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The Razer Salmosa has no led’s and it only has three buttons. It’s basically a cut down version of their other mice, it does offer DPI changes but not as “on the fly” as a button on the mouse itself. You need to move a switch on the bottom of the mouse to change the DPI from 800 to 1800 and 125/500/1000Hz polling rate adjustments. Razer’s polling rate means the number of times the mouse sends reports to the computer every second. Over USB it’s normally 125Hz i.e. 125 times a second. This means that there’s a lag of 1/125th of a second or 8ms between the mouse and the system. Other Razer’s mice sports higher polling rates of 500Hz or more. 500Hz would mean a 2ms lag. The lower the lag the better

The fact that Razer’s Salmosa is designed to work with both your left and right hand makes it ideal for left handed people as well. The Razer Salmosa has a long enough cord; the wire is not too stiff so it won’t restrict your movement if you don’t have a device like the mouse bungee or something comparable to hold the wire in place. Once you switch the mouse over you see the buttons to control the DPI and the polling rate. The Razer Salmosa also has Teflon feet but that’s standard on most these days. The Salmosa feels good but I do find it a bit too light. It gives me the feeling there is too much hollow space inside the mouse and it feels just a bit off in terms of weight. A bit more weight would be better to the feel. Also not present on the Salmosa are two additional buttons on the side to use in web browsing, which is a huge deal to me. I always use those buttons in web browsing.

Razer also includes a driver cd which lets you install the Razer Salmosa control panel. It basically gives you the options that Windows has built in to adjust the sensitivity of your mouse, the way it scrolls and the way it glides but it’s now packed into a neat looking interface.