Editorial Product Review:Item Description:The Logitech Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser for Mac is the perfect match for your Mac desktop, whether it's used at home or at the office. It's engineered for critical performance to meet discerning and professional demands. It includes a comfortable ultra-flat keyboard and a high-performance laser mouse. The ultra-flat profile and built-in palm rest bring an amazing level of comfort. Dedicated one-touch controls for iTunes and iPhoto give you instant access to your music and photos. Programmable keys launch Safari, Mail, Spotlight, or any other application with a single press. The stylish white and silver design perfectly matches the design of your Mac. The sculpted high-performance cordless laser mouse delivers exceptional comfort and enables pixel-precise photo editing. Longer battery life provides up to 6 months or more of standard use.
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Buyer Reviews
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Perfect
Nice slim profile, matches the look of my Mini and is very comfortable to use. Nice shortcut keys, easy to set up and no problems. Great product.
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Great Keyboard, Great Value
I bought this keyboard (and mouse) from one of the Amazon Merchants. It was about $12 less than the new price quoted above (October 2008) including shipping. Unlike some other reviewers I have no complaints. I downloaded the latest software and the keyboard and mouse control panel (located as one of the System Preferences), and it worked just fine with my OS 10.4. It was easy to reassign the buttons on the mouse. I reset the two thumb buttons on the side to Apple-key [ and Apple-key ] which are Back and Forward in Safari and other browsers.
To reset mouse buttons or keys on the keyboard, click on the Desktop, and in the Finder, pull down the menu, select SYSTEM PREFERENCES and on the bottom row labeled OTHER, select LOGITECH CONTROL CENTER.
Click on the picture of the mouse or keyboard. The CONFIGURE button is now active, and click it. Select the button or key you wish to reassign, and at the far right of that row, you'll see an up-arrow and a down-arrow. When you click either, you'll see a number of selections. You can even select an application to launch.
You can also adjust the scrolling speed and distance and acceleration using the standard KEYBOARD AND MOUSE control panel on the HARDWARE row of SYSTEM PREFERENCES. (I think it might be nice for Logitech to include these controls and F-Key assignments on a future version of their software.)
As this is a wireless keyboard and mouse, I was very concerned about the amount of battery drain. The keyboard uses two AAA and mouse uses 2 AA batteries. In 4 months of use, I've had to replace the two generic AA alkaline mouse batteries once but the keyboard is still running on the first pair. Make sure you always have a couple of spares of each, as there is no alternative way to use the keyboard and mouse with dead batteries. (That is, you can't convert them to a wired set.)
The feel of the keyboard and mouse is just right to my fingers. There is a very soft audible and tactile click when you use either. I call this "The Goldilocks Effect." It feels "just right."
This is an excellent improvement on the wired keyboard and mouse which come with iMac. I have no experience with the Apple wireless set.
If there were one feature I would ask Logitech to add, it would be some indicator that the CAPS LOCK were engaged. I understand why it is omitted to save battery life. It's the only feature I missed, and I don't miss it enough to complain.
Thanks for reading my very wordy review.
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Works great, saves real estate
In the interest of reducing clutter, we went wireless with our desktop Apple G4. We've used this keyboard/mouse combo almost daily for exactly two years now, and it's been great. The volume controls are handy, but most of the other buttons surrounding the keyboard get little to no use at all. I just changed the mouse battery last month for the first time; I may have changed the keyboard battery a few months before that, but I can't recall. (Getting old.)
My only gripe is that the optical mouse won't work on our glass-on-black desktop without a pad (or a sheet of white paper). My wife stuck a brown fabric calendar holder/desk pad under it and it works fine, but it sort of blows the clean look we were going for.
I wanted a trackball mouse but the Logitech Optical Marble Mouse (USB/PS2) isn't available in a wireless version, so we tried the Logitech Cordless TrackMan Wheel. Neither one of us liked it, so we're back to the included optical mouse. I'd love to have a wireless Marble Mouse for our new setup, but my wife doesn't mind using the mouse (and it's not my computer anyway).
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Not good for graphic design
The mouse is extremely heavy and has little to no accuracy. The maximum scroll ball speed is way too slow. I like the keyboard and have no problems with it but unfortunately, this is a mouse/keyboard combo product.
Do not buy this product if you need to use the mouse for graphics.