Looking for Bluetooth Mouse to go with MB

feriso · 2 Dec 2009 at 09:59

To go with my newly acquired white macbook I am looking for a bluetooth mouse. The mighty has been given bad reviews so I'm not keen on that so I'm looking for another that is decent.

I suppose what I am looking for is one with buttons that I can program to use expose and spaces, as well as the right click if possible.

The two I've found so are:-

Logitech V470 Wireless Bluetooth Laser Laptop Mouse (White)

Logitech MX900 Bluetooth

I like the V470 because it's white (thats rather vain but very mac like) but the MX900 could be better because of the extra buttons. Does anyone have any suggestions/comments on these or there ability to be used with the MB?

uchuff · 2 Dec 2009 at 10:54

I finally had a go with the Magic Mouse at the Apple Store on Monday and found it quite good actually. The current official drivers have a very limited set of gestures, however what's there does work well and there are unofficial software hacks popping up all the time to add support for more.

The Mouse is quite flat which felt odd at first, then I realised my arm was at an odd angle due to me standing over the table rather than sitting in front of it, squatting down so my elbow was level with the table made it a lot more comfortable. Worth testing out a Magic Mouse imho.

bigredshark · 2 Dec 2009 at 11:01

The other problem with the magic mouse is it's lunatic expensive for what it is, don't get me wrong I have one and like it, but you can't claim it's a good deal...

V470 is well regarded with apple laptops I know...

feriso · 2 Dec 2009 at 12:26

The only issue is it has 3 buttons - I'd have the third set to expose but then what about spaces? can I do a gesture on the mouse to activate spaces?

bigredshark · 2 Dec 2009 at 12:34

no idea, control+arrow has always been far quicker for me anyway...

iraiguana · 2 Dec 2009 at 19:05

I have had teh V470 for 6+ months and still really like it. It does seem to chew batteries a little when I have both it and the apple wireless keyboard though due to some mild interference or I am simply using it near the max range (~couple of meters).

I would recommend it to anyone else though!