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Fantastic mouse, has increased my tracking speed and lets me own more games than I've ever have with my previous mouse. I recommend this mouse to any gamers looking to go pro.
I have configured all my profiles. It gets real choppy at times to the point where I have to actually have to disconnect it and then reconnect it to make it work properly. I have updated the drivers and also the firmware on this thing running windows 7 as well and this thing just will not work for more than a hour till it starts malfunctioning. I have used it for a few months and must say it is probably the worst mouse I have ever used. I will probably never buy another Razer product again till they get their stuff straightened out and also I use a Lycosa Keyboard which I will write another review another day on it and it isn't pretty. Also when I disconnect it and then reconnect it sometimes the mouse cursor does not not move but the buttons still work.
I have ordered a Coolermaster Sentinel Advance mouse which is much cheaper than this thing and does much more. I bought this thing thinking it would be great for games. The tracking on this thing leaves much to be desired. Just so I know it is not my profiles after disconnecting this 2 or 3 times the cursor will start moving finally.Also I am using this on a Razer Exactmat so I know it isn't the mouse pad.
The mouse is nice, the software is horrible, the support is horrendous. So I remove the software realizing there is probably newer software on the website, download it and install it. Knowing its more complicated then just plug and play, I install the software from the CD to configure the other buttons. So I email Razer support detailing the above and say quite explicitly "What registry entries do I need to remove to make sure that the software is uninstalled fully." They respond back with troubleshooting like "Unplug the mouse and plug it back in." So I respond again, pointing out the person clearly didn't read my question at which point they recommended that I return it because it's defective hardware. That's excellent.
In the end I figured it out. The software doesn't detect the mouse. So I take home plug it in and it works. I bought this the day after Christmas, arrived within 2 days. Well the left and right might buttons do, so does the scrolly wheel.
Same issue.
They are now thicker and wider so you don't get the "scraping" problem that the CH got once the pads started wearing down/sliding around.Years of Quake and Starcraft taught me to grip a mouse with my fingertips "claw" style. but once I did that everything worked just fine across all OS's. The coating on my Copperhead started peeling after a couple of years so I'm hoping that they improved this process and it wont happen on this mouse.They also drastically improved their teflon pads since the Copperhead. Everything else is perfect.
Configuring my mouse required booting up VMWare and figuring out some magic to get the mouse passed to the VM as a USB device [.]. After a little research I decided on purchasing the Lachesis, which seems to be the spiritual successor to the Diamondback/Copperhead line.As I mouse left-handed, getting an ambidextrous mouse was critical. Love Razer's onboard memory system.After a couple months of the Lachesis at work I couldn't stand going home to my CH anymore and had to buy a second one so I could enjoy the same experience in both locations. They require just the right amount of pressure to push. Much to my (then) chagrin they no longer produced the Copperhead. Kudos to Razer for continuing to make high quality Ambi mice (though their latest high-end offering is righty-only, I hope this trend doesn't continue).The packaging is typical high quality Razer, not much needs to be said about it.The mouse is just.perfect. I love the soft plastic coating on the whole mouse, it gives it a great grip and it just feels really nice to touch. This mouse is perfect for that.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.Note: I took one star off of Ease of Use because the Razer software is still pretty cluttered UI-wise even though it works like a dream, just has stuff in a bit of a weird place (the profile management takes a bit to get used to). A couple months ago I wanted to buy a second Copperhead for use at work so I could bring my primary one home. While the Copperhead took a little getting used to (I found the side buttons in an odd location at first) the Lachesis' are flawlessly placed. If you get a little lazy you can palm it but it's sub-ideal.I use Mac OS X as my primary operating system.
The mouse tracks extremely nicely with barely ever suffering from jumping and usually if it occurs it means I hit the right side forward button to increase mouse sensitivity. I wanted something with a couple more buttons for hot keying so I bought razer's lachesis in december 2008 and have enjoyed it every since. I would recommend this mouse to anyone who demands a performance mouse with adjustable sensitivity and ergonomic design for hours of comfort. I am a pretty hardcore gamer specially when I was in the army and went through my share of mice. I think I was averaging a new mouse every 3 months until I got razer's death adder. I find the mouse very comfortable in my fingers and I suffer no pain from them after hours of game-play.
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