Nameless Voice on 14/3/2010 at 01:36
If your laptop has built-in bluetooth, you might consider a bluetooth mouse. It's nice to not have to plug anything into the laptop and still be able to use the mouse.
It will probably put a slightly greater strain on your battery if you use the laptop unplugged, though.
I strongly recommend a mouse which uses AA batteries over one which uses AAA. Double As last much longer than triples.
Finally, I only ever use wireless mice, and I've never had any issues with them jumping or had trouble pairing them. Even the small bluetooth mouse I recently bought for my laptop gets detected and works immediately, as soon as I turn it on and activate the laptop's bluetooth. I'll admit that I haven't used the bluetooth mouse much yet, though.
Enchantermon on 14/3/2010 at 02:33
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
If your laptop has built-in bluetooth, you might consider a bluetooth mouse. It's nice to not have to plug
anything into the laptop and still be able to use the mouse.
Nope, no bluetooth. That
would be sweet, though.
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
I strongly recommend a mouse which uses AA batteries over one which uses AAA. Double As last
much longer than triples.
Good to know, thanks. I was quite happy with how long the battery in my current wireless mouse was lasting, and it was AA.
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
Finally, I only ever use wireless mice, and I've never had any issues with them jumping or had trouble pairing them.
Again, what is pairing? Is it just the mouse working upon connecting the USB adapter without having to manually install any drivers?
Nameless Voice on 14/3/2010 at 03:23
Pairing is the mouse connecting wirelessly to its receiver / base. Generally done by pressing the "pair" buttons on the mouse and on the receiver simultaneously, which "pairs" the devices so that the mouse knows which receiver it's supposed to be sending to.
Enchantermon on 14/3/2010 at 04:41
Ah. I didn't have to do that with mine. Good to know, thanks.
Fafhrd on 14/3/2010 at 20:18
I've been using a Logitech MX Revolution for around two years and haven't had any trouble with it. It's a bit pricey, but it's nice. And the built in battery is well worth it.
But the symptoms your describing for what's going on with your mice sounds like it might be more an issue with your laptop than with the mice.
Enchantermon on 15/3/2010 at 01:17
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
But the symptoms your describing for what's going on with your mice sounds like it might be more an issue with your laptop than with the mice.
Hmm. Really? The wireless mouse worked fine for a while, though.
Anyone know of a good way to test this? I don't want to buy a new mouse if my computer is the problem. The only other computer that I have to test the cmouse on is an old HP laptop which has its own problems, and the problem is hard to duplicate as it doesn't happen
all the time (though it seems to pop up when it's most inconvenient)
EDIT: Wait, never mind. I just tested it on a Macbook and the problem popped up.
