G500s for 49 with free delivery.
Next cheapest on staticice is 54 at mwave and then 59 not including delivery.
Logitech G500s $49 Delivered @ Logitechshop
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Good… nice mouse
Mouse… good nice
There's always that one guy that takes it too far …
Yeh, it's usually me.. probably would have been: Mood? Good noose.
Mouse… nice good
Nice mouse good
And there we have all six possible combinations of those three words. I love you guys :)
nice mood, gouse
I literally read all the comment as "Nice Good Mouse", until I realise it's different… LOL.
I ordered one from BigW over a month ago for $52, they've not even shipped it even though I can buy them in store. So I'm thinking this deal is a better one.
Oats
good night moose
Eugenics do moo.
Dreams of gaming right handed…(joke)
Nice, good mouth
be nice mouse
Iced goon mouse
Good, makes me feel better about recently buying a 400s and missing out on this.
You goose!
Home loan… Bruce.
This seems like a good deal.
Vice, nude louse.
how does it compare to mx518?
Have tried both and its abit bigger than mx 518 for grip, and the surface is rough if you prefer it that way ;)
Well that's apples and oranges first off, because this is a laser and the MX518 is an optical (not that it makes it automatically inferior as I detailed in my review linked above; optical are preferable imo), and they also have different button counts.
Like most Logitech stuff post-2008, the G500S has been cheapened compared to its predecessor ala the Z906, G15, M950, etc. Definitely not as solid or durable as a G5/G9, and those god-awful sandpaper grips are a testament to the cheapness.
The G500S has the flattest arch and possibly the narrowest width of all the Logitech gaming mice, which I why I found it to be so rubbish. The side buttons are also clunky and have no feedback.
The G400S and the G600 are really the only decent mice in the entire Logitech range imo.
I had a MX518 and liked it very much but I now have a G500S. I prefer the G500S. The quality and feedback of the buttons and mouse wheel are much better. I miss the bullet-dent design of the MX518 but not much else.
I also recommend the G440 mouse pad.
Still rocking the MX Revolution 7+ years on. While tempting I still see almost every mouse out there as a downgrade. My batteries only last 1 day with one mouse and 3 days with my backup MX down from about a weeks use.
Cmon Logitech - release a true successor to the MX Revolution already!
Isn't the successor to the MX Revolution the Logitech M950?
The design looks to be about the same.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Logitech_…
http://www.logitech.com/assets/19678/19678.pngIt is. And it sucks compared to the MX Revolution.
It's close but it's missing the extra scroll wheel, which I have come to rely on for using macros while gaming or video editing.
It also looks a lot like the MX 550 which was another 'successor' to the Revolution, but nothing has really been a 'true' successor as of yet.
I might just buy a new set of feet and battery for the MX to keep it going until something does come along. If they just re released the MX but with a removable USB cord for charging (the included dock is a POS) and a switchable DPI option then I'd probably buy one on release day.
The one on the side isn't a scroll wheel really though is it? It looks like one, but it's basically just a two-way switch? Or am I remembering incorrectly?
There are two sets of buttons on the left side. The two at the front adjust the DPI. And the set at the back can be used as back/forward buttons while web browsing.
It's more somewhere in between a scroll wheel and a two way switch.
It's more like a rocker switch that's spring loaded. You can scroll forwards and backwards but it only goes so far before it springs back to centre. It can also be depressed for another click/function.
For video editing I use it to scrub forwards/backwards by rocking it and play/pause by depressing it. It's basically a scrub wheel or shuttle wheel on a mouse.
For gaming it's 3 extra buttons for whatever I want them to be.
Yeah, I'm still using my MX performance. It's an extremely good mouse even by today's standards (though a gaming mouse, that is not).
edit: the revolution looked superiour with its side scroller. Wow have they not innovated.It wasn't cheap. It costed more when it came out than any mouse I can think of now including the boutique R.A.T. series and others. At the time I really had to convince myself that it was worth spending more than half my weekly Austudy payment on one while at uni.
I didn't know about OZB back then :P
A few years later I bought another because the battery was around 50% of what it used to be. Now it's about 10% but it still works and I use it everyday, just have to charge it every night.
I do really want another mouse though. Just bury me with my MX Revolutions.
I'm using G500 nearly 3 years, the scrolling button is broken…
No XP support?
Microsoft already dropped support for XP, why would Logitech provide support for XP users?
