Hi all.
I'm looking for an optical 2 button scroll mouse (corded or cordless) for my iMac.
I've seen a Belkin mini scroller, but it looks as if its windose only (drivers on floppy, no mention of Mac or OS X).
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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A good cheap one is the Logitech Wheel Mouse. I have one. It's comfortable, just the right size and weight, has good tracking, requires no drivers, and it costs under $30 (you can pick it up at any store that sells electronics, I got mine at an OfficeMax).
I personally like Logitech... a mouse that I'm dreaming of (and it costs a lot!) is the MX700. It's something like $80 but it's really cool, wireless with a charging station. Maybe I'll use my tax return for that <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
I'm tiring of my Apple optical mouse and want more control.
I will check out your suggestion, by the way, whats the deal with "programmable" buttons on a mouse?
logitech MX 300
logitech MX 500
logitech MX 700
The 700 is the cordless version of the 500, and the 300 is of a different design. I hate most PC mice and love the proMouse, but I need something that would work with both platforms and Linux. I spent a long time in Comp USA, and came home with the 500. It has better buttons than the 300 (i.e. they depress over a larger range) a better mechanism than the MS alternatives, and great drivers for OS X that let you customize the bejeezes out of the little buttons. . . It also has a scroll whell that doesn't get in the way, yet has better feeling to it than do other mice.
Of course, I have the wheel mouse here for sell in retail box and manual/CD.
And you'll definitely want USB Overdrive to tweek the mouse speed. OS X has really crappy mouse acceleration built in. If I set it at the highest setting, it works ok if I'm moving my mouse pretty fast across the screen. But move the cursor just a little, and it has almost zero acceleration; the cursor moves at all. In USB Overdrive, I find that 140 dpi for speed and 6% acceleration work well.
Wireless, optical, looks great, charger. Has anyone used this? I am curious myself.
Never mind, i just heard that this one is not quite up to par with the others.
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it looks very cuteand match my iBook!!
The only problem I've had is when waking from sleep. If I use the keyboard, the mouse and keyboard freeze. If I use the mouse to wake up, no problems. I would still highly recommend it.