My Updated Thoughts (with pictures) about the Logitech MX™ Revolution can be found here and about the Logitech diNovo Edge™ Mac Edition, here.
My experience most recently has been both revisions of the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse.
The Keyboard: Logitech diNovo Edge™ Mac Edition
Out of the Box:
This keyboard looks stunning out of the box, definitely the best one that you can buy in a store (if someone knows a store where you can buy the Optimus Maximus; I'll withdraw that claim.)
Setup is pretty easy and went quicker then it did with both the white and aluminum wireless keyboards. The speed of course ignores the charging of the keyboard, I'll talk about that below. As soon as it had about a thirty minute charge - I turned the keyboard on, typed in the numbers. I had already installed Logitech Control Center (see below as well), so I quickly adjusted the trackpad to my liking.
Design:
The keyboard looks stunning, pictures don't really do it justice. I have the keyboard with the flaps in the back up, which tilts it pretty nicely, keep in mind this keyboard is pretty thin considering what it is, not as thin as the new Apple keyboard. The best feature and the reason I gave up on the Apple keyboard is the inch-long strip of aluminum that allows you to rest your hands for typing. This became my largest gripe with both Apple Keyboards, typing for a significant amount of time almost became painful for my wrist.
Typing:
Typing on the keyboard is a wonder, I always was under the school that liked the IBM click (almost punch) keyboards as opposed to the new keyboards from Cupertino. However, I really like the diNovo, which I would not describe as being of the click school. The box advertises longer key strokes, which it offers, but you can tell the keys are between the depth of a Apple notebook and the older style keyboards. However, you must press down about the same distance, this creates a rather unique typing experience. With the simple Facebook WPM test, my general averages are:
MacBook Pro, no iSkin: 95 WPM
MacBook Pro with iSkin: 89 WPM
Apple Wireless Keyboard (White): 97 WPM
Apple Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum): 94 WPM
Logitech diNovo: 101 WPM
Now, this is with using the diNovo for less then two weeks now.
Other Features:
The other features are somewhat standard: a load of Mac hotkeys and the other normal keyboard buttons. On the far left side there are some basic controls for iTunes: pause/play, backwards, forwards. But, then you move to the right side of the keyboard and you have to unique features: volume slider and trackpad. The volume slider is a large source of complaints amongst a lot of other reviews; however I disagree with this idea. The slider is touch sensitive, a simple bar, however it's plastic and lights up where you move up, so it's maybe a little bit stickier then your notebook's trackpad. The obvious star of this keyboard is in the bottom right-hand corner. There is a small circular trackpad with the left/right buttons on the side. These buttons are a little awkward to press given their small size and the sort of effort it takes to press them down, which is much more then the rest that is required to press down. The trackpad is pretty small, so there was some tinkering it took to get it to get it to navigate around the 17" screen, let alone the 30" display. Obviously it's not multitouch; but the basic double-tap works and much more effective then the buttons as described above. The one light of hope is the scrolling features. There are two buttons on the trackpad one literally at 0º (12:00) and one at 90º (3:00). Place your finger on the one at 0º, and you can scroll left/right; the one at 90º and you can scroll up/down. These scrolling features are one of my favorite parts of this keyboard and are obviously adjustable at the Logitech Control Center. Two additional controls are buttons labeled Power and Front Row.
The Other Things:
Charging this keyboard is amazing. One charge = a month, and yes, I've had this keyboard for 6 weeks now and I charged it: first time for 30 minutes, overnight later that day and then went 33 days before it was down to one bar and then charged it again. I have 16 Duracell AA rechargeable batteries that were being replaced every three weeks and that didn't make me particularly happy. The charger also looks rather nice and matches the keyboard nice. The range is nice I'd say I'm about 25 feet now as I finish this sentence. The keyboard is expensive, rather expensive, extremely expensive some might say. It's your choice, but iThink I made the right one.
The little rodent: Logitech MX™ Revolution:
My experience is not as a gamer, so I'm not going to pretend to be one; nor am I going to be able to talk very well about precision, however there are other reviews for that.
