Yeah I feel you. I was a MX Revo user for years... basically since it debuted. Until I stepped up to 1440p and couldn't deal with the low dpi on the Revo anymore. I ended up with a g700 as the next best compromise. It's mostly OK and I have become accustomed to it. The only big complaints I have about it over the Revo is the super **** battery life and the inferior grip on the ring/pinky side and I do like the thumb rocker on the Revo much better than the stacked thumb buttons on the g700. It sure isn't as good overall compared to the Revo, but I just needed much more than 800dpi these days so I had to give something. I guess I am one of the few that doesn't really miss the smartshift. I had more problems with it that anything really, with it going into free mode randomly when I sure as hell didn't want it to.
That's interesting that you'd say that you like the thumb rocker better than the buttons on the G700. I hardly use the rocker, I find it a bit... weird feeling. Kind of too much motion necessary for what is essentially a button, combined with not enough tactile feedback.
I was hoping the G700 thumb buttons would be better, although I have read some reviews saying they have hardly any tactile feedback, which doesn't sound very good.
I also wanted to have the extra three buttons on the index finger.
The battery life does sound horrible, and that is a pretty major negative!
I'm not a gamer but I'd like midrange dpi, with lots of buttons with tactile feedback and a nice autoswitching hyperscroll wheel. And wireless. A good, high end professional/geek mouse.
I don't know why these companies are so brain dead... The Performance Mouse MX was a step backwards from the Revolution MX. It lost the motor for the scroll wheel and a couple of buttons. It was a bit cheaper, I suppose.
I use a computer for 12 hours a day. I don't care how much the mouse costs if it does all that I want it to.
Are you listening, logitech??
I don't see why there aren't any highend companies making this kind of stuff, kind of like Razer or something but not for the l33t Gamer market? Even if 0.01% of the computer user market wants this stuff, that's still a lot of people and a lot of money.
Kind of like the silly keyboards people around this forum buy.
Probably Logitech patents would prevent anyone else copying the hyperscroll wheel...