Logitech’s BT Mouse More Mighty Than Apple’s Latest Cordless?

SvenOnTech reported on Apple’s release of the wireless Mighty Mouse Tuesday and while a few things are new, such as no cord and being laser guided, the big thing that keeps sticking out to us isn’t the fact that it can now be easily lost as your cordless phone but rather its $80 price tag.

For half the price, you can get a Logitech V200 and it comes in one of four colors. Sure, the V200 uses an optical sensor instead of laser but we’ve been using this mouse since it first graced the world of wireless and it’s been running strong as can be. Tracking hasn’t been an issue for us and we never use a mouse pad! Heck, Levis can’t even fool this bad boy!

So why would we want to pony up another $40 for Apple’s mouse? Sure, we loved our wired Mighty Mouse, though Expose’s activation when we didn’t expressly ask for it was a bit annoying, but to nearly double to price to make room for two AA batteries and a Bluetooth chip? Ya, ya, ya, and a laser. Still, is it worth it? Heck, you can get a wireless Microsoft laser for $20! Why the huge jump in price, Apple?

We’re already seeing unpacking pictures of the wireless Mighty Mouse and we’re glad there are some out there willing to pay the higher markup, but not us. We’ll stick with our Logitech work horse and use the extra $40 to buy another one for our PowerBook!

Update: The proper model number for the Bluetooth version is the V270. It retails for $49 instead of $39 as is the price for the V200.

Silly Logitech’s site jumped us to the V200 when digging down from its site via the Bluetooth option. Guess that should be fixed, aye?

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