Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse on Mac Book Pro?

[Aharon]

Hi all Apple Fans

Does anyone have a Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse working on their Macbook Pro?

Thanks guys

 

[MrMocs]

It should be ok but it will function as a normal mouse and have a receiver on your macbook's usb port rather put a little more and get a Magic Mouse it has gestures and feels much better and uses Bluetooth to connect to your mac

 

[Aharon]

Thanks MrMocs. Should the Touch Scroll work? I see Microsoft have issued Intellipoint 8.2 which is supposed to support the Touch? Do you have any further information?

 

[kilobits]

Thanks MrMocs. Should the Touch Scroll work? I see Microsoft have issued Intellipoint 8.2 which is supposed to support the Touch? Do you have any further information?

OSX 10.4 to OSX 10.7 supported currently... so unless you are using any of those, I would imagine that Intellipoint will not be available.. .alas.

 

[Aharon]

Thanks mate - would u say its safe to assume it would have full functionality on those specific versions?

OSX 10.4 to OSX 10.7 supported currently... so unless you are using any of those, I would imagine that Intellipoint will not be available.. .alas.

 

[kilobits]

Thanks mate - would u say its safe to assume it would have full functionality on those specific versions?

I am no Mac-head, so I can only assume that ALL Intellipoint functionality will be present on those versions... everything else will probably give you the basic mouse stuff, without the programmable Intellipoint enhancements and extra button shortcuts etc.

I have a Trackball that, via Intellipoint, can be set to do different things with the buttons etc... and this on a Mac without Intellipoint becomes a basic mouse.

I am assuming that it would be the same for any of the Microsoft mice... without the Intellipoint, you will have a basic, functioning mouse.

Your best bet would be to wait for bwana or Droid or one of the Mac gurus to confirm or correct.

 

[Aharon]

I am no Mac-head, so I can only assume that ALL Intellipoint functionality will be present on those versions... everything else will probably give you the basic mouse stuff, without the programmable Intellipoint enhancements and extra button shortcuts etc.

I have a Trackball that, via Intellipoint, can be set to do different things with the buttons etc... and this on a Mac without Intellipoint becomes a basic mouse.

I am assuming that it would be the same for any of the Microsoft mice... without the Intellipoint, you will have a basic, functioning mouse.

Your best bet would be to wait for bwana or Droid or one of the Mac gurus to confirm or correct.

Thanks Kilobit for all your assistance

I'll see if Bwana or Droid have any additional info when they pop in

 

[GreGorGy]

Go the MagicMouse route - you won't be sorry.

That said, download the driver and install it - see what is available from that. It should give you an idea then as to what the mouse itself will support.

 

[d0b33]

Microsoft intellipoint support for OSX is pretty good these days, should work fine.

I own a magic mouse but hardly use it anymore, to choose between the two is not that easy... both have pros and cons.