However drivers should definitely work.
14 years on, surely it's time for an upgrade? :)
Call me old fashioned, but something about the newer microsoft OS offerings just ticks me off in terms of the bloat. I don't see the point of spending dollars to get more RAM and disk to feed OS bloat. I think the OS should be lean, and leaving most of the computing resources to the user.
Yes, I would think the drivers will work anyway, even if XP is not mentioned.
Nah. Still going strong. Maintenance guys at my workplace use an XP-based laptop to run a program that controls our building's alarms and electronic locks. They can't change it because the software can't run on anything higher than XP SP3.
And their password? I know the password to that laptop, because it's written in a note on the underside of the battery…
Lol… no would think to look there :roll-eyes:
Surely you're not gaming on your XP machine anymore, so why would you need a G500S for it?
something about the newer microsoft OS offerings just ticks me off in terms of the bloat.
Even with the bloat, they still run faster than XP on modern hardware.
Our office has 14 XP antiques still going and even on the same footing, specs-wise, they are invariably slower than a Win 7 or Win 8 PC.
XP's unoptimised disk management, lack of TRIM support, poor native SATA drivers, out-moded caching/prefetching behaviour, and slower kernel driver loading (in addition to many, many more anachronisms) all serve to just slow it down and down over time; whereas Win 7 and Win 8 go for longer stretches before needing a good spring-cleaning and can actually handle incompetent usage patterns a lot better than Windows XP can.
Also, if you're really hardcore about cracking down on bloat, then you can grab yourself RT7Lite and just trim Windows 7 to your liking, without really affecting the functionality.
Really, it's a case of modern CPU/RAM/SSD grunt cancelling out the bloat issue by a factor of a million.
The "bloat" was only a problem for users going straight from XP to Win 7 when it was brand-new. Though I do agree if you can just comfortably run Windows XP and don't have much grunt left for anything else you should definitely not be upgrading to Windows 7 without a new PC or a significant upgrade if that's possible.
I held onto Windows XP for a very long time as well, but I've scrapped my remaining spare XP machine because it really does feel like a step down from continual Win 7/Win 8 usage.
My experience is exactly the opposite. XP's responsiveness is never matched by Win7 no matter how much I trim Win7 on modern hardware.
And I cannot figure out why Netsvcs—an OS service that runs under svchost—on windows 7 eats 1GB of RAM.
And I cannot figure out why Netsvcs—an OS service that runs under svchost—on windows 7 eats 1GB of RAM.
I only see that as a peak working memory set (~800MB); otherwise it sits about 50MB. Even at peak memory usage, all the svchost processes use up just under 1GB combined on my machine.
pbvillaflores, you should get to know MrZ, another user on here. I suspect you two would have much in common.
It doesn't go down to 50MB I don't think.
I can't say I have met MrZ. Thanks for mentioning him.
Does for me. I've just checked it two days in a row now without a reboot. In fact it's at 35MB today.
Ah, yes you are right. But the OS is still still taking 1GB of RAM total at best when doing nothing.
But the OS is still still taking 1GB of RAM total at best when doing nothing.
Vista and Win7 prefer to cache in your RAM rather than page the disk, because it's about 40 times faster than most hard drives (and still faster than current-gen SSDs), so it makes a lot of sense to use it to its maximum potential; especially when the modern standard is 8GB of RAM nowadays, which most average users will not come close to saturating.
You seem to think that if 90% of your RAM is sitting there unused, it's a testament to the coding prowess of the OS. It's not. It's just a complete waste. While it's true that Windows 7 needs a bit more RAM to run properly, the real truth is that it will take full advantage of the RAM you give it, unlike XP, which needs tweaks to get it to cache effectively (and even then it's still sub-par). You also need to take into account that modern applications (even Microsoft redistributables/.NET 4.5) use a lot more resources, so Windows 7 will accordingly cache more frequently used resources into memory; that doesn't constitute "bloat" but optimising the OS based on the user's requirements, as those applications once launched don't need to call more stuff into memory and don't need queue stuff for the CPU, as the processing queues are already determined.
