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Logitech MX 3000 Laser Mouse and Keyboard combo

Friday, December 23rd, 2005 | Mice and Keyboards, Reviews | View Comments

Logitech are known for their input devices like mice and keyboards and have been making such stuff for a long time. The Logitech MX 3000 Laser mouse and keyboard are sure to give you that something extra from your computer. The laser mouse allows more accuracy through use of a laser instead of infrared. Both mouse and keyboard benefit from their wireless technology, taking away just those few extra cable clogging up your computer’s rear.

Actually the name of the Logitech MX 3000 laser mouse and keyboard combo is a little misleading. It is actually an MX 3000 keyboard and an MX 600 mouse. However that doesn’t make them any less potent.

This particular set used to be very expensive, over a hundred bucks, but has now dropped in price to somewhere in the reasonable range, at 65 bucks excluding rebate.

Features…

• MX 3000 cordless keyboard
• MX 600 Laser cordless mouse
• Keyboard with many extended buttons
• High accuracy mouse
• Standard software

I’m a standard keyboard user. There is nothing extra on my keyboard apart from the Windows buttons and the F keys at the top. I have never really had a great want for a keyboard with a thousand extra buttons. And very often people don’t have the software to use them installed either.

Anyways, all the extra buttons are designed to make things more efficient, which they do. Much like I learnt many Windows shortcut keys before and use them regularly, once you get used to them, you will wonder why you ever wanted less.

The keyboard does suffer from the keys being put in different positions. If I have to have new keys, no problem, but don’t mess with the ones I already know. The keyboard itself runs on AA batteries that will last a few months.

The mouse is an MX 600 laser mouse. It runs off 2 AA batteries and will last about 6 months before needing a change, but it has a battery indicator that will tell you when you need it. The mouse itself is design molded for right-handed users. Left handers will find it very awkward to use, if not unuseable.

Laser technology allows much greater definition and hence allows you to get greater accuracy when you are doing things like playing games and even doing design work on the computer. Just laser technology alone is worth it for those benefits, but a normal mouse would do fine for most.

In conclusion the price after rebate seems reasonable enough to take the plunge without breaking the bank. Both the keyboard and mouse are of good quality and will improve your general computing, with their added ease of use.