| Corsair Vengeance M60 Laser Gaming Mouse |  |
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| Written by Joey Peng | |||||||
| Monday, 09 April 2012 | |||||||
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Corsair Vengeance M60 Laser Gaming Mouse Review
Manufacturer: Corsair Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by Corsair. The Vengeance M60 FPS laser mouse is Corsair's latest addition to its line of products. The M60 has 8 configurable buttons aimed at maximizing the FPS gaming performance. The dedicated "sniper" button is one of its most interesting features with the promise to help accurate aiming. Benchmark Reviews will be testing out the Vengeance M60 and see if it's a worthy buy. The Corsair Vengeance family has two pairs of mice/keyboard combinations. The K90/M90 are designed for MMORPG games with macro capabilities. The M60 is aimed at FPS gamers. The K60 the keyboard counterpart to this mouse with wrist rests and textured WASD keys. Making this split was a great choice for Corsair to capture both enthusiast groups while being able to differentiate the Vengeance series from numerous competitors. 
One thing great about this lineup is the slick metalic and matte black plastic. Also because they were designed to be a family, each mouse/keyboard pair look great next to eachother. The metal gives a solid feeling to the product and offers a new level of durability. Benchmark Reviews will be taking a closer look at this new FPS mouse in the next section. Corsair M60 Features
Corsair M60 Specifications
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Comments
The Corsair M90 also has this feature, but it can be programmed into any of the thumb buttons.
Corsair's mouse hardware is quite good. They really know how to make great hardware. However, I agree that their weak spot is actually their software. When I first got the Corsair M90 (MMO mouse)I couldn't get the thumb buttons working at all (and I wasn't alone). It wasn't until about a month later that they released a new software version and an actual manual. The mouse comes with neither, and early adapters were mostly left to guess how the mouse was supposed to work.
Their new software finally works properly, and the instructions available from their website are actually pretty good. The M60 doesn't have many buttons to worry about, but the M90 has lots of buttons, and you have to basically do a little dance to get them working. A visit to the Corsair forums, reading the top post in the mouse forum, should get you up and running.
Personally I find it inexcusable for a company, especially a company like Corsair who is trying to convince people that they make superior products, to not include software and a manual (paper or file) in their packaging.
In my opinion, it being the 21st century and all, it's time to include some flash RAM in the devices that contains the drivers and software so, when plugged in, the mouse automatically installs the driver and software. We're talking expensive mice here (anything over $50). I don't see why, at those prices (and more) they cannot include such a simple feature. Of course, it helps if the software actually works out-of-the-box.