Logitech VX Nano ...its the best! I leave the receiver in all the time. It sticks out but is not in danger of causing damage to itself or my precious MBP.
Anybody recommend a cheap, wireless mouse with buttons/scroll wheel (preferably, Back/Forward buttons)?
Thanks!
It's annoying to use a wired mouse on my 13" (especially, when I'm right-handed, and USB port is on the left side).
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I've been a Logitech sucker for many years and I own about 15 of their keyboards and 20 of their mice, including most of the recent ones (MX Revolution, VX Revolution, VX Nano, G9).+1 for Logitech VX Nano. It's the perfect mouse!
The MX1100 is great, just make sure to get the rechargeable MX1100R. For some odd reason they're very secretive about it, it's not listed on the official site.Another vote for the MX1100 for on a desktop. It just works, and is extremely comfortable. BT mice are great if you can deal with the input lag (which I can't). And no, EVERY BT mouse I've ever used has input lag. Anyway, also another vote for the VX Nano if you like a smaller mouse, and also the V550 is excellent, too.
Yeah, the Mighty Mouse is truly an abomination. The wireless one is one of the heaviest mice I've encountered, the battery life is horrible, it's extremely sensitive to interference from WiFi (not to mention Apple's own BT keyboard!), it lags like crazy, and you can wash your hands and put on white gloves but it will still get all dirty and gritty. The bottom doesn't glide, it scrapes against the surface, and if you have a metal or glass surface like the IceMat you will get an unpleasant nails-on-blackboard feeling. The side buttons are so hard to press you have to alter your grip, and you can't rest your finger on the right side like you would on a normal 2-button mouse because it will be picked up, thus blocking left-clicking. It's Apple's most glaring example of form over function since the Cube.when i got my mac i did the usual new apple customer thing and bought a wireless mighty mouse. the worse £50 ive spent. blue tooth drops out, the scroll button broke for a while, unless you use top line duracel it eats batteries, its not that comfortable and it seems to attract deadskin and stuff like nothing else. regardless of these issues however i use the trackpad on my mac virtually all the time now, its fantastic. it is without doubt the greatest trackpad of any laptop currently available.
I'm going on 4 months with the current set of AAA's. The RocketFish takes a snooze after a little while of inactivity but wakes up instantly.Wow, that RocketFish mouse has really good reviews. I'm picking one up this weekend. Any idea how long the batteries last?
Emphasis: cheap + w/ buttons (back and forth)
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The MX1100 is great, just make sure to get the rechargeable MX1100R. For some odd reason they're very secretive about it, it's not listed on the official site.
Agree on BT lag... but if you absolutely must have BT, there's a brand new Logitech model called M555b. It's the V550 with BT.
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They're counting tilting the scroll wheel left or right as two buttons (sneaky, I know) which brings it to 5 in total. I use those for back/forward, as I always found sideways scrolling to be a mix of superfluous and poorly implemented.On the Logitech site it says this mouse has five programmable buttons. Where are the buttons as I can't see any in the images? Does it have back and forward buttons near the thumb area?