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beez7777
Apr 11, 2003, 04:07 PM
i saw in another thread that thanks to 10.2.5, M$ bluetooth mice work now. my friend has a M$ wireless intellimouse explorer for bluetooth mouse, which he is willing to sell to me. however, i don't know if it'll work on my iMac. On the microshaft page, it says you need windows xp. why? is it a driver thing? also, he doesnt have the bluetooth adapter that went with it. will any bluetooth adapter do? or is it some proprietary M$ bluetooth technology. if anyone who has this mouse or knows anything abou it can help, it'd be great.

here's the mouse:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wiebt_info.asp


iJon
Apr 11, 2003, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by beez7777
i saw in another thread that thanks to 10.2.5, M$ bluetooth mice work now. my friend has a M$ wireless intellimouse explorer for bluetooth mouse, which he is willing to sell to me. however, i don't know if it'll work on my iMac. On the microshaft page, it says you need windows xp. why? is it a driver thing? also, he doesnt have the bluetooth adapter that went with it. will any bluetooth adapter do? or is it some proprietary M$ bluetooth technology. if anyone who has this mouse or knows anything abou it can help, it'd be great.

here's the mouse:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wiebt_info.asp
not sure about having microsofts bluetooth, but i dount you need it. just get the dlink and im sure it worked. my friend said if he hears of one more person getting it to work he will go buy it again. he said it was the best feeling mouse he had ever felt.

iJon
beez7777
Apr 11, 2003, 04:55 PM
Originally posted by iJon
not sure about having microsofts bluetooth, but i dount you need it. just get the dlink and im sure it worked. my friend said if he hears of one more person getting it to work he will go buy it again. he said it was the best feeling mouse he had ever felt.

iJon

it really is a nice mouse, but i don't want to buy it and the adapter if it's not going to. i don't see any reason why it shouldn't.
iJon
Apr 11, 2003, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by beez7777
it really is a nice mouse, but i don't want to buy it and the adapter if it's not going to. i don't see any reason why it shouldn't.
niether do i, i think bluetooth is just bluetooth.

iJon
FelixDerKater
Apr 11, 2003, 06:36 PM
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beez7777
Apr 11, 2003, 06:39 PM
grrrr... that's kinda disappointing...thanks felix
FelixDerKater
Apr 11, 2003, 08:36 PM
iJon
Apr 11, 2003, 08:38 PM
what about that guy on the other thread, he said he got it to work. did you use the bluetooth setup thingy.

iJon
FelixDerKater
Apr 11, 2003, 08:43 PM
Update: 10.2.5 includes the necessary HID support for the mouse.
yzedf
Apr 11, 2003, 08:45 PM
Originally posted by FelixDerKater
Doesn't work... I bought one a few months back hoping to be able to get it working, but it doesn't. Apple doesn't have proper HID support built into their Bluetooth software yet...
10.2.5 = works

10.2.4 = doesn't work

2 months ago = 10.2.4

:rolleyes:
FelixDerKater
Apr 11, 2003, 08:47 PM
Digital hub and disc burning



Bluetooth Setup Assistant now works with certain Microsoft keyboards and mouse devices.



-There ya go... Straight from the Knowledge Base... Sorry for the confusion. There is only one Bluetooth keyboard and mouse available from Microsoft, so you have the answer now, and I am going to head down to Best Buy and pick one up. :D
stuckwithme247
Apr 11, 2003, 08:53 PM
i really want to buy that mouse but i don't want to pay for that adapter... my powerbook has it built in
beez7777
Apr 11, 2003, 08:58 PM
yay, thanks lot felix. do you know if any bluetoooth adapter will work with it, or does it have to be the microsoft one?
iJon
Apr 11, 2003, 08:58 PM
Originally posted by FelixDerKater
Digital hub and disc burning



Bluetooth Setup Assistant now works with certain Microsoft keyboards and mouse devices.



-There ya go... Straight from the Knowledge Base... Sorry for the confusion. There is only one Bluetooth keyboard and mouse available from Microsoft, so you have the answer now, and I am going to head down to Best Buy and pick one up. :D
ok thought you were smoking crack, they only make one mouse and keyboard.

iJon
FelixDerKater
Apr 11, 2003, 11:10 PM
Someone would just have to try it with aother adapter other than the one included in the box.
lolbro
Apr 12, 2003, 04:39 PM
I have a 12"PB and MS Bluetooth mouse... and it work! with only 10.2.5!
beez7777
Apr 14, 2003, 04:46 PM
does anyone know if any standard bluetooth adapter will work with the mouse?