So I have for a while been using the Apple Aluminum Wireless Keyboard and the Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse with my Apple Mac Book Pro 17″, which act’s as my main workhorse for playing around with Photo’s and Video. However I have found it quite uncomfortable to use for any length of time, mainly down to its shape, but also it’s limited functionality. Another main bugbear of mine is the rate at which the Mighty Mouse eats through batteries, and it’s ability to know when I really need to do something before telling me the battery is low. Now I moved to rechargeable batteries a long time ago, but the rate at which the Mighty Mouse chews through them and the rate at which I have to recharge them, must cut the batteries useful life in half. So today after doing quite a bit of research I laid out for the Logitech MX Revolution. This mouse is ergonomically far more comfortable to use and with the SteerMouse drivers far more configurable than the Mighty Mouse. I was pleased to find that the Logitech also comes with a rechargeable battery and docking station so when not in use, like now, it can be sat charging ready for the next use.

Well, it’s still early day’s but I am off to mess around with some video in iMovie 09 now so will be putting it through its paces. So far however the comfort factor alone sets it worlds apart.

[23/04/2009] So after enjoying the Logitech MX Revolution mice for a couple of days I went out and brought the Logitech Nano to use with the MacBook Air. A smaller version but just as fully featured, and a lot easier to transport. One thing that I really did like was that the USB dongle that plug’s into the PC / Mac is tiny and plug’s into the battery compartment of the mouse for transporting. I can’t tell you the number of mice like this where I have lost the USB dongle because I have put it in my pocket, although that probably says more about me than the mice.