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You can't even shave with this thing...]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 23rd 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 23rd 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
And the mouse does a lot of it's magic all in itself (DPI switching, etc) but I doubt the advanced drivers are Linux compatible, but you will get a lot of the fuctionality out of it, most importantly the switching. And I haven't played with it yet, but I think it's supposed to have it's own internal memory, so you could tweak the finer points on a Windows box and then have that working just fine on Linux.

I finally managed to track down a Best Buy with one of these and got it myself this weekend to replace my aging Logitech G7 (it was a grat mouse, no complaints)...it's great. And I totally agree about the clicking....perfection.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
But here's my question: What happens when the battery dies? Are you left with no other choice than to plug the mouse in?]]>Mar 22nd 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Never played tuxracer?]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Also, as a gamer, one's choices are relatively limited in Linux, but WoW runs wonderfully in Wine (easily on par with OS X, I've never tried it in windows), UT2k4 and some other slightly dated FPSes are native and run great (UT3 is supposedly still coming to Linux according to Ryan Gordon). Source runs pretty well in Wine, though I bootcamp my MBP instead of messing with it in Linux. There are also some fairly high-quality open source games, like Warzone 2100, Spring (a general RTS platform), and the entire lineage of Cube engine games (Saurbraten, et al). So if the games you want to play are already in Linux, then you can be a Linux gamer, otherwise, get ready to dual-boot.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
I bought a new laptop a couple months ago that included internal bluetooth, so I got a Microsoft BT mouse to go with it. It worked awesome for about two days under Vista, then I upgraded to the Windows 7 beta and it would never connect again.

I exchanged the mouse for a cheapo off-brand one. This one connected, but would lose connection completely for about 20 seconds once every 5-10 minutes.

I exchanged that one for a nice expensive Logitech one and it had an identical issue. That was proof that the problem lied with my system, most likely an incompatible driver for my internal BT receiver under 64-bit Windows. So I gave up and bought a cheap mouse with an RF receiver and I've been totally fine ever since.

So yeah, huge pain in the ass, but no noticeable lag.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
You're not going to notice the lag on a headset, but mice are much more fine tuned. Rather, you notice the lag a lot more visually than you do audibly.]]>Mar 23rd 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
There is one possibility: wireless mice have power save features, where it goes into a sleep mode after a certain time having not moved it. It takes a second for it to wake up after moving it. If you cH find a wireless mouse where this property is tweakable, I bet you won't notice any lag, though you'll have to recharge it more often.]]>Mar 23rd 2009 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
MX1000 suffers from being too heavy and the wheelclick is horrible (close to unusable for me).

Also the G7 has cartridge batteries so you can just swap em when you need to recharge.

Unfortunately my G7 died on me, also they seem to be hard to find now.
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Makes me want to check it out though just to see the hype.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
I haven't used all of them but pretty much every gaming mouse I have used has click scrolling instead of smooth scrolling.
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Or he just meant it was a weird notch like it was very rigid (that goes away after a bit of use).]]>Mar 22nd 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Dude what mouse lets you switch? Sounds cool]]>Mar 22nd 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Ever wonder why that guy always kills you with a pistol ?
when you pull out a single shot weapon like a pistol, you toggle the scroll to use it as a fire button , spin it , instant sub machine gun.action. ]]>Mar 22nd 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
thats what she said.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
This also means that it's probably possible to remove the clicking from the wheel on most mice if you really want a smooth scroll.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 23rd 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
This or the new Microsoft Sidewinder x8?]]>Mar 22nd 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Who needs (wants) wireless and dedicated dpi switching buttons anyway?







(me)]]>Mar 23rd 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Meh, least I still have On-the-fly Sensitivity, hooray for Razer]]>Mar 22nd 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
Oh and is it has the horizontal scroll wheel]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
...ok, nevermind. Football.]]>Mar 22nd 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/Mar 22nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/22/razer-mamba-wired-wireless-gaming-mouse-impressions/
When someone says hockey you think of something other than ice hockey first?

I probably shouldn't be commenting on the hockey thing though, I've lived in South Florida all my life and only recently as far north as Orlando....]]>Mar 22nd 2009 5:16PM