Logitech wireless mouse, keyboard and webcam tested

A few weeks ago Logitech gave me a wireless mouse / keyboard combo to test. I was sceptic at first, but after a while it grew on me.
In my office I use a wired Apple keyboard just for the sheer pleasure of typing on the chiclet-like keys. My previous wireless keyboard was a Microsoft combo with traditional fat keys with a long travel. The wireless failed often, leading to typing mistakes, missed letters and ssssssssssometimes unwanted repeated keystrokes. Not fun, so I went back to a wired keyboard.

The Logitech keyboard is from the new "colour collection" line. It is available as a combo with a matching mouse and webcam. Luckily I didn't get the pink one, but I'm sure there's a market for these fancy designs. The mouse is much too small for my hands. I'm more used to bigger and sturdier mice that give greater precision in handling. But it works fine without any wireless issues. The keyboard is compact yet comfortable, although the keys are spaced a bit too far apart to my linking. It's nicer to type on then a traditional deep stroke keyboard, but not so nice as the Apple keyboard of course.
After using the combo in my office for a while I switched back to the typing pleasure of my Apple keyboard and installed the Logitech mouse and keyboard on the children's laptop. And I must say: it's a very good match when used on a laptop. There are no cables to install and the compact mouse and keyboard don't take too much room on the desk. My children now use this continuously instead of the laptop's built-in keyboard and trackpad and they don't want to switch back.

The one thing I'm keeping for myself is the Logitech C270 webcam that came in the box. My old webcam was an ancient model with very bad low light properties. This new generation of inexpensive webcams deliver crisp 720p HD images even in lower light and they also have a built in microphone. My Skype sessions definitely became more fun with this unit!
As a sidenote: all of this stuff was tested and installed on a Mac, Windows 7 and Windows 8 and worked without issues. For Windows 8 you do have to manually install the Windows 7 driver for the uni-receiver, but this is normal since Windows 8 is yet unreleased.