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From: Peter Ceresole on 10 Jul 2010 17:18 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > I'm doing a bit better with the Magic version, it's just not as good as > > the Logitech mechanical one I had before. At least, that's my belief. > > Bit of a worry that this is happening. I don't think so. Just that I'm cack handed in 10.6. I mean... I presume that the bundled mouse with the iMac. *Is* a magic mouse isn't it? In the bluetooth devices it says: Peter Ceresole's Mouse Address: d8-30-62-39-91-b3 Type: Mouse Firmware Version: 0x84 Services: Apple Wireless Mouse Not terribly helpful... -- Peter
From: Woody on 10 Jul 2010 17:34 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > In article <1jlfnv2.qvb5eu1kf9xjtN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >>>> Ha, looks like we'll be staying with our M i g h t y M o u s e > > > > s >>> for a while yet, then. >>> Oh, if you're getting on with it okay, stay with it. > > Definitely. It's such a delight to be able to scroll both ways in e.g. > an Excel sheet without having to move my hand. My logitech has side scroll too. Works really well, apart from the risk to other mice of breaking the scroll wheels! >> I'm doing a bit better with the Magic version, it's just not as good > > as >> the Logitech mechanical one I had before. At least, that's my belief. > > Bit of a worry that this is happening. Why? Apple have never been good at mice -- Woody
From: Woody on 10 Jul 2010 17:58 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > In article > <1001032719300490491.569116usenet-alienrat.co.uk(a)news.individual.net>, > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >>> In article <1jlfnv2.qvb5eu1kf9xjtN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, >>> peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >>>>>> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >>>>>> Ha, looks like we'll be staying with our M i g h t y M o u s > > > > > > e >>>>>> s >>>>> for a while yet, then. >>>>> Oh, if you're getting on with it okay, stay with it. >>>>> Definitely. It's such a delight to be able to scroll both ways in > > > > > e.g. >>> an Excel sheet without having to move my hand. >>> My logitech has side scroll too. Works really well, apart from the > > > risk >> to other mice of breaking the scroll wheels! > > Haven't seen that, does it have a pea too ? No, just the scroll wheel bends sideways as well. It's not as good as the mm pea when the pea is working well, but it is a lot more consistent -- Woody
From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Jul 2010 18:55 Rob <ngonly(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole wrote: > > Okay, I've gone from my iG5 to and InteliMac and as I expected, by > > comparison it's blindingly fast, especially with Street View and Flash > > stuff like the iPlayer. No complaints at all. > > > > Nice, aren't they :-) My somewhat older 3.06 GHz Core2Duo iMac is about as fast as my old 2.5GHz 4G5 - faster on some things, slower on others, less snappy UI. I wonder if the current iMacs are at least as snappy as my old 4G5? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Robert on 10 Jul 2010 20:19
On 2010-07-10 19:33:27 +0100, Richard Kettlewell said: > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) writes: > >> The Magic Mouse isn't absolutely terrible, I can live with it, but 'I >> can live with it' isn't as good as I'd hoped. > > I hated it. I simply could not reliably get a right click out of it. > Fix that and I'd probably still be using it, as it is I'm much happier > with a trackball. As a suggestion, you could try the MagicPrefs application that lets you make some changes to how the Magic Mouse acts. It can be found here: http://magicprefs.com/ |