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    Wireless mouse "lag"

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sherretz, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. sherretz

    sherretz Notebook Geek

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    I think something similar has been posted here before. In essence, I find that when I use my VX Revolution (or is it MX? Whichever one is the mobile version), the mouse occasionally loses its wireless connection to the computer, and so I have to click multiple times to get it to register.

    This is annoying enough for me to consider getting a wired mouse, but I want to know if I get something like an MX518 if I'm still going to run into the disconnect/lag issue.

    In other words, is it a wireless issue or a Logitech/PC/Mac conflict issue? I experienced both with and without the Logitech software installed. The software is currently installed.
     
    sherretz, Jul 24, 2009
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like your wireless mouse might be going to sleep to save power or something. It should be a setting in your logitech drivers or in System Prefs, although I'm not sure.

    A wired mouse will definitely not give you this problem. I've also not experienced any of this with my wireless bluetooth logitech mouse.
     
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  3. sherretz

    sherretz Notebook Geek

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    Hm. This is USB wireless instead of Bluetooth. I'm curious if that may have something to do with it (USB settings?).
     
    sherretz, Jul 24, 2009
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    i have a vx revolution myself, but i have never had *large* issues with response time unless I left it sitting for a bit (15-30 secs). However, I have a razer deathadder on the way at the moment because I am tired of the horrible accuracy on this mouse.
     
    Gclown, Jul 25, 2009
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  5. sherretz

    sherretz Notebook Geek

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    I just ordered a MX518, which will be here tomorrow. I'll give that a shot and see if the problem goes away.
     
    sherretz, Jul 27, 2009
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