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An alternative to Apple's Bluetooth mouse
Authored by: peacemanjack on Jan 21, '04 11:01:24AM

I have been looking for a thread like this for a long time. I want a multi button mouse that will work with my built in bluetooth powerbook without the need for adaptors, etc. I see that both the microsoft and logitech mice will work. are there any others? Is one better than the other? I want to do video editing with it as well. thoughts?



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An alternative to Apple's Bluetooth mouse
Authored by: RonEl on Feb 04, '04 08:48:31AM

havent tested any of these and am still collecting information, but from what ive gathered from web based sources, the following mice should work directly with Apple's bluetooth adapter (i.e. dont need the mouse's base station)
(1) Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse - (but seems that there is some slight jumping with 10.2 (solved in 10.3)
(2) Belkin Mouse - (but support only listed upto 10.2 (havent seen support for 10.3 explictly written yet).

Not sure about the 2 Logitech mice yet - MX900 and its bluetooth cousin with a built in laser-pointer (for when you are doing a presentation)



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An alternative to Apple's Bluetooth mouse
Authored by: sunnychotai on Feb 17, '04 06:03:58AM

The apple mouse is nice - looks flush with the pwerbook - but it only has one click, not rechargeable and the batteries don't seem to last that long.

After days and weeks of research the MX900 is the best one to get - but you need to lug around the charger and the mouse is big - I have the MX700 on my Windows machine - it is awesome. All the buttons work.

On the powerbook the extra 5/6 buttons can only be used for expose. Hmmmmmm........

This is what we want - Bluetooth mouse, two buttons, scroll wheel, forward and backward buttons, small, light, optical and rechargeable batteries -

It does not exist. Oh well -



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