I've lived with a bluetooth wireless mouse and keyboard for a week now. Let me tell you about the experience.
First, the wireless keyboard from Apple. This thing is a dream. It runs for nine months on four AA batteries. Gotta love that. it's also a nice feeling keyboard. My only complaint is that it is a little heavy and that it is somewhat laggy when it comes to waking up.
The wireless mouse from Logitech (MX 900) is good but I have some complaints. First, it sucks battery. Which is ok because it comes with rechargeables, but if you forget to put it in the cradle overnight, forget it, you won't have your mouse the next day, for sure. This thing is worse than a cell phone. it's amazing to me how different the two devices are in terms of battery consumption, it's like night and day. The other problem is that often it has trouble connecting with the Laptop. I have found the best way to get it to wake up is to use the Browse Device menu item in the Bluetooth menu. It doesn't require setup of the device and it usually gets the mouse to wake up and play nice.
Overall I think the wireless thing is cool. Especially because I don't need a base station to attach to the machine. I'd get the keyboard again in a second. I'd have to think a little about the mouse. Overall I have never been happy with Logitech stuff. It's always felt and acted cheap to me, and for the price I wanted something that was solid like a rock. What I got was something less, but which might be alright. I'd like to try the Microsoft mouse to contrast and compare, but I don't get free hardware like I get free books.
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