Sunday, March 14, 2010

Logitech G1 mouse detail, software, DIY and sale information. (continually updated)

Before we start
    Sometimes we can't find some products in local area, we may experienced the same condition. Most of the time, what on earth can we do to solve the problem, just home waiting? So I think people should help each other. Also that's a good way for people to enjoy life. People live in united, so do something now, any little something you can to have fun.
    Have you ever tried Logitech G1 mouse before? Do you have G1 story or any other good ideas? Just send me your story, photo and video, I will post it so that more people can enjoy happiness and share experience together. You can also take Logitech G1 as souvenir. Anyway it's the very first product of Logitech gaming series (G family). Many gamers, programmers and general users like G1, why G1 seems so popular? Let’s start, you may get the answer.
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Part I
Introduction (Logitech G1 story, here we go)
    Logitech is one of the well-known brand names in computer peripherals, representing high quality products. For years I trust Logitech quality. I have an old style Logitech mouse, I use it for almost 10 years, until now I still use it sometimes. Also I bought some other Logitech products, Logitech do a good job, and they become good partner of my life.

- Logitech G1 Optical Mouse
    According to Logitech, the G1 Optical Mouse is "...Based on the technology that powered the best-selling Logitech MX 510 Performance Optical Mouse, the Logitech G1 Optical Mouse is ideal for gamers and PC power users alike. This lightweight, ambidextrous mouse captures 5.8 megapixels of surface detail per second on a 12-bit data path (typical mice use 8-bit data paths) to deliver lag-free performance and up to 15 Gs of instant acceleration. The G1 Optical Mouse is plug-and-play, working immediately when plugged into the USB port on a desktop or notebook PC..."

    Actually, new G1 has been upgraded to 1000 dpi, however, the old edition is 800 dpi, this mouse greatly move into a high level.  In terms of performance, the new G1 has improved  which is more performance than the old version of G1 and  far beyond the level of Logitech MX510.
    The design is not very ergonomic, but it's comfortable when you use the mouse. It can be used by all people, left or right handed people altogether and, even if it really is a gaming mouse, it does have good performance in general use, programming, I say.

From official we know
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MX™ Optical Engine

You’re ready for speed with 1000 dpi optical tracking and 5.8 megapixels/second image processing on a 12-bit data path. You’ll enjoy lag-free performance and up to 15 g's of acceleration.



Full-speed USB

You can expect blazing speed and instant acceleration with a corded USB connection that moves bits eight times faster than conventional mice.


Lightweight ambidextrous mouse
At just 80 grams, this ultra-light, contoured mouse won’t weigh you down and feels good in either hand.





Durable Teflon® mouse feet


Super-slick feet give the mouse the effortless, super-smooth glide you want for gaming.





 
 Rugged design

This desktop is built to stand up to the rigors of hardcore gaming, with the ability to glide up to 250 kilometers and withstand up to 3 million button clicks.





    Attention, new retail edition G1 has improved to 1000 DPI. The old edition is 800 DPI. Nowadays only  Keyboard+Mice combos G1 mouse and old retail edition is 800 DPI. All the new retail edition G1 mouse is 1000 DPI.


    Here is G1 photo and video, some people say it looks like mx300 or G3, same shape, what do you think.


















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    In a word, the main features of Logitech G1 optical mouse are listed below and so on:
- Make pixel-precise moves: High resolution 1000 dpi MX optical engine processes an astonishing 5.8 megapixels per second for best-in-class performance and tracking.
- Accelerate instantly: Full-speed corded USB connection is 8x faster than conventional mice, to deliver blazing speed and instant acceleration.
- Forget sticky workarounds: Durable Teflon® feet give the smooth glide you want in a gaming mouse.
- Ambidextrous: A comfortable fit for either right- or left-handers.
- Designed for endurance: Built to withstand the physical demands of hardcore gamers.

