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Apple Wireless Mouse
If you have a Mac and want to get rid of
the spaghetti of wires cluttering up your desk, you may want
to consider the Apple Wireless Mouse.
This mouse costs approximately $69, and is
a Bluetooth only device, therefore your Mac has to have Bluetooth
support. It also requires Mac OS X v. 10.2.8 or later with
Bluetooth upgrades installed.
Setting up the mouse is very easy. These
are special batteries supplied by Apple but you can also use
any standard AA batteries. Underneath the cover of the mouse
is a tiny slider to adjust the click strength. There is an
on-off button to help you save power when you are not using
the mouse. The CD that accompanies the mouse contains the
software and firmware updates for your mouse. You can also
apply firmware updates from the Knowledge Base. Before you
can start using your mouse, you have to pair it with your
Mac. To do this, you simply turn on the mouse and set it up
through the Bluetooth Setup Assistant, which automatically
recognizes the mouse almost immediately. Through your “Keyboard
and Mouse” control pane, you can setup other parameters
such as mouse speed, see the battery level, click force, etc.
 It
is shaped like a bar of soap and has no buttons! The mouse
has a white and clear and Lucite color scheme you see on the
iMacs and PowerBooks. To click you simply press the mouse
and it responds with an audible feedback. The fact that there
are no right or left click buttons on the mouse, makes it
ambidextrous, and does not require any special setup for right
or left handed people. Thanks to the optical tracking method,
cursor tracking is reliable, although there appears to be
a slight lag in response time. Apparently this is because
of its power saving feature, which kicks in after about 10
seconds of inactivity. It also seems to have a very good range
of operation, and you can use it even from as far as 30 feet
away! The mouse uses a unique and innovative technology called
Adoptive Frequency Hopping, to eliminate interference from
other wireless devices.
Apple has always believed in making its computers
and peripherals look sleek and behave flawlessly, with minimal
device configuration needs. The Apple Wireless Mouse follows
the same philosophy and in true Apple tradition is a breeze
to setup and use.
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