Microsoft to buy Logitech?

I hope not

gggaaaa........do not want....DO NOT WANT!!!!

i for 1 will no longer buy logitech if this happens.

All of you are over-reacting. Microsoft and Logitech BOTH make some of the best peripheral devices on the market. This would be like having Coke buy Pepsi: it's a monopoly. Well, there would still be competition, but hence, not really. Say what you want, but keep your Windows and 360 comments away from here, because MS actually makes REALLY GOOD mice, keyboards and gamepads for PC's. (As does Logitech too.)

i had(still do) an ms wireless desktop. It was horrible! too many reasons to list. I gave the keyboard to my 1yr old daughter, so she wouldnt screw with my really cool, new logitech set.

I personally hope this does not happen as I like having the choice to choose between MS and Logitech mice and keyboards for my computer systems. W/ the competition between the two companies almost every time I upgrade I somehow end up switching between the two brands because one brand outdoes the other in features and price, a sign of healthy competition that gives me more choices which is welcome in my book.

Please Logitech, please don't go...

I'll miss your products too much: the mice, keyboards and definitely the Driving Force Pro, which I'm hoping to try out on the new Gran Turismo 5!

@ LOCOENG
Sry about my sig...didn't know you guys changed the rules. Edited this post, I'll fix it asap.

I own MS products.. I own Logitech products... if they merge, I will own neither. The competition of the two makes me happy with options. I will just become the consumer of someone else and say "screw em" because MS has their hands in too much. If they want to monopolize the high end PC peripheral market I will just buy low end to protest it. This does not make me happy.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...........

I have owned both. Never had any problems with Logitech keyboards and mice. I have a logitech serial mouse that has outlived 3 MS mice. Or maybe it's just the cheese I fed them...... oh dry humor wheres the writers guild when you need them?

Originally posted by Blackjax:

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Or maybe it's just the cheese I fed them...... oh dry humor wheres the writers guild when you need them?

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leviticus,

Your sig is too big. You can have 3 lines of text with a picture sig or 5 lines max without a picture. Fix your to comply with forum rules ASAP!

Originally posted by LOCOENG:

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leviticus,

Your sig is too big. You can have 3 lines of text with a picture sig or 5 lines max without a picture. Fix your to comply with forum rules ASAP!

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I too first owned a wireless MS desktop set, keyboard and mouse. It was horrible! I then went looking for another, was about to go with MS again, then at the last minute chose Logitech and have never been happier.

With MS I bang on the keyboard and have to keep rearranging things to get a better signal. But with Logitech I often have to correct mistakes of multiple entries because of its sensitivity. Minor flaw, probably my settings.

Originally posted by c.trigger:

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I hope not

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Originally posted by SProdigy:

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All of you are over-reacting. Microsoft and Logitech BOTH make some of the best peripheral devices on the market. This would be like having Coke buy Pepsi: it's a monopoly. Well, there would still be competition, but hence, not really. Say what you want, but keep your Windows and 360 comments away from here, because MS actually makes REALLY GOOD mice, keyboards and gamepads for PC's. (As does Logitech too.)

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I have owned Logitech mice exclusively for more than a decade. I've had to use some MS mice, and while they were okay, and I could see why the owners liked them, they've never made anything that felt quite right in my hand.

OTOH Logitech's mouse and keyboard software is one of the biggest jokes in the peripheral industry. I learned long ago that Mouseware was not my friend and should never be loaded. Recently I've started using a Logitech wireless keyboard which has a slider on the left side (right where my pinky sits for hours each day, and it occasionally decides to zoom the screen for me, a feature which I can neither turn off or reprogram. I finally found a more direct solution and put tape over the slider.

I have to agree with the poster who said the competition is important. Regardless of what you think of either company, if they merge, the market needs another company to step up to compete. Meanwhile I think I'll buy a couple of spare MX 620 mice since they're cheap. If you spend as much time on your computer as I do the right mouse isn't a luxury item.

