Logitech claims that the Performance Mouse MX is the successor to the discontinued MX Revolution (RIP). Bullshit. Fewer buttons and you have to click a hardware gear now to switch the scroll mode I live and die by inching my scroll wheel slowly to nudge down a page or select the next item in a list box, and then not having to take my finger off it to flick down to the bottom. Unfortunately, I've flicked and inched and clicked and flung that scroll wheel so hard that the middle click button is getting increasingly harder and harder to register a click in the system, and when it does, it usually registers 2 or 3 middle clicks by the time I let off the button. The button itself clicks down just like normal, but then I have to press harder down onto it in order to register a middle click. It's looking like it's about time to replace it.
eBay has a few options, all in questionably used condition. I'm not against buying a used mouse, but it may end up the same. In fact, if I bought another MX Revolution I would need for it to be the older model of MX Revolution (2006, aka part number 831869-0000) because in 2009 I did go out and buy a 2007 model when I learned they were about to be discontinued, but in that newer model, they changed something about the scroll wheel that bugged me and it didn't work right. Instead of scrolling pages or items (like a list box) in a click-by-click fashion, it was in continuous smooth scroll mode and the only difference between that and free spin was the wheel stopping between notches. In other words, the scroll would move "smoothly" between detents regardless of whether it had moved a full click yet or not, defeating the purpose of the click-by-click motion I have come to know and love on the one I have. It's hard to describe. But it made gaming, middle-clicking, or scrolling through items in lists a pain in the ass. The scroll would move ever so slightly, causing it to move to the previous or next item (scrolling up and down in list boxes, weapon switches while middle-clicking to do zoom or alt-fire, etc), or move the link out of my way and misfire the middle-click into a circa-1990s auto-scroll. (who with this kind of mouse ever uses middle-click autoscroll anymore?)
Yeah, I know, that is a really, really ridiculously esoteric difference to get caught up on, but it bothered me so much that I returned that 2007 model and kept on going with my limp click 2006 model. I'd rather have a scroll that stays put until I rotate the wheel and just put up with the hard middle click if I can't find an exact replacement. Thus, that limits my chances of finding a good one on eBay, since the new ones are all the 2007 model.
So, is there any REAL successor to the MX Revolution (in terms of number of buttons and scroll wheel behavior), or should I just keep betting on the chance somebody has collected a stash of the older models and buy myself a lifetime supply?
eBay has a few options, all in questionably used condition. I'm not against buying a used mouse, but it may end up the same. In fact, if I bought another MX Revolution I would need for it to be the older model of MX Revolution (2006, aka part number 831869-0000) because in 2009 I did go out and buy a 2007 model when I learned they were about to be discontinued, but in that newer model, they changed something about the scroll wheel that bugged me and it didn't work right. Instead of scrolling pages or items (like a list box) in a click-by-click fashion, it was in continuous smooth scroll mode and the only difference between that and free spin was the wheel stopping between notches. In other words, the scroll would move "smoothly" between detents regardless of whether it had moved a full click yet or not, defeating the purpose of the click-by-click motion I have come to know and love on the one I have. It's hard to describe. But it made gaming, middle-clicking, or scrolling through items in lists a pain in the ass. The scroll would move ever so slightly, causing it to move to the previous or next item (scrolling up and down in list boxes, weapon switches while middle-clicking to do zoom or alt-fire, etc), or move the link out of my way and misfire the middle-click into a circa-1990s auto-scroll. (who with this kind of mouse ever uses middle-click autoscroll anymore?)
Yeah, I know, that is a really, really ridiculously esoteric difference to get caught up on, but it bothered me so much that I returned that 2007 model and kept on going with my limp click 2006 model. I'd rather have a scroll that stays put until I rotate the wheel and just put up with the hard middle click if I can't find an exact replacement. Thus, that limits my chances of finding a good one on eBay, since the new ones are all the 2007 model.
So, is there any REAL successor to the MX Revolution (in terms of number of buttons and scroll wheel behavior), or should I just keep betting on the chance somebody has collected a stash of the older models and buy myself a lifetime supply?