Some professional gamers choose G1, some of them still use it, including some top level professional gamers. Some people say it's a great gaming/ general use mouse.
    It's simple to hold and use. G1 is not too big, not small either. So it gives you very good control. G1 has good performance with different type game, such as RTS and FPS and so on, StarCraft, WarCraft, Dota, CS, COD, ARMA...
In my opinion G1 also has very good performance in general use. Besides, Some programmer also like G1. I think G1 is a good partner in daily life. When you hard learning or working, thinking and coding. It’s easy to locate your cursor to any part of program code or the web page. When you programming a function, you will feel free to write your code with G1 mouse. For example, if your constructor uses new to allocate memory, the destructor should use delete to free that. Btw, don’t forget use delete, or your program may give you surprise.
I like G1 whenever I play game or general use. If you wanna feel how is G1, you’d better try it yourself, becuase sense as personal feeling can be different sometimes. So I will give you some of my personal feeling first, if you have some words to say, just let us know. Acutally, it’s a big topic, maybe I need to write more detail about it with another post. As it’s for me, I’m glad to get a little improvement of my APM, such as playing StarCraft, tracks everything literally. especially, it’s not too heavey, I think G1 has really good performance with some games. Compare with some heavy mouse, you won’t feel too tired after long time gaming.

Some RTS ,FPS game, and so on.
StarCraft: don’t need to explain more, lots of professional gamers show us how perfect G1 is. WarCraft, Dota and CS, even WOW, we have the same reason to choose G1. You can trust G1.
Arma/SWAT/HD2SS: I need G1 whenever I’m in enemy territory. I feel comfortable and safe with my mouse. Kinda like a real warrior.
LFS: control with G1 is not bad, but a wheel equipment can be better.
IL2/Falcon/LO/FS: as a gunner it’s good to play IL2. While these kind of game is  much complex. As a pilot I think Joystick is better choice. Flying and shooting.
Top Spin2: TS2 is different from TS1 design, so a mouse is necessary to control.
I have a Logitech gamepad and it’s much better for playing TS2. In fact I play some sports game with gamepad instead of keyboard+mice.

    We know there’re lots of good games, I can’t list all of them this time, so if you have your own feeling about G1 and good games. Welcome share with us.
StarCraft II is coming, lots of SC fan are waiting and testing with the last beta version. Lucky me, it seems I don’t have any chance to win a beta key until now, lol~ Hey, if you wanna share your beta key with me, just tell me. Good luck!

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Part II
Software Installation (optional, my Logitech G1 software introduction)
Don’t worry, G1 driver work very well with lots of operating system. Such as Windows 7 (64-bit system/32-bit), XP, Vista, 2000 and so on. These are some screenshot  from my computer, I may post more later.
Installation is easy enough. Simply plug in the new one! In any case, the G1 will work perfectly with either the USB or PS2 connection interface. Logitech, unfortunately, doesn't offer driver CD in the package (probably to keep retail package costs down?). While the drivers are not mandatory in order for the G1 mouse to work, they do offer some additional capabilities, and you can set a special function for each button. After visiting the Logitech website, I noticed that the latest Logitech Setpoint driver package was available, the last version update to v4.90.80, for instance windows 7 64-bit version 25.5MB , 32-bit 23.6 MB. It’s easy to download from official link. Choose your Operating System and then begin download.
( http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/428/3526&hub=1&cl=my,en )

After installing, the logitech Setpoint software is available so that you can configure all functions of your mouse. As you can see, now you can assign your own function with Logitech perfect software support. G1 has 4 button and one wheel. You can explor G1 software from now on.
Pointer Acceleration: if you feel it’s too fast when you play game, I recommend you set it as my photo, here I choose “None”.
Pointer Speed: set your own speed.
Welcome share your good experience about G1 software with us.

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Part III
DIY (optional, follow your own idea)
G1 is design for long time move, perhaps some people may think it’s a little light. If you wanna make it heavy or set your own weight, we can DIY it.
You can find a metal weight from other Logitech mouse and fix it in G1. If you don’t have one, that’s ok, just put other weight into the mouse. Pay attention, don't hurt the mouse inside or lost equipment.

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Part IV
Sale Information (wish I can help someone who may really need it, as long as I can)
Purchase 100% unused New Logitech G1 now, it's easy.
Your Price: Each retail Logitech G1 mouse is 28 $ (US Dollar).
Retail Edition Including Logitech package:
Product Dimensions:  ·116 x 60 x 36 mm ; 80 g. (G1 mouse).
Package Dimensions: ·23.70 x 17.70 x 6.50 cm. (G1 package).

