Bluetooth mouse
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
How far away from your laptop are you intending to put your mouse? Would you not normally move the laptop, rather than just the mouse? A cabled mouse is a better experience. I got a wireless mouse with my new laptop - I didn't bother with Bluetooth, so it has a USB dongle - and have found myself asking why. It's just not as responsive as my old MS IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, so I'm using that again. Also, I missed having the side buttons! OK, the mouse I got was a pretty cheap Kensington thing that Dell supplied - a more expensive one might be better. With a tower-form-factor PC on the floor, the mouse cable felt a bit short (the mouse plugged directly into the PC). That isn't a problem now it's plugged into a docking station on the desk.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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How far away from your laptop are you intending to put your mouse? Would you not normally move the laptop, rather than just the mouse? A cabled mouse is a better experience. I got a wireless mouse with my new laptop - I didn't bother with Bluetooth, so it has a USB dongle - and have found myself asking why. It's just not as responsive as my old MS IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0, so I'm using that again. Also, I missed having the side buttons! OK, the mouse I got was a pretty cheap Kensington thing that Dell supplied - a more expensive one might be better. With a tower-form-factor PC on the floor, the mouse cable felt a bit short (the mouse plugged directly into the PC). That isn't a problem now it's plugged into a docking station on the desk.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
I have said farewell to cabled mice a long time ago.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
Just as long as you don't have a bluetooth cat.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
The only thing I worry about with a bluetooth mouse is battery life. The usb kind that logitech makes last longer than bluetooth, but they require you hang that usb receiver off your laptop which is not cool. I'd say go for it, but I would buy a trackball instead.
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Just as long as you don't have a bluetooth cat.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Just as long as you don't have a bluetooth cat.
that reminds me... I have a logitech MX 1000 laser mouse that a desert mouse chewed up overnight... does that make him a cannibal? hmmmm
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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The only thing I worry about with a bluetooth mouse is battery life. The usb kind that logitech makes last longer than bluetooth, but they require you hang that usb receiver off your laptop which is not cool. I'd say go for it, but I would buy a trackball instead.
Logifusion[^]
"This isn't a business. I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labor. Like a family."I am more worried about responsiveness here, but battery life is also a concern, I just did not think about it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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Just as long as you don't have a bluetooth cat.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
:laugh:
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
Does it work with your phone ?
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Does it work with your phone ?
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I don't have any bluetooth device yet (excluding my laptop).
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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I am more worried about responsiveness here, but battery life is also a concern, I just did not think about it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
I've only used the usb variety with trackballs. And I play FPS games without a problem. If there's a response delay, I don't notice it.
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The only thing I worry about with a bluetooth mouse is battery life. The usb kind that logitech makes last longer than bluetooth, but they require you hang that usb receiver off your laptop which is not cool. I'd say go for it, but I would buy a trackball instead.
Logifusion[^]
"This isn't a business. I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labor. Like a family." -
I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
I don't have a bluetooth mouse, but I do use the Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 4000[^] (while secretly desiring the Laser Mouse 5000[^]). It rocks. 4 way scroll, very responsive, good battery life and compact. I never, ever use wires mice for travelling. But wait! I just noticed the Wireless Mouse 8000[^]! I buy mice like women buy shoes. I need one of these. Bluetooth and brushed aluminium finish. Nice! (and I've used Logitech mice and never liked them. Mice are one of the things Microsft do a great job on)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
Go for it. I've got a wireless Microsoft mouse and it is great.
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eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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I bought myself a bluetooth enabled laptop and I am wondering if bluetooth mouse (this one for instance[^]) is worth it.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
I have this mouse and I'm using it with my blootooth-enabled laptop. I like the fact that there isn't a USB dongle sticking out anywhere. I haven't even installed the Logitech software, I'm using the Blootooth software that came with the machine and it paired with no problems. The battery life is ok, but I wish it was rechargable. The bad thing is the delay. If you don't use the mouse for a minute or so, it goes into a power-saving sleep mode, and then it takes about a second or two to "wake up". This got really annoying at first but I got used to it. I haven't been able to figure out how to turn off the sleep mode. All in all I'd say I like the mouse but it could have been better.
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I don't have a bluetooth mouse, but I do use the Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 4000[^] (while secretly desiring the Laser Mouse 5000[^]). It rocks. 4 way scroll, very responsive, good battery life and compact. I never, ever use wires mice for travelling. But wait! I just noticed the Wireless Mouse 8000[^]! I buy mice like women buy shoes. I need one of these. Bluetooth and brushed aluminium finish. Nice! (and I've used Logitech mice and never liked them. Mice are one of the things Microsft do a great job on)
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
(and I've used Logitech mice and never liked them. Mice are one of the things Microsft do a great job on)
All things equal I'd rather have an MS mouse myself. The 8000 didn't fit my hand well, and aside from logitecs MX610 there aren't any good large cordless lefthanded (or symetric) mice out there. They finally fixed the major driver problem I had in the past. My old logitec mouse didn't work at all with the generic driver, and windows wasn't able to automatically find the driver on the CD. Working the add hardware wizard by keyboard was excruciating.
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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Just as long as you don't have a bluetooth cat.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
a bluetooth cat
Or a real rat, for that matter. My daughter has a pet rat that likes to chew on the mouse cable. Doesn't like the competition, I guess :laugh:.
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I have this mouse and I'm using it with my blootooth-enabled laptop. I like the fact that there isn't a USB dongle sticking out anywhere. I haven't even installed the Logitech software, I'm using the Blootooth software that came with the machine and it paired with no problems. The battery life is ok, but I wish it was rechargable. The bad thing is the delay. If you don't use the mouse for a minute or so, it goes into a power-saving sleep mode, and then it takes about a second or two to "wake up". This got really annoying at first but I got used to it. I haven't been able to figure out how to turn off the sleep mode. All in all I'd say I like the mouse but it could have been better.
cool. thanks for the info.
-------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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My logitec MX610 is a battery hog, I'm using ~2000mAh rechargables, and they're drained roughly every second week with ~5hrs of use/day. How much worse would a bluetooth one be?
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
I don't know, but that sounds uncharacteristically bad. I go for months without having to change the single AA in my cordless trackman wheel[^]. And I do use it at work all day. Rechargeables will only go for about 3 weeks to a month, but my rechargeables aren't that good.
Logifusion[^]
"This isn't a business. I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labor. Like a family." -
I don't know, but that sounds uncharacteristically bad. I go for months without having to change the single AA in my cordless trackman wheel[^]. And I do use it at work all day. Rechargeables will only go for about 3 weeks to a month, but my rechargeables aren't that good.
Logifusion[^]
"This isn't a business. I've always thought of it as a source of cheap labor. Like a family."I don't know, maybe the laser is a bigger power hog. I've got good rechargables, and they're far enough from my hand that heating shouldn't be an issue (at body temp rechargables loose several percent of thier charge daily).
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.