Started out with the MS Bluetooth mouse, but couldn't stand not being able to use the extra buttons. I'm now using a Logitech MX-700. No biggie, since I hook up a USB cord to my computer anyways to connect my USB hub.
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Which Mouse do you use on you apple laptop?
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I just use the Logitech Wheel Mouse Optical that I used with my desktop PC. Cable is a bit long, so I've bowed the middle section with a rubber band, and that bit sits behind the display. The cord isn't any more annoying than would be the combined annoyances of a receiver (for a non-Bluetooth mouse) sticking out of the USB port and having to recharge.
Logitech DOES support OSX. go to their website and download the Control Center drivers and you should be fine.
Im using a Logitech mx700 and loving it. batteries last a good 3-4 days before i have to drop it back into the dock overnight.
I also have all the Exposé functions mapped to buttons 6-8, which makes using Exposé incredibly convenient!
On my iBook I used an MS "Wheel Mouse Optical" (cheapest USB mouse I could find). I don't have the iBook anymore, and am now using the Apple Pro Mouse with my Power Mac G4.
I use the MS Bluetooth Intellimouse Explorer, because I can't live without a scroll-wheel. Right-click is handy too - by default it maps to ctrl-click. The 4th and 5th button can be mapped to Expose. No software drivers/add-ons necessary for any of it to work.
I read on another thread that the MX 900 buttons only work with Expose - in that case right-click doesn't work, and probably not the scroll wheel either. Anyone able to speak to that directly?
Right-click is handy too - by default it maps to ctrl-click. The 4th and 5th button can be mapped to Expose. No software drivers/add-ons necessary for any of it to work.I read on another thread that the MX 900 buttons only work with Expose - in that case right-click doesn't work, and probably not the scroll wheel either. Anyone able to speak to that directly?
I use Microsoft BT. It used to skip, but after Panther things are smooth. Very happy now. No dongles. But wish there was an on/off switch so I would not have to remove batteries while transporting.
Originally posted by Xero
Logitech DOES support OSX. go to their website and download the Control Center drivers and you should be fine.
Im using a Logitech mx700 and loving it. batteries last a good 3-4 days before i have to drop it back into the dock overnight.
I also have all the Exposé functions mapped to buttons 6-8, which makes using Exposé incredibly convenient!
I meant to say it doesn't support OSX + MX900. The control center doesn't recognize the MX900 as being connected, presumably since it's via BT and not USB. Someone earlier said you can still map exposé to the buttons, however. I never tried.
Clearly he meant "Thing" and may never have been in a situation where you needed to use a mouse, and had to use a book or something as a surface.
I use a an inexpensive Kensington optical mouse with a scroll wheel. It was around $15-20 and I bought it for my <5 year old daughter. She didn't understand the trackpad. It has worked great for 2+ years and I enjoying using it myself.
I use the Kensington Expert Mouse Pro trackball on my desktop machine. It's great except for playing FPS games.
I use the Kensington Expert Mouse Pro trackball on my desktop machine. It's great except for playing FPS games.
I use MouseMan Traveller (Logitech).
One might say it is too small, but I got used to it, and from my point of view, it has the best PB-like design. And Apple-like tambien, cause it's buttons look like one...
One might say it is too small, but I got used to it, and from my point of view, it has the best PB-like design. And Apple-like tambien, cause it's buttons look like one...
I have the Mx700 but I've gotten so lazy I never use it anymore. The trackpad is a few inches closer to my hand, and it works fine for most things. I just wish it had a ctrl+click button because ctrl is too far away to hold comfortably with the same hand you track with. I tried changing the button to ctrl+click and tapping the pad for regular click, but that didn't work out very well.
Actually, although I prefer 2-button mice in general, I like the fact that the trackpad has only one button. Otherwise I find it's far easier to accidently hit the right mouse button and you have to look at what you're doing. It's simpler having just the one, and I don't find it a hassle using the other hand to press the ctrl key.
(EDIT: Okay, wow, I totally didn't see the "laptop" part of the topic...is it okay for this to still be here?)
Well, with no internal bluetooth module in my eMac here...(honestly, if it was available I wouldn't have gotten it installed anyway--what's the point of paying extra for a feature you'll hardly use?) I can't obviously have a bluetooth mouse...(Not that I'd buy one of those either...come on...cords don't bother me.)
Anywho, for all non-gaming functions I use the stock Apple 1-button mouse. call me nuts, but I just like the design of it, and I hate to leave it just sitting in the drawer.
Now, if I'm doing some serious gaming, I whip out my Logitech Optical Mouse. Two buttons, One scrollwheel, a long cord, and no ball. It's simple, effective, and well, it was cheap.
Well, with no internal bluetooth module in my eMac here...(honestly, if it was available I wouldn't have gotten it installed anyway--what's the point of paying extra for a feature you'll hardly use?) I can't obviously have a bluetooth mouse...(Not that I'd buy one of those either...come on...cords don't bother me.)
Anywho, for all non-gaming functions I use the stock Apple 1-button mouse. call me nuts, but I just like the design of it, and I hate to leave it just sitting in the drawer.
Now, if I'm doing some serious gaming, I whip out my Logitech Optical Mouse. Two buttons, One scrollwheel, a long cord, and no ball. It's simple, effective, and well, it was cheap.
