The Computer Paper BC Edition by The Computer Paper. The Computer Paper BC Edition   Published on Nov 2. Logitech M5. 70 Wireless Trackball Trackball Mouse Reviews. The Logitech Wireless Trackball M5. Logitech Trackman Wheel Optical that many people know and love. Despite the good reviews people left about the Trackman Wheel, and the fact that it sold well, Logitech decided to discontinue it and replace it with the wireless only M5. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Index des articles Du n 1 avril 1992 au n 152 septembre 2006 Articles parus dans le dernier numro sauf brves, infos et Contact. Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugarcoatedin fact, its sugarfree, and may even be a little bitter. Welcome to Tough Love. ConsumerSearch. com reviews hundreds of product reviews, analyzes them, distills the information shoppers need and recommends which products are the best. Product description. Overall the new version is very similar to the old, but there are a few important differences. The first main difference is in the appearances the traditional grey mouse with red trackball is now a dark grey mouse almost black with a blue trackball. The M5. 70 is also a bit smaller than the old model. The fact that this new model is only available with a wireless receiver is also a big difference, but its actually not a bad thing. It uses what Logitech calls their Unifying Receiver, which is very small it barely sticks out from your port. This single receiver can power multiple wireless Logitech devices, for example a wireless keyboard. The M5. 70 also has two new buttons, next to the left click button, for moving Back and going Forward when browsing websites or documents. It uses only one AA battery for power and Logitech claims a full battery will last you 1. Now were all used to companies exaggerating things about their products, especially something like battery life, but after reading a ton of real user reviews of this mouse we saw that pretty much everyone didnt have to replace the battery for at least a full year. Even people who use the mouse all day every day said they couldnt believe how long it lasted. Opening the box. After I pull the little piece of plastic that prevents the battery from going empty while being in the box, and after I plug the tiny USB 2. GHz Unifying Receiver in my Macbook Pro, the trackball immediately works. I do get a popup message about installing a keyboard, but I just close that window and start exploring the M5. I later read in the manual that this always happens when plugging the Unifying receiver for the first time in a Mac. The scroll wheel, left click and right click immediately work and the speed of the cursor seems to be good maybe it inherits the speed I had programmed for my Kensington Expert. The only buttons that dont do what I want them to do, are the Back and Forward buttons. If I click one of those buttons, I only get the option to scroll using the ball, and once I click it again, that option turns off. Not something I ever would use, especially since there is already a scroll button on the M5. I have to use the Logitech Control Center software to program those buttons to do backforward or something else. The box doesnt contain an installation CD. On www. logitech. Logitech Control Center for Mac or Logitech Set. Point for Windows software and within minutes the software has been downloaded and installed. Once it is installed, the Back and Forward buttons immediately work without me having to configure them. The Logitech Control Center Set. Point software enables you to assign different options to each button. This Logitech M5. Back and Forward buttons and the fifth button is clicking the scrollwheel. Design. The shape of the Logitech M5. What I like about the design is that your hand is in a slight angle to the right, so the right side of your hand is resting on the desk and therefore lower than the left part, which is a more natural position for your hand than keeping it flat like with most mice or some other trackballs. The Logitech M5. 70 is very compact and for my large hands and long fingers it is almost a bit too small. Comparing to other trackball mice, it is one of the smallest trackball except for the Kensington Orbit Wireless Mobile. This is actually good for people with small hands, and also it saves even more desk space than the larger trackballs. Especially since the M5. USB cable needed, it takes the prize for the trackball that needs the least amount of space on your desk, while being a full and very capable trackball. The Kensington Orbit Mobile might be slightly smaller, but that one lacks many buttons and a scrollwheel so is not as versatile or nice as this M5. Thumb operated. At first it takes me a while to get used to using my thumb to operate the ball, especially since Im used to a finger operated ball. You might feel a little discouraged after a few hours working with the trackball any trackball, not just this one, because it does take little practice and getting used to. Remember you have worked with a regular mouse or other trackball for yearsChanging doesnt happen instantly. You have to give it a little time. But after a while I get the hang of it and the pointer can be moved quickly and accurately. Ball. The blue colored ball is small compared to most trackballs, but it works well and smooth. You can push the ball out from below to clean the inside once in a while. Usually you wont have to clean it much, but dust and bits can add up making the movement less smooth. Cleaning just takes a minute pop the ball out and wipe the inside with a piece of cloth or paper and youre good to go again. The ball is actually kept in place and wont fall out if you keep the mouse upside down the ball of the Kensington Orbit Optical, Slim. Blade and Expert for example will just fall out if you would hold the trackball upside down. Buttons. The two main buttons are fairly large and easy to press and make a subtle click sound. The BackForward buttons also feel solid and work very fast, allowing you to go back and forward on internet pages instantly. The BackForward buttons are placed just a tiny bit too much to the left for ultimate comfort, but still quite easy to use. Scrollwheel. The scrollwheel is made of a soft rubber and gives a nice feedback when your scrolling it. You would use your middle finger to move it. The wheel can also be pressed down, making it the 5th button of this device. The scrollwheel is not as multifunctional and high quality as the scrollwheels of the Speedlink Aptico or the Elecom EX G which can tilt left and right as well, but is decent. Wireless. The M5. USB receiver which you would have to leave in one of your USB ports. I use an 8 port USB hub and it works fine via this hub, as well as directly in one of the computer USB ports. It might have been better to have a bluetooth connection on this trackball, because then you wouldnt need the USB receiver, but we will have to do with this 2. Ghz wireless connection and receiver. Some people have complained about sometimes losing the signal for a short period, but I have not yet experienced any delays or fallouts of the connection. The wireless connection of the M5. USB cable that you need with the Logitech Cordless Optical Trackman. A bluetooth connection would be even better because you wouldnt need a USB port, but currently there is no bluetooth trackball available the only bluetooth trackball currently available is the Kensington Expert Wireless.