Out of the box. Put the 2 AA NiMH batteries in it. Opened the Bluetooth control panel in the System Preferences (OS X 10.3.2) "Discovered" new mice, paired the MX900 with my 17" PowerBook G4. And I was off. Total installation time less than 2 minutes from opening the box.
The mouse has a very nice weight to it… it’s a little lighter than I was hoping for, but w/ the batteries installed, it’s all good. I am one of those people that shouldn’t work on a computer because of my large hands, the mouse has enough arch in it to keep my hand off my mouse pad/table comfortably which I give a big plus.
Visually it’s pretty sexy. There are no real clickers, the slightly reflective silver piece of plastic "V’s" and flexes when you press them… giving you the "click" No buttons. The dock is nice, but looks like a gum drop. Although gum drops are yummy, I feel strange with a large black and silver one sitting on my desk.
Battery length is TBA. but since it has NiMH’s I’m sure a good 3-4 days should drain them. One of the first things I did was test the range on this bad boy. First 10 feet… all good, 20 works great… the advertised 30??? Like I was sitting right there. I couldn’t test any farther do to building restraints. (aka, walls)
Now for the bad news (for me anyway) Mac OS X Software. THERE IS NONE (edit… none available from the website, I haven’t actually tried the CD that came with it yet). I have 3 buttons that do NOTHING. Emailing Tech Support on this matter, 12 hours later I still have no reply. I will point out that the "right" clicker works great as a "right click". But I know that is just the good ‘ol OS doing it’s job. All other Logitech Mice that I have used have had great software for the Mac. And given it’s a brand new product, I’ll let it slide for now. If I don’t hear back from tech support by tomorrow. There’s going to be trouble.
Final judgment on the MX900. I’m glad I have it. Feels great, smooth motion… NO WIRES! but the lack of software & support I’m going to have to give it a 3 out of 5. If I get a (good) reply from support That will push it to a 4 and if software is released by the end of the month AND does my taxes, I’ll give it a 5. (Note, If I were a PC user, it would have a 5)
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