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[–] [email protected] 142 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Logitech is a good name for computer peripherals. Logi sounds like underwear or something.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, the company name is still Logitech, just the logo is shorter. I agree that the middle is probably best aesthetically, except that the logo seemed to fade quickly.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

buh dmm tss

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It feels like one of those random Chinese 5 letter brand names.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They save ~0.005¢ every time they print it by eliminating all the other letters company-wide.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You can see the logos getting worse, in my opinion. I absolutely hate the trend of oversimplifying logos.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Eh I would agree but the first one is a weak sub par logo regardless, even if the trend didn't change it deserved and update. I think the middle one is inoffensive and good, the third one is very grandpa learning the gangnam style dance. Today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

It's such a same though to throw away that uniqueness. It would have been interesting to instead have a skilled firm do an evolution of the original.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Soon it will be "log", then "lo", and finally "l".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Their gaming brand is just "G"

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I wish Logitech and all the other big peripheral companies would lose the software. They usually make your keyboard extremely annoying colors unless you install their crap

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

their software is also super bloated. How hard can it be to write a mouse driver? 1 GB for a mouse driver????

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When I noted that Logitech started downloading, installing and running a service called Logitech Download Assistant without asking just by pluggning in a mice I realized I had to drop them.

Drivers are fine to push through Windows Update, programs are not.

I am on Xtrfy mice and Ducky keyboards these days, both are excellent and require zero programs to use

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I swear the side-scrollling wheel on the MX Master is set backwards to how everyone wants it specifically to get people to download the software.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Yup! I installed OpenRGB the conpletely uninstalled all my razer and logitech software. Loose a few macros, but i can make AutoHotKey scripts if I need to.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago

I've also been buying this same mouse. Once I saw a new one in the store and went, "Wow! They have it in dark gray!", and bought it. Turns out the old one at my computer was already dark gray.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (4 children)

From somewhat detailed and recognizable, to just the name, to not even the name. Their next logo will be a single "L", not stylized in any way.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

The logo/brand devolved, IMO.

Coincidentally(?), their software devolved just as much!

I don’t want to install multiple applications to just use a mouse.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Logitech M510, the most recent two are 2020 and 2022. The first is probably circa 2012

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I'm a Logitech M720 man myself. I've bought at least three over the last few years. They seem to stop working within two years.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Still rocking my 2012 one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I also have several M510s around, but mostly because the left click stopped working

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

You mean the evolution of the logi, right ?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (10 children)

sadly I'm not gonna buy Logitech mice anymore until they finally fix the damn double click problem that happens after a year of ownership.

On a side note, anyone have any sub 50 dollar mouse recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

if you have a bit of patience, you can fix a chattering microswitch pretty easily:

Invidious // Youtube

its for a logitech mouse, but the procedure is the same for all those microswitches, i got 3 more years out of my roccat mouse (which was in very heavy use and died of another reason)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How did you lose your mouse not once, but twice!? Kinda impressive

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I mean, it’s over the course of a decade

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't explain it at all for me. I've never lost a mouse, even wireless ones, and I'm pretty sure you'd have a hard time finding someone less organised than me. Any idea about how they got lost? I'm in no way saying you're dumb or anything like that, just interested in the details. How and where did you find them? It's a cool thing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The first one I found after moving, the second I legit just forgot I put it in my old backpack

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

They make ones with wires that are harder to lose.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

I've basically done this over a similar timeframe with the M590.

Fun fact: In Japan, Logi used to be called Logicool. Because there's already a local company called Logitec.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fascinating, this is practically archeology.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I can understand losing the dongle (that there's still no standard...) but the mice?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tbf those particular laptop mice are quite small. I’ve had mine shoot out from under my hand and fall off the desk very easily. It was very slippery. At least the older version was. The latest version has some coating on it to stop it from shooting across the room so easily.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I forgot how much I liked the old Logitech logo. Make me remember my old MX518.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if America gets worse manufacturing, all the people complaining Logitech mice failing after a couple of years. While mine I have to kill them myself or gift around because they last so much and I like the new cool G series mouse.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use the same nice for home and work. Most other mice feel too small in my hand. Batteries last for months too.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I remember having a Logitech MX5000 laser mouse, Bluetooth version. Thing rocked. Had it so long, used it so much, I literally wore a hole through the plastic on the left button.

I would love to have another one... By the time it gave up the ghost, they had long been discontinued. I was able to get the RF version somewhere, but it fucking sucked! The BT never lagged or disconnected or anything but the RF one was basically unusable. I haven't even ever found a mouse similar enough that I liked. Nothing has the contour, the weight, and the buttons. I might get 1 of those 3 but not all 3.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Logitech still make the best mice but nothing will beat the g5 mould.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I still have one of the old whitish PS2 wired track-rats in my 'tech graveyard '

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I did this with umbrellas. I now own a matching umbrella for each clothing combo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've stuck with M705 for many years. It's simple, but has a button on top that lets you swap the mouse wheel from free floating (you can spin it and it spins, very useful for scrolling through long text like logs or code quickly) to the usual click type scrolling.

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