Logitech V270 BT mouse - I'm not satisfied

Friday I bought a Logitech V270 BT mouse. As I already own a wireless apple keyboard, my idea was to get a BT mouse so that I don't have to use an additional USB-receiver. The wireless mighty mouse hasn't convinced me because the button selection by the sensors isn't much working fine. So I decided to buy a V270 and I must say that this device is a big disappointment! The awakening time from energy saving mode is about 0.5 seconds. This is definitely too much! Furthermore the tracking is very bad. I tried several surfaces and never I got a smooth tracking, although the mouse got a 1000dpi resolution. While booting the mouse delays the start of the wireless keyboard which makes me wait for logging in. This all is not acceptable to me.
So, why do I write all this? I want to tell everybody who intends to buy this mouse to think it over if he can live with this limitations. As I spent about two days for searching a suitable BT mouse I was very disappointed. Also I found nearly no hints about this limitations in the internet forums.
I finally brought it back to store and got a MX610 which works fine! A smooth and save tracking, perfect anatomical fit and a short, hardly noticable wakening time from energy saving mode. This is a mouse I'm happy with!
PowerMac G5 2x2,0GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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Hi, © ! — or do you prefer Ulfur?
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You may want to search this forum for differing views on this. Also, go to this Logitech user forums page and click to select the Macintosh forum. I won't deny you the (dis-?)pleasure of reading about others' experiences...
[1] Sorry, I don't mean to be as discouraging as I've probably made things sound. Most Mac folks have actually had pretty good experience with Logitech USB and Bluetooth mice — but Logitech Support's attitude toward Mac users could be improved. Please check things to confirm what's what — then post back, and I — or someone else who's using an MX900 or MX1000 or V270 or whatever Logitech mouse — will try to help further.
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[2] The links I've provided all work within Logitech's US website (I just tested). If appropriate, you may want to start fresh from the Logitech home page and find comparable international pages.
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(e) If nothing else has helped, perhaps further exploration is warranted. Do you see anything in Activity Monitor or your system.log or console.log closely correlated to the times of "dropped connections" that may provide a clue about what's happening?
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