Some of you might know that the Salmosa mouse is not available outside of China yet. Actually it can't be purchased anywhere on the net so far. I have my hands on a few. I have one posted on ebay for those interested(if I saw this post before, I would have definitely jumped into it). Anyways, this is an limited rare item so I thought some people might appreciate knowing.
I'll be writing a review on it somewhere if anyone is interested.
That comparison pic of it with the other mice got me pretty exited about it, it looks like the type of mouse I would like to purchase. Could you also post a picture that would show its height compared to other mice? The one problem I see about the mouse in your review is the 800dpi feature. With 1800dpi being its native resolution wouldn’t 800 dpi result in scaling errors since the mouse is also driver-less?
I actually tried taking some sideview pictures, they didn't come out that desirable. But I can take one if you want to see it, which mice would you like me to take a picture with?
As far as the dpi scaling, it's kind of a difficult technicality to explain and I might not completely understand it perfectly either. But if you can think of each DPI(dot per inch) recognized by the mouse on the mousepad as each pixel on your monitor being moved by the mouse cursor, as you go up in screen resolutions and you want the cursor to stay 1 to 1 ratio(1 dot to 1 pixel), you would naturally need a higher DPI to achieve that. If you stay with a low DPI mouse, it would be software interpreted to achieve the same effect. Things like windows mouse acceleration, "enhanced precision" Windows feature, these things alter the messages that the hardware(the mouse) is telling the software. It's pretty complicated and it's hard to truly show the advantages of higher dpi versus just an "emulated" version of it(via higher sensitivity, etc..). Anyways, these are all theoretical since nobody really uses 1 to 1 ratio anyways.
And even right now, with the mouse, I'm not using the 1800dpi right now because it's just too sensitivity for my needs. I'm not sure what is the "native" DPI for the mouse, I just make sure there is little to zero mouse acceleration(positive or negative) and I'm pretty happy. :o)
Looking at the comparison picture if yours, holding a 3.0 in my hand, imagining what the Salmosa would feel like and thinking what the heck!
#3: you can get an almost perfect ratio of 1 x 1 on the mouse by using IME 3.0 (or other correctionless mouse), 6/11 Windows sensitivity with epp off. At least according to the mouse movement recorder software.
I didn't think it would be so small first. Now I know it really is VERY small. I guess that's nothing for me since.. well.. I'm not sure, but I don't "fingertip" a mouse (or whatever it is called). Got an MX518 (1800 dpi), but I use 400 dpi with it. Tbh, I didn't get the mouse to skip yet. And I also have an IMO 1.1 (400 dpi as well ^^).
A few people have asked me, but I sold all the Salmosa I bought already. Basically if you want to get one, you'll have to pay a lot more than the market price right now. If you are lucky, you'll get it for 60 USD. Basically this is true until a chinese reseller who holds the mouse is willing to sell it internationally.
Razer Salmosa
I'll be writing a review on it somewhere if anyone is interested.
http://razerblueprints.net/index.php/comp..
As far as the dpi scaling, it's kind of a difficult technicality to explain and I might not completely understand it perfectly either. But if you can think of each DPI(dot per inch) recognized by the mouse on the mousepad as each pixel on your monitor being moved by the mouse cursor, as you go up in screen resolutions and you want the cursor to stay 1 to 1 ratio(1 dot to 1 pixel), you would naturally need a higher DPI to achieve that. If you stay with a low DPI mouse, it would be software interpreted to achieve the same effect. Things like windows mouse acceleration, "enhanced precision" Windows feature, these things alter the messages that the hardware(the mouse) is telling the software. It's pretty complicated and it's hard to truly show the advantages of higher dpi versus just an "emulated" version of it(via higher sensitivity, etc..). Anyways, these are all theoretical since nobody really uses 1 to 1 ratio anyways.
And even right now, with the mouse, I'm not using the 1800dpi right now because it's just too sensitivity for my needs. I'm not sure what is the "native" DPI for the mouse, I just make sure there is little to zero mouse acceleration(positive or negative) and I'm pretty happy. :o)
Looking at the comparison picture if yours, holding a 3.0 in my hand, imagining what the Salmosa would feel like and thinking what the heck!
#3: you can get an almost perfect ratio of 1 x 1 on the mouse by using IME 3.0 (or other correctionless mouse), 6/11 Windows sensitivity with epp off. At least according to the mouse movement recorder software.
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the smaller the mouse the less stress you'll have to put on your wrist if you're using only your fingers, so it works even if you have big hands.
if you want an ergo mouse go with something else.
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