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Years ago, I became
enamored with
Logitech's MouseMan,
an ergonomic
three-button mouse
whose precision helped
boost my Quake scores.
Shortly after I started recommending it to my pals, Logitech moved to mice
with wheels, and the MouseMan design I fancied was relegated to a
"notebook mouse" status--same design, but with a cord too short to work with
a desktop PC.
Now Logitech has pulled the old MouseMan design out of the closet and
added some nifty new capabilities. Renamed the WingMan Gaming Mouse
and recolored a hip dark gray, the mouse fits in my hand naturally and
comfortably, with finger-fitting grooves on the buttons and a pleasing
indentation for the thumb.
The mouse's support for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) means easy
installation and even more precision. The report rate--how often the mouse
reports its position--for serial and PS/2 mice is 40 times per second. The
MouseMan connected via the USB port
reports at 120 times per second. And an
included adapter and software allow you to
connect the mouse via the PS/2 port and
boost the report rate as high as 200 times
per second.
The result is smooth, clean, responsive
movement and aiming in first-person
shooters, and slick, responsive control in all
Windows 98 applications. About the only
downside to this mouse is that, with its
left-to-right downward slope, it is clearly
designed for right-handed mousers only.
If you're right-handed and demand a high-performance mouse, you won't find
anything better than Logitech's WingMan. Its slick design, its precision in
both USB and PS/2 modes make it a great value at $39.99--and it comes
bundled with the full version of Monolith's Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.-- Willem Knibbe / GamePro
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