[X4U] Changing mice

Charles Howse chowse at charter.net
Sat Nov 26 14:23:42 PST 2005


> On Nov 26, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Charles Howse wrote:
> 
>> If I should decide to change from the 'soap bar' mouse that came
>> with my new
>> PowerMac to the Microsoft Blue 2-button, optical scroll mouse, is
>> it as easy
>> as just unplugging one and plugging in the other?
>> 
>> I searched the apple.com site for 'hardware compatibility list',
>> 'changing
>> mice', etc, and didn't find anything useful.  If anyone finds an Apple
>> support article that's apropos, could you please indicate the
>> search string
>> you used so I can learn something?
> 
> You will need to download and install Microsoft Intellipoint mouse
> driver from:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/download.mspx>

Ummm...there's no choice for Intellipoint.  There is, however, a choice for
the Blue Optical mouse I referenced to begin with.

Also, the drivers don't seem to be Tiger compatible - 10.3.x is as high as
they go.

I had a screenshot to show, but the message containing it was bounced...too
big.




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