Disable Mouse Acceleration/AA? (Without a third party program?)

Is there a way to disable mouse acceleration in OS X like this is in Windows, hopefully without resorting to a third party program?

And is there any way to turn off anti-aliasing, or turn it down further than the "light" setting? I've always really disliked anti aliasing...

Hey, thanks! So if I'm understanding this right, the two commands are:

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.trackpad.scaling -1

To do it for both a mouse and trackpad, presumably, and if you alter the speed setting in the control panel, that restores mouse acceleration/"enhanced precision". Does that sound right?

I'll have to try that, at least for my mouse (I might actually like it on for my trackpad).

Thanks! Do you know of control panels/programs that would basically handle that setting for you, without typing it in manually? I'm going to start messing around with this

Thanks!

Darn. I've tried using the:
"defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1"

Command, and while it does disable acceleration, it's worthless because it also sets the speed incredibly slow. Anything above that "-1" turns acceleration back on.

So that doesn't work

I tried installing Microsoft's drivers as I read somewhere they had an option to turn off acceleration like on Windows...and maybe they used to, but the current version doesn't.

There's another shareware driver that supposedly allows it, but I hate having to PAY for basic functionality.

Are there any other options? This is driving me nuts, I really can't work like this

nickmac said:

note, this thread suggests that setting the terminal command to -1 works, unless you move the speed slider. This may have been the problem with the above poster mentioning it did not work.

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It technically works in the sense that it turns off mouse acceleration, except the problem is it sets the mouse speed super slow, so it's still unusable (like you'd have to pick up and move the mouse repeatedly just to get across the screen).

The only work around I've found is a shareware program called "USB Overdrive". I found it harder to set up than the Windows mouse control panel, but playing with the settings I could get it to behave pretty similarly to Windows (I never bought it, as I'm uncomfortable giving out credit card info to companies I've never heard of...wish companies like that would allow Google Checkout of Amazon Payments or something.)

It seems sort of trivial in a way, but the inability to fix the mouse acceleration problem without third party software, and the (to me) terrible, blurry font rendering make using OS X kind of a pain for me. Sort of trivial things, except not in that that's how you're interacting with the OS on a constant basis.

It's personal preference, I guess. For me, Apple's font rendering is really ugly and hard to read. All blurry and shimmery. That's actually the main reason I don't use OS X on a regular basis. I don't like ClearType either, but I like it better. My favorite font rendering ever is the "standard" level of AA in Windows.

I know I'm not alone as you can find all kinds of complaints about it with a quick search, though obviously tons of people love it too. I actually didn't mind it as much back when I used a CRT, I think because it blurred it out a bit. But for an LCD I want razer crisp text, and "Standard" AA in Windows is so well done and so light that you don't even realize it's on unless you shut it off.