[R] Good Mac-Compatible Mouse

On March 29 2010 21:33 Bockit wrote:
Most people I know swear by the logitech mouses for mac. Don't go near the mighty mouse, and I have heard mixed reviews of the magic mouse.

Also can we please not turn this thread into a mac vs pc debate? We have thousands of them already. Thanks

EDIT: I use a wireless logitech mouse and keyboard with my mbp, and it works fine. I managed to play a game of HoN with them about a week ago and there were no oddities.

EDIT2: I should also add that most people I know wouldn't consider buying a gaming mouse, so don't take my word as everything heh

On March 29 2010 21:35 jabberwokie wrote:
I would still go with the razor salmosa I think it's one of the cheaper ones, great mouse or diamondback if you need the extra buttons.

On March 29 2010 21:42 IndecisivePenguin wrote:



Thanks for the input I'm not too sure if I care about getting a gaming mouse, but I suppose I don't see the downfall in it if it's within my price-range. Any specific logitech equipment you would recommend?

Edit: Do you recommend also investing in a keyboard as well? Do you think it would serve my gaming that much more?



Do razers work with Macs? I heard you can run a program like SteerMouse to make it work but I'm not sure that they are out-of-the-box.

On March 29 2010 22:03 zuqbu wrote:
i'm speaking from 12 years experience with multiple logitech, microsoft and razer mice on various macs. and there are just four things you need to know about macs & mice:

1. never use any mouse from apple. if you get one with your imac or so, sell it on ebay without using it. people will almost pay the same price for it as if it was new and boxed.
2. you can use any usb mouse you want as long as you…
3. …never use software/drivers from the manufacturer of your preferred mouse.
4. really don't use any apple mouse. these things are ergonomic disasters.

let me explain #3: there are logitech drivers, which suck and don't support all of their recent mice and/or all their features. there are razer deathadder drivers, which are just plain buggy and so on etc.

the lack of any decent manufacturer drivers has spawned two very usable shareware drivers, which will work with any usb mouse, give you total control over the button configuration, scroll wheel settings etc. these are in no particular order:

- USB Overdrive http://www.usboverdrive.com/
- Steermouse http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/index.html

these are all shareware, so just see which one works best for you. i would recommend steermouse over usb overdrive, but that's just personal preference. and then there is:

- ControllerMate http://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/

which is an entirely different beast and much more powerful (as well as complicated) then anything else. but after fiddling around with every driver and mouse fix on a mac, controller mate is the only way to permanently fix (read: eliminate) the stupid mac mouse acceleration. if you're picky about stuff like that, it's the best solution even if it will take you some time to set up.

On March 29 2010 21:31 Cheeseball wrote:
Any reason why you are getting a Mac over an equally decent other brand laptop that is over a grand cheaper?

On March 29 2010 21:22 IndecisivePenguin wrote:
Hello there all! I'm likely getting a Macbook Pro this summer for college, but I wanted to make sure to at least get myself a mouse so that I can play BW/SC2 properly. So! I was wondering if anyone out there knows of any good mouses that are for Mac or are Mac compatible.

I prefer it to be wired but if wireless is the best I can go with then I'll just go with that. I especially need it because I plan on heading to that Texas TL Meetup this summer haha.

Thanks a lot in advance.

On March 30 2010 00:17 -dash wrote:

OSX

On March 30 2010 03:37 Gnabgib wrote:
Shouldn't any usb pc mouse also work for mac?

What is so good about OSX?