Originally posted by SProdigy:

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All of you are over-reacting. Microsoft and Logitech BOTH make some of the best peripheral devices on the market. This would be like having Coke buy Pepsi: it's a monopoly. Well, there would still be competition, but hence, not really. Say what you want, but keep your Windows and 360 comments away from here, because MS actually makes REALLY GOOD mice, keyboards and gamepads for PC's. (As does Logitech too.)

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Well if they do buy logitech, that name would probably stay separate from the Microsoft brand. Just like Alienware & Dell.

since '95 I've been using Logitech products, never disappointed.

Logitech make high quality stuff, but never think the design through properly. Microsoft design things well, but never quite make them properly.
Together, that's a recipe for disaster.
Logitech don't thrill me in the keyboard/mouse style peripheral market any more, but it's things like top-end PC speakers where they see most of my business. Just don't give MS any control over that part of the company, and I won't get too upset! :)

Nooooo!!
Say it isn't so. Logitech makes the best accessories on the market, Micro$oft makes the worst. Once again if they can't beat'em....put'em out of business or take'em over.

Microsoft are the only company I've used to date to have made a keyboard that has broken, electronically!
How card can it be?

Speaking from past experience whatever MS consumes it generally drags down with it. I'd like to keep the two firms separate.

Originally posted by sammorris:

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Logitech make high quality stuff, but never think the design through properly. Microsoft design things well, but never quite make them properly.
Together, that's a recipe for disaster.
Logitech don't thrill me in the keyboard/mouse style peripheral market any more, but it's things like top-end PC speakers where they see most of my business. Just don't give MS any control over that part of the company, and I won't get too upset! :)

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Logitech>Microsoft when it comes to any form of peripherals in my opinion, but especially gaming devices and audio.

MS make too much of that horrible ergonomic, 110% user-friendly crap with unwieldy layouts and poor support.
Logitech are far better quality in my opinion.

MS has better software tho..has anyone hacked the MS,mouse software to runany mouse fully?

Agreed, but it's still far from perfect. For one thing, MS software is programmed to uninstall all rival software when it's put on there - so if you have drivers for any other peripherals installed, you can't use them if you wish to use MS' software. Logitech's is just a bit rubbish from the start though, and Razer's is even worse.

Doesnt Logitech make PS controllers? This would be a sad thing. M$ screws up everything they buy out and own. We dont need another good company that will gain a bad rep from poorly made equipment that M$ will produce in their name.

Originally posted by spydah:

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Doesnt Logitech make PS controllers? This would be a sad thing. M$ screws up everything they buy out and own. We dont need another good company that will gain a bad rep from poorly made equipment that M$ will produce in their name.

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If Microsoft gets hold of Logitech, they will most probably pull the plug on all of there competing products. So not more Logitech accessories for PS2 and PS3, or that RumblePad that looks like a DualShock controller as that would be infulencing there XBOX 360 controller for PC.

Dave!

True we would probably say goodbye to the G-Series, which makes Microsoft's "Gaming" peripherals look like toddler's toys.
When it comes to gaming-specific peripherals Logitech>Microsoft.

Even today I refuse to use the scroll mouse & continue to use my 3 button - non optical mouse.

So far as the MS keyboards are concerned I am extremely uncomfortable with the re positioned & resized keys - especially the 6 - insert/end page up/page down etc.

At the age of 62 and having used the original layout keyboards I simply refuse to change.

Originally posted by pmshah:

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Even today I refuse to use the scroll mouse & continue to use my 3 button - non optical mouse.

So far as the MS keyboards are concerned I am extremely uncomfortable with the re positioned & resized keys - especially the 6 - insert/end page up/page down etc.

At the age of 62 and having used the original layout keyboards I simply refuse to change.

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Each to their own, I've used a wheel mouse since my first PC and hate doing without one.

Originally posted by Amir89:

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True we would probably say goodbye to the G-Series, which makes Microsoft's "Gaming" peripherals look like toddler's toys.
When it comes to gaming-specific peripherals Logitech>Microsoft.

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Originally posted by Amir89:

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True we would probably say goodbye to the G-Series, which makes Microsoft's "Gaming" peripherals look like toddler's toys.
When it comes to gaming-specific peripherals Logitech>Microsoft.

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This would be a great partnership if Microsoft lets them be a part of the growth.