I first encountered this set at a local Staples store display. I tried the keys and the mouse, and after that I knew that I wanted one. The keyboard is very low profile, but not low enough to me too mushy. It has the solid tactile feedback typical of a Logitech set. I also love how quiet the keyboard and mouse were. On my two previous sets, one had a noisy keyboard and a quiet mouse, and the other had a quiet keyboard and a noisy mouse. On the MK710, both the keyboard and the mouse are wonderfully muted. The wrist pad on the keyboard is a very nice touch, although the point at which it is widest is a bit odd, because it leaves one wrist more slightly supported than the other. It still feels comfortable once you get used to it, but having both wrists supported equally would have been nice.
The keyboard has some nice function keys and a LCD display that shows the status of the battery, caps lock, num lock, and mute. The LCD is not backlit, so it can be difficult to see sometimes, however this is understandable to conserve battery life. It is still very small, however. There are not a lot of customizable keys on the keyboard, which is ok, but since the price is so high, I would expect to see more programmable functions to justify the sticker price. The keyboard comes with two sets of adjustable legs, but they are pretty thin and are not the sturdiest I have seen. Still they do provide two different heights for the keyboard.
The mouse is nice, although it is for right-handed people only. It has two side buttons near the top that default to the back and forward functions, and a third button placed oddly towards the bottom edge of the left side of the mouse. That is by default the application switcher button, which is useful, but in a very strange place. It takes a bit of a learning curve to press it reliably. The mouse tracks well and clicks very quietly, and is not too big. It has a metal scroll wheel that offers four way tilt scrolling and a neat feature called hyperscrolling. Basically, there is a button directly beneath the scroll wheel that you push to enable traditional "click" scrolling when you need precision or smooth hyperscrolling when you need speed. The mechanism is solid and works easily.
The only issue that I had with this device was the SetPoint software. The set can be used without installing drivers, however the customizable features of the set will only work with the SetPoint drivers. The drivers that come with the set are hopelessly out of date, especially if you are using Windows 7 64bit. Please do yourself a favor if you own this set and go straight to the Logitech website and download the latest drivers from there. Don't waste time installing the drivers from the CD, only to find they make some of your computer functions go haywire.
Other than that, this is another great desktop set from Logitech. One the correct drivers are installed, it works like a piece of cake. It is a little pricey, but has all the reliability and quality that one would expect from Logitech. Logitech Wireless Desktop MK710
I've owned several of Logitech's products so when the time came to outfit a laptop with an external keyboard I went looking to see what the latest revision brings. The mouse if comfortable, if a bit light, although I still don't like the separate button to switch between 'free' and 'click' wheel. Layout of the keyboard is as expected and better than the one I use (Desktop Wave Pro) where the delete key is different than every version known to man. I like the LCD although I wonder if it will be of any real use. They keys have a nice feel and travel to them and the padded wrist rest is great.
Also two final notes - First, the size of the dongle is amazing and it makes it a real possibility that you won't take it out. Second, rather than bothering with the shipped CD take a few minutes and stop off at the support site to look for the latest drivers. In my case there was a detection ActiveX module you can load to make selection foolproof (will become more important later when I can't remember the exact name of the product) and installation was no biggie.
overall i like this set...just seems to skip out or not work past a 7-10 foot threshold needed something to work from my couch 15-20 feet away..i guess i'll keep this around until technology gets better...
The buttons on the mouse are nifty (i have windows 7 and the thumb button shows all the other windows up for quick switch overs.
the scroll mode gets addicting (realized this when going back to my other mouse on my laptop and other computers)
My old keyboard mouse combo was flat out old. It was Logitechs Y-RJ20 keyboard and an old opticl mouseman mouse, both aging bad. I loved my old keyboard with the knobby volume and MP3 player controls on the keyboard, and battery life was about 6 months for the keyboard not too bad for being 6 years old. My old mouse on the other hand would last about a week and a half and drove me nuts constantly changing batteries. I finally broke down and bought the MK710, and it was an upgrade I won't soon regret. The mouse is super sweet. Very much like the VX Nano mouse only for bigger hands(which I really enjoy for my laptop). All in all I rate this setup as the best setup for a hundred bucks and I couldn't be more pleased. The battery life will be the only thing left for me to prove, and we'll see. The keyboard has 3 positions, no knobby volume but controls are all there and easy to use. Keys are low profile, but feel good and feel solid. The mouse was my biggest upgrade, and am all too happy to see this device under my hand! Execellent product logitech, would recommend. WIll check back if I find anything peculiar or mortifying about this product. - Wireless - Mouse - Wireless Desktop - Wireless Keyboard'
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