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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 629836" data-attributes="member: 17052">Here are a few thoughts:<a href="http://elfishbeauty.tripod.com/id4.html" target="_blank">http://elfishbeauty.tripod.com/id4.html</a><a href="http://www.netrino.com/node/139" target="_blank">http://www.netrino.com/node/139</a>Neither of these comments on power consumption, at least not that I saw.The key differences seem to be:1/ Infrared is point to point and depends on a clean line of sight2/ Bluetooth has a longer range and does not require line of sight, since it is RF based not light based.It sounds to me that Bluetooth would be a better choice for mouse and keyboard, since you could move the mouse and keyboard pretty much anywhere relative to the receiver, you could move them farther away from the receiver than with IR, and you don't have to worry about desktop clutter interfering with the signal.My 2 cents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mac57, post: 629836, member: 17052"] Here are a few thoughts: [url]http://elfishbeauty.tripod.com/id4.html[/url] [url]http://www.netrino.com/node/139[/url] Neither of these comments on power consumption, at least not that I saw. The key differences seem to be: 1/ Infrared is point to point and depends on a clean line of sight 2/ Bluetooth has a longer range and does not require line of sight, since it is RF based not light based. It sounds to me that Bluetooth would be a better choice for mouse and keyboard, since you could move the mouse and keyboard pretty much anywhere relative to the receiver, you could move them farther away from the receiver than with IR, and you don't have to worry about desktop clutter interfering with the signal. My 2 cents. [/QUOTE]

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