Logitech G1 Gamming Optical Mouse Technical Specifications
- Tracking resolution: 1000 dpi (new retail edition)
- Image Processing: 5,800,000 pixels / sec
- Maximum Acceleration: 15 g
- Maximum speed: 40 inches / second (depending on surface) 
- USB Data Format: 12 / axis
- USB report rate: 125 reports / second 
- Sleep mode: disabled
- Weight without cord: 80 grams
- INTERFACE : USB
- Color : Titanium Gray amp; Black tone color

System Requirements
PC
Windows® 7,
Vista™, XP, 2000, Me, 98 ( USB port )
Mac OS ® 10.1.2 or later ( USB port )

Game Specifications
Dynamic friction coefficient-μ (k): 0.13 *
Static coefficient of friction-μ (s): 0.23 *
Buttons: up to 300 million click
Feet: up to 250 kilometers
Measure on the wood-veneer surface

Product packaging content
Logitech ® G1 Optical Mouse
Installation Guide
USB
Warranty certificate and certificate 
Best selling in some areas and many professional gamer equipment.
For more details, please contact me.

    Logitech G1 mouse belongs to G series, Logitech Gaming family. Logitech G1 is the very first product of Logitech Gaming series. As for me, I'd like to have this kind of classic product with me. What are you waiting for, just get your own Logitech G1 mouse now. Order your G1, please contact me. I’ll try to meet your needs. Please read the following step.
( alsogamefan#gmail.com )

1,  If you have interesting with G1, please send me email or online chat with me.
Please tell me your location so that we can make sure the Shipping amp; Delivery Fee. I will conform with you first, you can choose a better express service in local area. International Shipping Rates depends on shipping speed and express company.

2,  If you decide to buy G1, please send remittance to me. When you save enough money to my account, I will confirm the address and shipping way with you. After that, I will send you the package as soon as possible.

3,  I prefer picking better shipping way so that we both can track the status by package code anytime. I recommend Fedex, UPS instead of other way. If you choose EMS, because item lost problem it needs some additional fee. Besides, Fedex and UPS is more safe and faster, it only take about 3~5 days, depends on service type you pick.


Communication: I will answer your question within 48 hours.
Delivery: After received your payment, I will post your item in 48 hours.
Service: I will answer your question from Monday to Sunday if I’m free. If wanna buy G1 in holiday, please contact me.

For example:
Adam send mail to me about his address, pick Fedex. I confirm with Fedex aobut the delivery fee is 50$, Adam will pay 28+50=78$. Adam may need to pay for the remittance fee, it depends on local service. Please transfer enough 78$ to my account. After that, I will send Adam the product.

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APPENDIX I
FAQ (Something you may want to know)

1, How much is the remittance fee?
It depends on your local service charge, please contact your local bank.
Attention:
You may need to pay for the remittance fee, so please tranfer enough money to my bank account so that we can both get benefit and save our time.

2, How long will it takes by bank remittance?
It depends on service system, normally it may takes about 3 work days. For further information, please contact your local bank.

3, May I buy other product?
If you are looking for something else, such as CD or any other products you need,  please let me know. I will check whether I can help you or not. I'd like to help everybody, unless it may leads to illegal issue. So, please obey local laws.

4, I have something to say, may we chat online?
Welcome leave me your advice and share your good ideas. You can leave me message here on website, send me mail. We can also make instant online conversation by gmail chat. My E-mail ( alsogamefan#gmail.com ).

6, How can I contact you?
You can send me email (alsogamefan#gmail.com). If you want to chat with me directly, please login your gmail account. If I'm not here, we can make an appointment.

7, what can I do If I can't browse your website?
Please check your network and computer first. If unusual condition happens to the website, Don't worry, please send email. Google server is often stable.

8. Is this 100% new unused G1?
Yes, it's 100% new unused G1 mouse with all content, including G1 product box.

9. G1 is 800 or 1000 DPI?
I already described: "Attention, new retail edition G1 has improved to 1000 DPI. The old edition is 800 DPI. Nowadays only  Keyboard+Mice combos G1 mouse and old retail edition is 800 DPI. All the new retail edition G1 mouse is 1000 DPI."

10. How long will you do it?
I hope I can do it for more people as long as I can.

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APPENDIX II
About G1 Keyboard+Mice combos.
Logitech G1 combos including keyboard and mouse, the full name is Logitech G1 Gaming Desktop. The combos G1 mouse is 800 DPI. And the product box is much bigger size because of the keyboard. So If you have interesting to buy G1 combos, or only wanna buy combos G1 mouse, please let me know. I strongly suggest you choose G1 retail edition if you don’t need the keyboard.

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To be continued
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