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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: daerid on Thu, 19 May 2011, 11:08:11

Title: IME 3.0 White?
Post by: daerid on Thu, 19 May 2011, 11:08:11

I noticed at Best Buy the other day that they are carrying an IME 3.0 that's more of a cream color than the (new) standard dark gray.

Has anybody tried this model? Did they fix the god awful side buttons or scroll wheel ?

Title: IME 3.0 White?
Post by: Arc'xer on Thu, 19 May 2011, 14:38:56

It's the legends edition and it's the same ****. Just has a glossy coating some say it's different it's not. It's just to grab more money by selling it a bit higher price in some cases.

The only way that mouse will ever be good is if someone were to custom build their own with higher quality plastics and use a better scroll wheel.

Title: IME 3.0 White?
Post by: daerid on Thu, 19 May 2011, 16:34:42

It's a shame, too. That mouse is probably the most comfortable mouse I've ever used, and it's got a hell of a sensor to boot.

Title: IME 3.0 White?
Post by: Skylit on Thu, 19 May 2011, 16:44:07

Quote from: Arc'xer;348638

It's the legends edition and it's the same ****. Just has a glossy coating some say it's different it's not. It's just to grab more money by selling it a bit higher price in some cases.

The only way that mouse will ever be good is if someone were to custom build their own with higher quality plastics and use a better scroll wheel.

Yep. The only thing that seems slightly better is the side buttons since they're rubberized now. Same ole faulty scroll encoder :[

Title: IME 3.0 White?
Post by: Bilbin on Thu, 19 May 2011, 17:42:29

This fixed the scrollwheel for me.
http://i54.tinypic.com/1j93pv.jpg