Magic Mouse and Windows Boot Camp

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I have heard that the magic mouse turns into a regular two button mouse when in windows boot camp. If this is true then are you still able to scroll? I am thinking of buying it and was wondering if this is true so that I reconsider it.
 
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That's probably true, so does the mighty mouse... at least mine does.
The scrolling part... I don't know, that's probably gonna need a new bootcamp driver update.

But bear in mind... it does not handle like a standard MS mouse.
When I run Windows, I just switch mice.
 

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From what I understand, the specialized drivers that would be needed to have it operate at full functionality have yet to be written. With that said, it should work perfectly in a VM if you use Windows with Fusion/Parallels.
 
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i'm concerned about the button 3 on the magic mouse.

I do a lot of CAD and 3d renderings in my VMware win7. I really NEED a the 3rd button. I'm going to get the magic mouse to try it out, if it doesn't work for me on my windows side, i'm going to return it.
 

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I can pretty much guarantee you that it won't. The third button would almost certainly need a specialized driver.
 

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