Mouse for the MBP
Thanks, will take some getting used to but the 17" screen on my MBP is simply the best I have seen and worth any new learning curve!
I am also looking at getting a wireless mouse? What are MBP users using the Apple mouse or getting a wireless fro a 3rd party user like Logitech?
Thanks for all the help!
I was looking for a solution for the lack of a tap in Windows XP under Boot Camp... seems like there isn't a solution, but just knowing that will save me some time, so I appreciate the answers here.
I agree with you about the MBP... I have the 17-inch model with the glossy screen... chosen after 22 years on a variety of PCs. I couldn't be happier. There will always be compromises on any OS and I'm willing to adjust (may stave off Alzheimer's in the bargain).
I bought the Wireless Mighty Mouse so I would not have to use a dongle for a Microsoft or Logitech mouse. I like the mouse, but... it's slow. I might have to search for a program to speed up its tracking ability. I like the little scroll ball... very cute. And of course you have the left and right mouse clicks you're used to. But the feel is a little different because the entire front of the mouse is going down rather than just a single button.
So at work I've returned to my Logitech MX Revolution, the most expensive (and best) mouse I've ever used. A wide variety of setup options and you can even customize it to work differently in each program. I'm a writer who needs to switch rapidly between open documents, so I've programmed the mouse's tilt wheel to go to Next or Previous Document. Very slick.
And the click scroll wheel turns into a smooth scroll wheel simply by pressing the scroll wheel like a button. But more impressively, you can use the click scroll wheel for normal use (which I do), but when you flick the wheel to speed your way down a long webpage, for example, there's a clutch inside the mouse that disengages the click motion and freewheels you to the bottom of the page... or at least closer that six or seven flicks of a normal wheel. And then you can do it again if need be. This sounds arcane, but it works beautifully and you get used to it in about 30 seconds.
I paid $125 in Hong Kong for one of them (wondering how crazy I had become)... and loved it so much, I bought another so I'd have one at home and one at the office. And you can purchase them for about $80 in the U.S., I believe.
As long as I'm waffling on, I'll mention one other problem I had with the Apple Wired Keyboard. The number keys wouldn't work as navigation keys in Windows XP (or in Mac OSX, for that matter)... an oversight that surprises me considering the attention to detail that Apple has paid to making the MBP comfortable for Windows users.
Fortunately I found KeyRemap4MacBook, a small program that solves the problem. Works perfectly and you can find it at:
http://www.pqrs.org/tekezo/macosx/keyremap4macbook/
I tried Windows XP with Fusion but got rid of it after two days -- my Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000, Logitech MX Revolution Mouse, Wacom A5 Wide Drawing Tablet, and WinDVD program wouldn't work on a virtual machine. I switched to Boot Camp and reinstalled Windows and everything works perfectly.
Ok, I'm done now...
Don