Your argument is circular logic; it's akin to me saying, when Windows XP was new it used up a cool 300-400MB of RAM; a problem for the vast majority of PCs in 2003 which were running on 512MB of RAM, hence Windows XP is "bloated", bring back Windows 2000, blah blah. Once the hardware gets light-years ahead of the software requirements; who really cares if it's technically "bloated"? A lot of stuff is bloated and poorly-coded but it still runs great on modern hardware; AntiVirus suites being a prime example. As for Microsoft's stated minimum requirement of 64MB, that was always grossed understated. WinXP SP3 needs 1GB minimum.
I've actually run Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM with 512MB of RAM and it ran quite decently. I've seen certain thin clients with Win7 idle on as little as 275MB of RAM.
The memory issue always was blown way out of proportion and it sounds like you're taking your cue from articles and sources circa 2009 or something, when Windows 7 was an unknown quantity.
Come back to this discussion when you've used Windows 7 on a decently-specced PC (8GB RAM, fast SSD, modern quad-core) and try and tell people you still prefer XP. If you do, it'll be due to one of two things (in my experience): age or laziness.
I've actually run Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM with 512MB of RAM and it ran quite decently. I've seen certain thin clients with Win7 idle on as little as 275MB of RAM.
I'd like to see evidence of this.
Must not buying anymore mouse!! :S
The Performance (M950) and Anywhere (M905) are the only 2 from Logitech that work on glass (Darkfield technology), I use both for my desktop and notebook. May not be for everyone but it is important for me as I have a glass top from IKEA.
I also have the older MX Revolution and VX Nano, they were replaced due to the lack of Darkfield and Unifying Receiver, 1 receiver for keyboard and mouse is a big deal for notebook.
M950 is also superior because it comes with replaceable and rechargeable AA battery. It can be powered by and charges over USB, so it can continue to work without any battery.
Therefore, it is incorrect to say Logitech hasn't made any improvement since MX Revolution.
"Therefore, it is incorrect to say Logitech hasn't made any improvement since MX Revolution."
I don't think anyone was saying there was no improvements, rather the feature set wasn't matched with the newer mice.
While Darkfield and a unifying receiver have been useful for you, I could live without them, and I imagine a huge chunk of the market could as well. Both can be 'fixed' by using a USB hub (or having a laptop/PC with more than a couple of ports) and using a mousepad, although I hate the feeling of mouse feet on glass and would be using a mousepad anyway.
However the replaceable and rechargeable battery over a wired USB connection so you can charge + use at the same time is the bees knees.
I can say that the m950 works on glass but it fails over white paper. I have both and the mx revolution is superior in quality. Only way to get it is through the mx5500 combo. MX revolution and MX Air were from the time logitech products had top design and quality. Now most of logitech products have a lackluster design and quality.
I'm still rocking my MX518, only 125 Polling rate, so poor. Waiting for the Proteus Core to go on sale in Australia.
I used the mx518 for years! It's still in my drawer and gets pulled out as a backup mouse. Solid mouse.
Also:
The Proteus is available from PCCGWow, $16 delivery…. I'll have to wait 'till I have time to pick it up, thanks for telling me though.
Still going with my G5! Getting a little worn but still working fine and in good shape. Not sure how the build quality is now, but the G5 was really something
Reading the first few comments I had to double check the address bar to make sure I wasn't still browsing reddit.
They must be making room for the G502 :)
I got my g502 last week! awesome mouse!
I love everything about my G502 except for the slippery metal scroll wheel :)
Id buy it but my G500 is still going strong. I highly recommend this mouse.
i hit kids
Im still using my trusty MX510… it died once when the cable had an internal break. being too tight to afford a new mouse, i stripped the wires and retaped it internally. still working over 10 years on… would this be a worthy successor? I thought about upgrading to an MX518 haha
I replaced my MX510 with the MX518. I have recently replaced the MX518 with a G500s and am very happy with it
MX518 tuff stuff. Luv logitech.
My mx518 died after 5 years and gaming from 2 people on the machine.
Now have a gigabyte mx8000s mouse, and I have a feeling this won't last as long :(
Out of stock :(
Mine just arrived after ordering 2 seconds ago.
Okay not quite but seriously, I ordered it on Monday night and it just turned up. Keep doing this, logitechshop. Awesome.
got mine scroll wheel buggered 1st day
does not spin freely and is catching and looks like its not perfect roundBy default the scroll wheel will catch and revert to clicky scrolling at a predetermined torque, it's a feature that can be controlled.
You can set the torque needed for free spin with the program/drivers, and also you can select it to always on or off.
It's most likely this issue and not a hardware problem.
Nice… good mouse