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Logitech mouse
by boni777 - 1/21/09 12:18 PMI have a little personal problem with the wireless Mighty Mouse. Just doesn't fit my hand. I have found a deal on a Logitech MX Revolution mouse. Does anyone have any reasons I shouldn't buy it? (I like having separate left and right clicker-things.) thanx
Logitech Mice
by jedirock - 1/21/09 1:10 PM In reply to: Logitech mouse by boni777I haven't tried the MX Revolution with the Mac, but my G5 works just fine with Mac. I haven't had a Mac for a couple weeks now as it's being replaced by Apple, but I don't remember if the built-in forward/back buttons worked in Firefox, my main browser. I know the scroll wheel worked, both up/down and sideways, along with both buttons (which I would expect!).
Get the MX Revolution
by egelb - 1/31/09 7:32 AM In reply to: Logitech mouse by boni777I have the MX Revolution which I use with my iMac and like the mouse very much. There is only one thing that I do not like. Once in a great while, two of the buttons fail to work. (Specifically, the button behind the scroll wheel which is set to "delete" and the back button along the edge of the mouse which is set set to "minimize." The left and right click buttons are not affected. I think this is a bug in the mouse software, Logitech Control Center. Sometimes I can get it to work by opening another window or just opening the control panel applet. Usually, though it requires a reboot.
BTW, your question asks for reasons not to use the mouse, so if you do not get responses you will not know if there are no reasons or no responses to your question.
MX revolution mouse
by boni777 - 1/31/09 12:02 PM In reply to: Get the MX Revolution by egelbthanks for the info, I did go ahead and buy it(for $45 new off Craigslist), and after I got used to the feel, I like it. I hadn't gotten around to figuring out what some of the buttons were yet. but I do have another question: Control Panel Applette? what and where is that?
thanx
Bonnie
"Control Panel Applet"
by jedirock - 1/31/09 4:53 PM In reply to: MX revolution mouse by boni777Never heard it called that, but it's probably a pane in the System Preferences. I don't have my Mac to confirm, but I believe you can get to it through Apple->System Preferences, Apple referring to the Apple menu in the top-left. If not, I know it's at /Applications/System Preferences.app.
System Preferences
by mrmacfixit
- 2/1/09 7:32 AM
In reply to: "Control Panel Applet" by jedirock
can also be reach from the icon in the dock.
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System Preferences Icon
by jedirock - 2/1/09 9:16 AM In reply to: System Preferences by mrmacfixit
True, if you've left it there. I remove it, so I did methods that are always available without hacking the OS, either through replacing/removing files or editing preference files manually.
Interesting,
by mrmacfixit - 2/1/09 2:18 PM
In reply to: System Preferences Icon by jedirock
why would you remove the System Preferences icon?
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Because...
by jedirock - 2/1/09 4:33 PM In reply to: Interesting, by mrmacfixit
It takes up room. Depending on how many icons you have, you try to squeeze out as much screen estate as possible. Besides, I don't need it too often, and when I do, Quicksilver comes to the rescue.
I have
by mrmacfixit - 2/1/09 6:02 PM
In reply to: Because... by jedirock
84 icons in my dock and still have room for the System Prefs.
Matter of personal choice, I guess
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84 icons...
by jedirock - 2/1/09 7:59 PM In reply to: I have by mrmacfixit
Nice count. 
I guess I like my icons to be bigger than 16x16! (J/K)
Logitech Control Center
by egelb - 1/31/09 8:52 PM In reply to: MX revolution mouse by boni777Logitech has a driver for the mouse which installs as a preference panel in system preferences and is called Logitech Control Center (LCC). You can customize what action each of the five buttons and two wheels perform. You can even customize them for specific programs.
Download Logitech Control Center here:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/494/3129&cl=us,en
Mighty Mouse verse Logitech
by cgarrity - 2/7/09 12:47 AM In reply to: Logitech mouse by boni777When I first got my MB a year ago last December, I hated the Mighty Mouse. So, I started my MB career with a BT Logitech mouse which for the most part worked fine. However, more times than I would like, the MB refused to recognize my Logitech mouse. Since I had my trackpad turned off, it was necessary to reboot in order to get my mouse back up.
Finally, about 4 months ago, I decided to give the Mighty Mouse another chance. Its work flawlessly for the whole time I've used it. About the only thing I don't like about it is that its easy to pick it up backwards and of course, when that happens, every thing happens backwards also.
Never-the-less, I also own a Acer Aspire One and the mouse I use with it is a wireless Logitech v550 (not BT). It has a little USB doggie that sticks out of the computer maybe 1/4". Works great! I haven't tried it would my MB yet but may one of these days.
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