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Microsoft basic wheel mouse - work OK?
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I figure I'm liking the cheapo Microsoft wheel mouse attached to the PC better than I like my Apple mice. Am I going to have any problems popping a few of these onto my Macs via USB/PS2 adaptors?
(please note: I'm not really interested in recommendations for other "fancy" mice - I want something with a ball in it, not optical).
Thanks.
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I have a cheap Logitec optical mouse (don't know about your country, but here in Germany, you have a hard time finding `mechanical' mice) and I just paid something like 10 or 12 €. Works perfectly, all three buttons and the wheel.
However, I really recommend an optical mouse (dunno, if you made your comment because of the price or because you like mechanical mice better), moves much better and you don't have to clean it.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
However, I really recommend an optical mouse (dunno, if you made your comment because of the price or because you like mechanical mice better), moves much better and you don't have to clean it.
Yeah, I like mechanical mice. Just wanted to know if it was going to work OK with a USB/PS2 adaptor (it should do, shouldn't it? - after all they're touting the Mac mini as useable with your old PC mouse).
Strangely, I'm having to clean my Apple Pro Mice (specifically, the PTFE strip around the outside of the base) a lot more than the M$ basic wheel mouse I have.
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Yeah, there should be no reason for a PS/2 -> USB adapter not to work just fine. I have to agree with OC, though - I would have to be coerced into using a ball mouse.
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Yeah, there should be no reason for a PS/2 -> USB adapter not to work just fine.
Thanks. 
Originally Posted by Big Mac
I have to agree with OC, though - I would have to be coerced into using a ball mouse.
I've always been a bit weird like that. 
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Yeah, I like mechanical mice. Just wanted to know if it was going to work OK with a USB/PS2 adaptor (it should do, shouldn't it? - after all they're touting the Mac mini as useable with your old PC mouse).
Strangely, I'm having to clean my Apple Pro Mice (specifically, the PTFE strip around the outside of the base) a lot more than the M$ basic wheel mouse I have.
Mine is a USB mouse with a USB-PS2 adapter, so I don't know if it'll work. I would suspect it would. In the worst case, try it and buy a new one if you must.
With all of my old mice (starting with my Amiga mouse up to my last pc mouse), after some time, there was tons of dust and a hair and really icky stuff on the inside of the roll. I personally prefer the `feel' of optical mice, but surely, this is a matter of taste
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