topic Re: Bluetooth Mouse in Installation & update

Bluetooth Mouse

Anonymous — Sun, 15 May 2005 23:53:35 GMT

Are any users (especially Mac) out there using a Bluetooth mouse? Are there good reasons to go with Bluetooth versus a more typical wireless mouse? Any particularly favorite mouse? Just used Isync to sync my phone to address book and ical - that is certainly worth the effort.

Re: Bluetooth Mouse

Dave Jochum — Wed, 18 May 2005 06:06:40 GMT

Mike wrote:
Are any users (especially Mac) out there using a Bluetooth mouse? Are there good reasons to go with Bluetooth versus a more typical wireless mouse? Any particularly favorite mouse? Just used Isync to sync my phone to address book and ical - that is certainly worth the effort.

I use a Macally BT Mouse Jr with my PB. Small for travel but fits the hand well, two buttons plus scroll wheel, good software.

Re: Bluetooth Mouse

aahatimo — Fri, 20 May 2005 17:04:10 GMT

mike,
i have been using a kensington pilotmouse bluetooth for 3 months now. it has 2 buttons plus scrool.
http://www.kensington.com/html/5465.html
works great, no usb dongle / transmitter, no wires. i bought a charger and 2 sets of aa batteries since there is no charger option. the bt mouse is fairly large and has a heavy feel, which i like. i have not installed the mouseworks driver, runs fine w/ basic apple driver. there is a new mouseworks driver for osx, but i have not tried it yet.
btw, there are 2 good apple powerbook forums relating to this topic:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@103.T1cXaM7SQO4.0@.3bc136f2
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@103.T1cXaM7SQO4.0@.3bc136f7
also an old topic on ac talk:http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=5637
please let us know which one you choose.

Re: Bluetooth Mouse

Anonymous — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:04:22 GMT

my kensington pilotmouse mini seems to be working fine with my powerbook. it also has an on/off switch. i love the small size, which makes it perfect for travelling with.

kensington has been a reliable company for me in the past, too - I use a 5button+scroll with the mouseworks driver at work(corded), and it has worked great for about 5 years now.

wes

Re: Bluetooth Mouse

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2005 00:28:08 GMT

I also like Kensington. I am using the "PocketMouse Bluetooth Optical" and am very happy with it. The two AA batteries give it a heft that I like. It has a solid feel and a nice deep indigo color. I also prefer the small size and use it as my primary mouse.

I also don't bother with the Kensington drivers. I like the OS X default functions and it's one less thing to bother with.

The action is smooth and precise. Better than Logitech IMHO.