Mice!!!!!

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hey, im guna buy a vx nano soon bt i dont have the money yet. My friend has loads of mice which he doesnt use. they have all been used on windows computers, am i able to use these with my ibook if have summin like steermouse???
thanks a lot

 

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hey guys sorry to post again bt I just need to know if this is possible. Thanks a lot.

 

[scienide09]

They should work, even without Steermouse. It's part of the "It just works" mantra. On an Mac, you can typically just plug in a USB mouse and go.

If they are fancier mice with multiple buttons, you might not get 100% functionality, but Steermouse may help in that case.

 

[byakuya]

if you're going to get a logitech mouse with multiple buttons that you want to configure (f.ex. mx rev., vx-series) steermouse def. is the way to go since the logitech drivers for mac are just awful.
but yes you can plugin any mouse and it should have the basic functions ready to use.

 

[flyfish29]

if you're going to get a logitech mouse with multiple buttons that you want to configure (f.ex. mx rev., vx-series) steermouse def. is the way to go since the logitech drivers for mac are just awful.
but yes you can plugin any mouse and it should have the basic functions ready to use.

I actually had the logitech mouse software on another iBook and it worked great! I have not installed it on this iboook, but I assume it will work just as well- (However, I tried on an older iBook G3 and it didn't work right...go figure)

 

[byakuya]

I actually had the logitech mouse software on another iBook and it worked great! I have not installed it on this iboook, but I assume it will work just as well- (However, I tried on an older iBook G3 and it didn't work right...go figure)

I heard that on some machines it will just work alright...
I haven't figured out what causes the issues but I had it installed on two different MBs and it didn't work on both...
guess it's just luck

I think an updated version of the LCC was released today but I will stay with steermouse though

 

[jhkingsr]

I think an updated version of the LCC was released today but I will stay with steermouse though

New LCC description from Versiontracker. Works great for me.

What's new in this version:
MacOS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility
Fast User Switching compatibility
Support for new mice
Extended support for MX Air Mouse
New Quick Look assignment on Leopard
New Spaces assignment on Leopard
Bug fixes
Unsanity's Application Enhancer (APE) is no longer installed and needed

 

[byakuya]

New LCC description from Versiontracker. Works great for me.

What's new in this version:
MacOS X 10.5 Leopard compatibility
Fast User Switching compatibility
Support for new mice
Extended support for MX Air Mouse
New Quick Look assignment on Leopard
New Spaces assignment on Leopard
Bug fixes
Unsanity's Application Enhancer (APE) is no longer installed and needed

so they finally ditched the ape framework...that's a start. didn't like the fact that it was installed in the background at all.

 

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Thanks everyone!

Ok, thanks a lot evryone!!!