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cordless or not

Stephen Dolbee — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:04 GMT

Are there any differences between the wireless mighty mouse and the wired (besides the obvious)? Also, do most Mac users prefer Apple's mouse, or do you purchase something else? Just a windows user thinking of making a switch.

Thanks

Re: cordless or not

Dwight — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:41:33 GMT

Got the wireless mouse, still rely on Wacom mouse on Wacom tablet [very light, no battery, no tail] because it has more buttons.

Wireless mouse good for slide shows with screen zoom and lateral scrolling. Mouse in pocket, seems magic.

Re: cordless or not

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:47:05 GMT

I find Apple's mighty mouse not accurate enough and too small for my hand. Little ball 'wheel' awkward; side buttons (for expose/whatever) require too much force. Seems cheaply built to me, too. Cute though.

I prefer multi-button Logitech rechargeable wireless laser mouse. More comfortable (for me), extra buttons easy to access for expose, spaces, etc.

Karl

Re: cordless or not

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:04 GMT

I'm not necessarily a fan of the Mighty Mouse but Cordless is a must. It's one of those things that once you become accustomed to it you never want to go back...kinda like broadband or a luxury car.

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Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:25:34 GMT

I would worry about losing my mouse if it were cordless. I suppose I could chain it to my desk.

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Dwight — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:31:33 GMT

How many kids in that photo?

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Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:22:05 GMT

Me (left), the wife (middle) and three offspring.

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Dwight — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:04:02 GMT

That was a "losing the mouse mystery" joke.

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Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:13:30 GMT

I shoulda known. Silly me.

Yes, If I'd left THAT chained to my desk it would be an altogether different photo.

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Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:18:28 GMT

Definitely cordless!
Though I am a Windows user!

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Stephen Dolbee — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:22:21 GMT

Thanks for your replies. I am surprised there aren't any Mighty Mouse users responding. I guess I will have to use it myself to know why.

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Rick Thompson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:33:07 GMT

I have used both, and liked both. I use the cordless one now. Previously I used a 5 button mouse in various forms. For a long time I used the Wacom tablet and mouse, and actually just got a new one, but I always had issues with the limitation of having hard edges on the tablet. I would end up clicking away and nothing happening as the mouse was over the area of the tablet that works. It has wide edges that don't pick up, and I didn't like that, but used it for years. I love the cordless Mighty mouse. It is my favorite to date. Also used the 5 button Kingington a long time and liked it. While the side buttons are a bit hard to use on the MM, I have them set to delete, so I don't mind that one needing a a bit carefulness:) It still has 4 buttons, so giving up one wasn't as big as deal as I worried about. I don't even remember what I gave up. I have not had accuracy issue.. I just scroll in which works fine.

Major difference (which is minor) is weight. I did like the lightness of the tethered mouse without batteries, but the batteries of the cordless give it a weight that actually is fine, and I easily got use to it.

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Ralph Wessel — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:13:52 GMT

Stephen wrote:
Thanks for your replies. I am surprised there aren't any Mighty Mouse users responding. I guess I will have to use it myself to know why.

I have used both cordless and bluetooth varieties of the mighty mouse, and very much prefer the wireless option. Having one less bit of cable floating around the desk seems to make a big difference.

I like the mighty mouse design too. My only criticism is that the right-click is not quite as reliable as left-click, but it's OK once you get used to it. The ball on top is much better than a simple scroll-wheel too. I never use the side buttons because they seem a bit too sensitive.

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Dwight — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:57:05 GMT

s2art wrote:
I shoulda known. Silly me.

Yes, If I'd left THAT chained to my desk it would be an altogether different photo.

Your mind is not on your work.

I meant: if your cordless mouse disappears, there are three possible culprits.

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Chazz — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:33:42 GMT

I find the cordless ones too heavy and I resent it terribly when the battery runs out (as used to happen daily with my expensive Logitech). At the same time, the cord of my current rodent does get in the way.

No matter what you choose, getting one with a lot of buttons (and programming them) is key.

I want something that just understands the movements of my hands.

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Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:44:59 GMT

Dwight wrote:
s2art wrote:
I shoulda known. Silly me.

Yes, If I'd left THAT chained to my desk it would be an altogether different photo.
Your mind is not on your work.

I meant: if your cordless mouse disappears, there are three possible culprits.

(My apologies, Dwight. Not as funny when you have to explain the punchline, eh. )

Got my daughter a cordless mouse for her laptop. She plugs the key into my PC at home when I'm not looking and plays around with my cursor from across the room.

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Karl Barker — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:47:43 GMT

Hi everybody.
I am interested in the comment by those who have and do use cordless mouses, but I ahve been, and have now thrown away my third, mighty mouse. As has been mentioned, the side buttons are quite sensitive, and yes I had to turn them off because every time i picked up the mouse, something would happen (depending upon what was programmed for that button).
My main gripe however is the scroll wheel.
what a pain in the .......
We have found in our office that the wheel has to be cleaned at least once a week due to it gumming up.
Apple would happily replace it once it died completely, but the intermittent scrolling action just got to frustrating.

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Rick Thompson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:46:14 GMT

Karl wrote:
Hi everybody.
My main gripe however is the scroll wheel.
what a pain in the .......
We have found in our office that the wheel has to be cleaned at least once a week due to it gumming up.

Boy, I eat chocolate all day and I have not had to clean mine once, and it's about a year old. I did clean my corded one once, but after over a year. There has to be a reason for that? Heavy smokers? Tobacco chewers? I know my daughter had someone mistake her collage room for the bath one night and peed on her keyboard (gummed it up real bad). She woke up to the sound of splashing water. Hummmm, maybe you should check the security cameras, or have some installed.

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Rick Thompson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:48:18 GMT

s2art wrote:
Got my daughter a cordless mouse for her laptop. She plugs the key into my PC at home when I'm not looking and plays around with my cursor from across the room.

I like to open up screen sharing on my wife's computer and start closing apps down on her computer, or opening up odd windows. She goes nuts

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Erika Epstein — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:39:41 GMT

Rick wrote:
s2art wrote:
Got my daughter a cordless mouse for her laptop. She plugs the key into my PC at home when I'm not looking and plays around with my cursor from across the room.
I like to open up screen sharing on my wife's computer and start closing apps down on her computer, or opening up odd windows. She goes nuts

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