Logitech Announces Updated G15 Keyboard and New G9 Mouse

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Wolfgang Hansson (Blog) - August 3, 2007 2:06 PM

Red is in style this year i suppose, new mouse looks funky but who can complain with 3200 DPi?

The G9 ships with two interchangeable grips, one called the Wide Load and the other called the Precision grip. The Wide Load grip is flatter and ideal for those who palm a mouse; the precision grip is textured and has raised areas more like the shape of the ergonomic mice we are used to seeing from Logitech.


The biggest feature of the G9 for gamers is likely to be the on-the-fly adjustable sensitivity that can be set to a low of 200 dpi up to a high of 3200 dpi. I am a big fan of high sensitivity for playing FPS games, and the 3200 dpi was great on the Quake Wars: EnemyTerritory demo Logitech was running.


The G9 also is weight adjustable like the G5 and allows the user to choose the color for the LED lights. If you have ever used the Revolution line of mice from Logitech you are familiar with the hyper-fast scroll wheel. The G9 uses the same scroll wheel as the Revolution series. The G9 set up is much the same as the Logitech VX Revolution notebook mouse.

The G15 also got a bit of a makeover. The keyboard is noticeably smaller and the lcd has changed.

The G15 has changed significantly, most notably by shrinking in size. The shrink was accomplished by losing some of the programmable macro keys on each side of the original G15 keyboard. The six keys on the new version have three shift states so the new G15 can save a total 18 total macros.



The other big change to the new G15 is moving from a flip up LCD display to one that is permanently fixed in place. The backlighting has also changed from a weak blue on the original to a brighter orange on the new G15. The LCD on the new G15 also uses the orange on black for much improved readability while gaming.

Source DailyTech

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Personally, I prefer the 2007 version of Logitech G5 over the G9 (the shape looks a lot more comfortable). I think I am just going to wait until the G9 causes the price of the G5 to drop and then pick one up. As for keyboards, the Logitech S510 (or diNovo Edge for the very rich) seem like better choices than the G15 (what is the point of the LCD anyway?).