Logitech x1000 vs Razer Diamondback Plasma L.E.

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I've been deciding between these two mouses for days and I dont which one is a good investment. I want a wireless mouse but yet I want to have a color theme for my computer. (I got a blue cathode and soon a blue cheiftec case). And since the Diamondback Plasma is blue (laser?, 1600dpi) its seems like the right product but the turnoff is that its wired. I like Logitech's Laser MX1000 wireless mouse but its not blue. Heres a bunch of questions:

1) Is there a modification that you can change the light that emits from logitech's MX1000?
2) What are the advantages of Laser over Optical?
3) Which do you recomend?
 
I had to choose between those two as well, was a tough choice but I ended up buying the Razer. My old mouse was the Boomslang 2000 so I already knew Razer.

I had read about the mx1000 not being very good for gaming and since I only use that computer for gaming..

I am very satisfied with the Razer, it runs smooth and tracking is very good. Maybe too good. If I have to lift the mouse it can jump quite a bit. If I hold the mouse 1cm above the mousemat it still tracks perfectly. Good thing I have an Aqua3, that thing is huge. :D
 
I wanted the MX1000, but after reading some reviews I was starting to feel that it might not be the mouse to get.

A lot of the reviewers had issues with the mouse going to sleep (to save battery) if they lifted it off the pad - which is a serious issue if you're a gamer as you have that second where your movements don't equate to the movement in the game.

However, I bought one when I found one on offer to good to pass up (plus if it didn't work I could always return it) and I love it, it's the best mouse I've used so far - I haven't had any issues where the mouse goes into sleep mode after lifting off the pad (perhaps this was fixed in later revisions ?). Battery life is pretty good (much better than my MX900)

As for changing the colour of the laser - ther's no point you can't see it anyway as it's only a pinpoint of light, it's not like the glow from a normal optical mouse (as this is just an LED used to light up the surface to be scanned by the optical sensor).
 
Well I had the MX1000 and didn't find it was very good for playing games. For everything else it was fine. Battery life was good, the pickup problem most people talk about is highly overstated. I also never had issues with it going to sleep.

However, there is a noticable lag to it. The movements aren't as precise in games as say the MX510 or MX518. So between the Razer and the MX1000 I'd go for the Razer.

Of course I'd really recommend the MX518 over anything.
 
Dang, they dont seem to have them at my local Fry's but they do have the regular ones. Does anyone know where I can get them besides online?
 
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