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3 responses to “A Mighty Mouse replacement”

1. Jonathan Pletschke

   January 25, 2010 at 1:45 pm

   Hmmm, I looked at the Apple offerings and they simply looked like “every expense had been spared to give the impression that none had been spared… ” (Douglas Adams). I went with the Logitech BT Laser Travel Mouse device @ 40% of the Mighty Mouse price and considering the MAC Book Pro 15′ has only two USB ports the need for an additional USB dongle was a ‘luxury, bloody luxury’. The look and feel is excellent and build quality is fit to purpose. MAC OSX picked the thing up with no problems and the Logitech driver is configurable via System Preferences – it also works well sans driver although the driver offers additional config settings. The scroll wheel is excellent and configurable. Pick-up isn’t as instantaneous as you describe but that’s a BT thing. I’ve used it for about a year now (OSX Tiger and Snow Leopard). Battery life is just shy of 8 months on 2 AA Alkaline batteries with daily use.
   Regrds
2. Thomas Pindelski

   January 26, 2010 at 10:01 am

   Jonathan – fine, but the Logitech seems to be missing the side buttons which I find so useful for jumping to the desktop – something I do a lot as I’m visually oriented and generally include pictures with my content, be it blog or email. The Douglas Adams aphorism strikes me as spot on. Good point on the scarcity of USB sockets on (Apple) laptops.
3. Roy

   January 28, 2010 at 2:46 am

   That’s very interesting. My wireless mouse has laid idle, gathering dust, for some time. I use a chunky old Logitech MX900 via BT and it’s ok, but showing its (considerable) age. I too like the side buttons but in considering the Magic Mouse I felt it just wasn’t going to cut it, the swiping movement on a mouse that’s already difficult to hold, no side buttons – no way. I shall give the 6000 a try.