Erm, he asked if Orochi is used with cable only and without battery.

The answer should be yes. I also usually use Orochi rather than Mamba due to portability issues.

Since MS X6 is quite a good membrane keyboard and giving a tactile feedback, so their touch feedback is not really very noticeable.
How you means by the keys are weird? X6 is built with the butterfly layout, so some different position of the keys maybe.
Some more the slippery key caps of X6 shouldn't provide better typing experience compare to the BW ulti.
After some time you get used to BW ultimate, you should fall in love with it. Otherwise, I will say you don't like MX blue.

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Added on December 24, 2010, 2:22 pm

Lot people buy the keyboard just to listen the sound, but if say you are student sharing a room with roommate, then it really sucks. Your house mate no need to sleep whenever you use the keyboard.

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Added on December 24, 2010, 2:24 pm

First, don't think Razer won't make the bundle of mousepad and mouse compulsory.
Secondly, even though yes, just find some body who want buy the mouse to share with you, maybe can buy at a cheaper price.

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Added on December 24, 2010, 2:25 pm

I think he need the portability of Orochi, but maybe consider for other mouse? Roccat Pyra?

Mamba so such a big stand, i rather use it at home.
If you only buy the gaming mouse and keep bringing it around, Orochi is better choice than Mamba.

I also never touch roccat but maybe will get Apuri since other brand don't have such good bungee.

Whether it will last or not also depends on how you use it and also a bit of luck. If the Orochi you bought is problem free, then you are in luck plus if you take good care of it and perhaps if you sweat less than others during gaming then that should prolong its lifespan too.

Mine? So far, few drops and it's 100% functional. No such issues with it at all.
So yea. It passed its 1 year birthday liao

Orochi can be used without battery when the cable is plugged in. I usually do that.

Regarding another issue about Imperator vs Orochi, Its easier for me as I can switch 2 wireless when needed and wired when I wanna pawn people. Imperator can't do that, can't it? Mamba on the other hand, require the peddle-stone to go wireless. A bit annoying since I'm travelling with a laptop, DSLR n etc.

maybe u been plain unlucky like someone else here 
over the last few yrs i've never had any mouse breakdown on me, be it razer or steelseries or logitech.
the razer mouse i've used the longest would have to be the copperhead for 2.5yrs.

That's the 2 main cons, other than that the mouse is fine. If you're a hardcore gamer planning to play on wireless all day long then I'm sorry, the battery will go flat within 2 hours or so
If you don't compare then obviously you think your Mamba works fine Now I've owned plenty of mouse and I hope I don't have to list all of them down and comparing Sidewinder X8 and Mamba, the battery life and software for Mamba sucks totally. If you think your Mamba's drivers/application is running without lag, wait till you try the Sidewinder X8's application. My friend and I have since sold this Mamba off and mind you, we bought it RM440 when it was launched about a month.

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Added on December 26, 2010, 3:44 pm

I agree boss That's why I find it weird how come someone can say the Mamba software is NOT LAGGY. Maybe he has not used any other gaming mouse before ever in his life and Mamba is his first. I've had quite a number of Razer products and no doubt they have good design but quality is very very filmsy and bad. My advice is, DON'T buy the Mamba.

2000dpi cant fit my needs T_T
im used to 2500dpi till 3500dpi..
i shall continue considering the MAMBA.
anymore reviews n comments are great appreciated! 

It's alright to say your own opinion but it is WRONG when you label other people's opinion as baseless like what you've mentioned earlier. If you expect yourself to give opinions then please respect other's too The other problem is fan-boyism. It's very common among typical Malaysians especially lowyat.net members whereby if they own something expensive, they praise the product like some God made product.
I'm not saying the mouse breaks down but it's the build quality of it. Of course it's usable but if it's filmsy and fragile (if you get what I mean). The battery life of Mamba is indeed disappointing if you compare against other wireless gaming mouse.
It is indeed overpriced I agree with you on that but myself being a gadget freak, I just buying whatever to try things out. After that I can well conclude that Mamba isn't worth the money at all. My friend owns the Mamba and we bought together. If you ask him how's the Mamba, he will say throw it into the bin. I have another rich water cooling customer which owns the Mamba, he too insists that the mouse is crap. Sometimes when you boot up your PC, it doesn't detect the Mamba (when it's wireless). However if you ask a fanboy, he of course will praise the Mamba as some Godlike mouse.

Did you flash the firmware and re-install the driver? How about using it with the wire; do you have the same problem? Mamba is a screwed up mouse, never ending problems and terrible battery life I got rid of mine just a month of ownership, totally gave up.