOWS/INTEL RATING: Four Stars [B+]. This is a nice sized mouse with some cool features. The software is a little slow installing but partially that was because the installer found an upgrade to download. I would definitely consider buying this mouse for my Acer laptop. The Zoom programmability and other programmable features work in Open Office, MSWord and Adobe and would make my life easier. MAC RATING: Two Stars. [D+] The Nano is a nice mouse but it wasn't designed with an Apple user in mind. The software had to be downloaded from the Logitech site and even then the presentation was inferior to that offered for Windows. Some features like Zoom are not available to us -period. So, although the Nano has some cool, advanced 'programmable' features, I can't say that I'd recommend it to Mac users. That is, unless you are one of those vigilant sorts that can manage to remember not to let your computer go to sleep without turning off the mouse. Otherwise, it is going to trash your kernel. And I can't begin to tell you how annoying that was. Comments (16) | Permalink | (Report this)
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