Out of the Box:
Side bar to start: the box doesn't seem to fit back together like a lot of Logitech products...just odd. Just like before I placed the mouse on the charger for about thirty minutes and then started to play around with it. The mouse has two wheels one where your thumb would be and one in the normal position. It also has two buttons above the side wheel and a button around the center wheel. Other then that it is pretty much a standard Windows mouse. I quickly reprogrammed the buttons using the Logitech Control Center, which is one of the easiest third party interfaces I've ever used. I programmed the mouse keeping the left/right click buttons on their defaults and changed nearly everything-else: the "Touch-to-Search" button was replaced to mute and unmute; the "Document Flip" was replaced to be an Application Switcher and then the button function of "Document Flip" has been replaced to primary click; the arrow controls are then replaced to Exposé and Show Desktop.
Design:
I mean the mouse is clearly not designed for those that are left-handed. The rest for your thumb fits my hand perfectly and the mouse looks great. Any other questions here I'll try to answer them.
Using the Mouse:
The mouse tracks nicely... The scrolling is awesome. The scroll wheel is quite talked about because of its "Hyper-Scrolling" feature. If you click down on the wheel you can turn on or off "Hyper-Scrolling", this features allows for the mouse to spin almost completely freely, I can scroll down my 14,000 song iTunes library and the mouse is still spinning for another five seconds. The wheel can also tilt right and left to scroll. The mouse is laser and therefore is pretty accurate, as above, I'm not a gamer - so, this was not a decision factor. I have used it on a variety of surfaces (Mouse Pad, Marble, Wood, Faux Wood, Leather, another Leather Couch and even Carpet) and it surprisingly works nicely as advertised.
The Other Things:
The MX Revolution is heavily programmable using Logitech's Control Center and is truly a great mouse. However, the biggest gripe has to be the lack of Bluetooth capability. It really makes no sense and is annoying to have to have the USB adapter. I understand that Logitech might have hesitated given that it is a Windows mouse and not all PC's have Bluetooth. The mouse seems rather durable and therefore I wouldn't be hesitant to travel with it, except for the adapter, which I would be fearful of losing. Charging is much like the keyboard, I've charged it three times and I am happy to have my Duracell's in other places. Outside of the Bluetooth, I am extremely happy with this mouse. I paid around $60 for the mouse, which was fully worth it and I would buy it any day over the Mighty Mouse.
Logitech Control Center Pictures
My Review of the Logitech Alto™ (USB Hub Stand)
Pics of the actual keyboard on the way
My experience most recently has been both revisions of the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse.
The Keyboard: Logitech diNovo Edge™ Mac Edition
Out of the Box:
This keyboard looks stunning out of the box, definitely the best one that you can buy in a store (if someone knows a store where you can buy the Optimus Maximus; I'll withdraw that claim.)
Setup is pretty easy and went quicker then it did with both the white and aluminum wireless keyboards. The speed of course ignores the charging of the keyboard, I'll talk about that below. As soon as it had about a thirty minute charge - I turned the keyboard on, typed in the numbers. I had already installed Logitech Control Center (see below as well), so I quickly adjusted the trackpad to my liking.
Design:
The keyboard looks stunning, pictures don't really do it justice. I have the keyboard with the flaps in the back up, which tilts it pretty nicely, keep in mind this keyboard is pretty thin considering what it is, not as thin as the new Apple keyboard. The best feature and the reason I gave up on the Apple keyboard is the inch-long strip of aluminum that allows you to rest your hands for typing. This became my largest gripe with both Apple Keyboards, typing for a significant amount of time almost became painful for my wrist.
Typing:
Typing on the keyboard is a wonder, I always was under the school that liked the IBM click (almost punch) keyboards as opposed to the new keyboards from Cupertino. However, I really like the diNovo, which I would not describe as being of the click school. The box advertises longer key strokes, which it offers, but you can tell the keys are between the depth of a Apple notebook and the older style keyboards. However, you must press down about the same distance, this creates a rather unique typing experience. With the simple Facebook WPM test, my general averages are:
MacBook Pro, no iSkin: 95 WPM
MacBook Pro with iSkin: 89 WPM
Apple Wireless Keyboard (White): 97 WPM
Apple Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum): 94 WPM
Logitech diNovo: 101 WPM
Now, this is with using the diNovo for less then two weeks now.
