> 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.