On Mar 14, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Peter Dock wrote: > So far, I only have to start up twice in > order to get the mouse and keyboard to work. Putting in new batteries > regularly helps (wish someone had warned me before I made this > decision. > I'll go broke buying batteries). > I got my iMac 1.8 Ghz G5 in January and haven't had a fire or smoke. No trouble getting the Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to work, either, although I was disappointed to find that (because I have a plug-in Bluetooth gizmo instead of an installed card) I can't wake the computer up if it goes to sleep. Defeats the whole purpose of sleeping hard drives, IMHO. The way the mouse gobbles batteries convinced me take the plunge and buy a charger and rechargable batteries. > I did switch to the "Macally" mouse. Like the feel better than the > Apple > mouse (has been true since I started using Apple computers back in > 1980... > NO mice then). Also has the right click and center scroll. > Is it a Bluetooth mouse? irene