Other Features:
The other features are somewhat standard: a load of Mac hotkeys and the other normal keyboard buttons. On the far left side there are some basic controls for iTunes: pause/play, backwards, forwards. But, then you move to the right side of the keyboard and you have to unique features: volume slider and trackpad. The volume slider is a large source of complaints amongst a lot of other reviews; however I disagree with this idea. The slider is touch sensitive, a simple bar, however it's plastic and lights up where you move up, so it's maybe a little bit stickier then your notebook's trackpad. The obvious star of this keyboard is in the bottom right-hand corner. There is a small circular trackpad with the left/right buttons on the side. These buttons are a little awkward to press given their small size and the sort of effort it takes to press them down, which is much more then the rest that is required to press down. The trackpad is pretty small, so there was some tinkering it took to get it to get it to navigate around the 17" screen, let alone the 30" display. Obviously it's not multitouch; but the basic double-tap works and much more effective then the buttons as described above. The one light of hope is the scrolling features. There are two buttons on the trackpad one literally at 0º (12:00) and one at 90º (3:00). Place your finger on the one at 0º, and you can scroll left/right; the one at 90º and you can scroll up/down. These scrolling features are one of my favorite parts of this keyboard and are obviously adjustable at the Logitech Control Center. Two additional controls are buttons labeled Power and Front Row.
The Other Things:
Charging this keyboard is amazing. One charge = a month, and yes, I've had this keyboard for 6 weeks now and I charged it: first time for 30 minutes, overnight later that day and then went 33 days before it was down to one bar and then charged it again. I have 16 Duracell AA rechargeable batteries that were being replaced every three weeks and that didn't make me particularly happy. The charger also looks rather nice and matches the keyboard nice. The range is nice I'd say I'm about 25 feet now as I finish this sentence. The keyboard is expensive, rather expensive, extremely expensive some might say. It's your choice, but iThink I made the right one.
The little rodent: Logitech MX™ Revolution:
My experience is not as a gamer, so I'm not going to pretend to be one; nor am I going to be able to talk very well about precision, however there are other reviews for that.
Out of the Box:
Side bar to start: the box doesn't seem to fit back together like a lot of Logitech products...just odd. Just like before I placed the mouse on the charger for about thirty minutes and then started to play around with it. The mouse has two wheels one where your thumb would be and one in the normal position. It also has two buttons above the side wheel and a button around the center wheel. Other then that it is pretty much a standard Windows mouse. I quickly reprogrammed the buttons using the Logitech Control Center, which is one of the easiest third party interfaces I've ever used. I programmed the mouse keeping the left/right click buttons on their defaults and changed nearly everything-else: the "Touch-to-Search" button was replaced to mute and unmute; the "Document Flip" was replaced to be an Application Switcher and then the button function of "Document Flip" has been replaced to primary click; the arrow controls are then replaced to Exposé and Show Desktop.
Design:
I mean the mouse is clearly not designed for those that are left-handed. The rest for your thumb fits my hand perfectly and the mouse looks great. Any other questions here I'll try to answer them.
Using the Mouse:
The mouse tracks nicely... The scrolling is awesome. The scroll wheel is quite talked about because of its "Hyper-Scrolling" feature. If you click down on the wheel you can turn on or off "Hyper-Scrolling", this features allows for the mouse to spin almost completely freely, I can scroll down my 14,000 song iTunes library and the mouse is still spinning for another five seconds. The wheel can also tilt right and left to scroll. The mouse is laser and therefore is pretty accurate, as above, I'm not a gamer - so, this was not a decision factor. I have used it on a variety of surfaces (Mouse Pad, Marble, Wood, Faux Wood, Leather, another Leather Couch and even Carpet) and it surprisingly works nicely as advertised.
The Other Things:
The MX Revolution is heavily programmable using Logitech's Control Center and is truly a great mouse. However, the biggest gripe has to be the lack of Bluetooth capability. It really makes no sense and is annoying to have to have the USB adapter. I understand that Logitech might have hesitated given that it is a Windows mouse and not all PC's have Bluetooth. The mouse seems rather durable and therefore I wouldn't be hesitant to travel with it, except for the adapter, which I would be fearful of losing. Charging is much like the keyboard, I've charged it three times and I am happy to have my Duracell's in other places. Outside of the Bluetooth, I am extremely happy with this mouse. I paid around $60 for the mouse, which was fully worth it and I would buy it any day over the Mighty Mouse.
Logitech Control Center Pictures









My Review of the Logitech Alto™ (USB Hub Stand)
Pics of the actual keyboard on the way