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Review on Enhanced Connectivity Logitech MK825 Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo by Dawn Valdez

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Logitech Combo for Costco

For the Costco price, this is a good wireless keyboard and mouse combo with a bunch of cool features such as: B. the ability to drag and drop from one computer to another with the mouse. It combines the Logitech K850 keyboard with the M585 mouse, as the MK825 is only sold through Costco (the similar Logitech MK850 has the same keyboard but with a different mouse). I totally agree with others that Logitech should provide documentation that describes the keyboard and mouse functions. I'm still a Win7 user and initially this thing just didn't do anything, but after poking around my system (using a wired keyboard and mouse) I found that it was looking for the correct drivers, which it eventually found . After that, after a restart, everything was fine. There's a bunch of keys on the keyboard that I have no idea what they're for, as all Logitech provides is a rather uninformative initial setup icon that shows exactly what you're going to do without instructions. As for the hardware, the mouse is really good, smooth and responsive. I'm not overly impressed with the keyboard which feels flimsy and key action is a little soft, suitable for home use but a pro would need something with crisper key action (like a DAS keyboard but these dictate premium pricing). I bought it to get rid of cables and just sacrifice a USB port. Being able to use a mouse (bluetooth) with my laptop is a nice bonus. It does a great job for my needs, but if I was using it 6 hours or more a day to do something like coding or word processing, I'd like something better. months and hasn't changed my mind at all and in fact I'm lowering my rating from 4 to 3 stars. Aside from being a bit annoying, sometimes the keyboard action behaves like the key is being held down when the key is actually being released. Also, sometimes a clean keypress is ignored (I suspect this is a bug in the USB communications software, but the keyboard's physical flaws aren't a software issue). The mouse is usually fine, but even there I sometimes had to lift and twist it to get the action working again (which presumably caused the software to reset). I'm used to Logitech making things better. I haven't given up on that combination yet, but that day will probably come sooner rather than later.

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