I have to say that there's no way I'd ever spend $80 for a mouse...but I was handed one of
these to try out at work...
The Logitech MX1000 uses a laser, which they claim has 20 times the resolution of optical mice. It tracks and moves smoother than any other mouse I've handled in the past 20 years. It's a cordless, so there's a battery in it, and that gives it a REALLY nice heft and feel...I can't stand crappy lightweight mice.
It's also just visually stunning...practically everyone who's walked past my desk in the past couple days has had to stop and look at it...put their hand on it...ask what the extra buttons do...so I haven't been getting as much work done because I keep demonstrating it...hehe...
It has the usual scroll wheel which also can rock side-to-side, but it's flanked by a pair of buttons which by default "cruise" -whoosh- up and down long documents and web pages. Clicking the wheel, then rolling it, zooms the text on the screen. A pair of buttons for your thumb move forward/back, and a third one on the side calls up an Alt-Tab replacement.
Logitech claims that the Li-Ion battery is good for 21 days on a 4 hour charge, or about a day after ten minutes on the jack. I have just been using it a day and a half, so I can't verify this statement yet...but the battery meter LEDs are pretty darn neat.
I come home to my MS IntelliMouse Pro and now feel let down...
