OK, since nobody replied, I decided to be your guinea pig!
I've purchased lots of NOS mice from the Amazon/eBay seller "Cheapees" before, so I gave them another shot for the blue Logitech iFeel mouse. There is also a grey version available.
I chose the blue one because several other folks had commented positively about the irridescent sheen on this one. While not quite as nice as the limited-edition red M-BJ58 mice, it does reflect more colors. You can see green, yellow, and purple hues depending on the light in the room. It's a nice touch.
Here's the box as it arrived, still sealed NOS:
You'll notice that there's a small red LED at the bottom left of the box. This was a store-shelf attention-grabber that Logitech used on several models of their mice circa 2001-2002. I've also got some old M-BJ58 mice that had this. On those mice, the batteries had long ago leaked and corroded. I had better luck with this one.
Here you can see the batteries that long-ago powered the red LED. I yanked 'em and chucked 'em so I could save the box.
Here are the docs that came in the box:
Here's the rodent itself, freshly released from captivity:
Unfortunately, you can't see the cool irridescent sheen effect in this picture.
The body of the mouse is superficially identical to the M-BJ58 mice. However, this mouse is USB-only whereas the M-BJ58 models came with a PS2 adapter. I was hoping that I could swap the shell of a white M-BJ58 onto this iFeel mouse so that it would match the beige/white of my IBM NetVista and E74 monitor. Sadly, the guts of the mouse are quite different and I was unable to change its "clothes". At least the irridescent blue color sort-of matches the IBM-Blue of the logos on the computer case.
This mouse works on 32-bit operating systems ONLY!!!
Supposedly, it will even work on Windows 7 32-bit, but I haven't tried that.
Here are all the details. Read more info here.
NOTE: This is a newer combined installer for 32-bit XP/Vista/7. Personally, I used the older Win98/WinME/Win2K/WinXP install procedure that I detail below.
So far, I've tried this mouse on both Win98SE and WinXP on my IBM NetVista A40 with USB v1.1. It works fine. You need at least two software packages to make it all work correctly:
1 - Logitech MouseWare v9.80 (English)
(Other languages are available here)
2 - Immersion's iFeel TouchWare Desktop v2.9
3 - (Optional) - If you're running Office 2000 or maybe 2003, you can try Immersion's iFeel TouchWare Business v1.0
All of the downloads and stuff can be found here.
There are also these instructions, but I didn't need to reinstall Logitech MouseWare as indicated in the 7th step listed there.
So what do I think?
If you're a fan of Logitech's M-BJ58 mice, you'll love this mouse. It's almost the same damn thing, just a bit heavier.
You trade the PS2 compatibility for the Immersion iFeel "force feedback" gimmick. Still, it's a pretty cool and nifty gimmick if you're running a legacy machine. As I mentioned previously, Dan from this review summed things up quite well. I'm still quite happy with the mouse. It is definitely a conversation-starter and I intend to keep it connected to my "public display" legacy IBM NetVista in my living room.
There were only a few games that were designed to work with this mouse, listed here. I've got Black & White, Half-Life, and Shogo. When I get a chance, I'll write back to report how these games work with the mouse.
Edit: PhotoBucket has been threatening to delete my photos for years now. I finally got around to saving them and I've uploaded them here as an attachment, just in case they ever actually make good on their threats. I would have uploaded the photos to Google Drive and replaced the PhotoBucket links, but I can't seem to make it work. Uploading directly to VOGONS won't work since they limit five attachments per post and my original post here has more than five pictures.