[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Finally settled down and ordered the BT Mouse, Logitech’s MX900, and Apple’s BT Keyboard and actually got around to using them today. This is my first experience with BT, i’ve always stated that I think it was an overal waste of technology, but in my need to mod, I had to do the BT upgrade, therefore needing some BT stuff.
It took about 20-30 minutes to get both devices to be recognized, eventually I gave up on the BT software and used Windows control panel BT software, wireless link, finally, everything worked.
First, the mouse. I’ve had plenty of mice in my time, more of them logitech then any other company. Most of my mice are trackballs, so I am not used to moving a mouse. However, I still use regular mice on a daily basis, so I feel I can give an accurate evaluation. First thing I noticed is the mouse is heavy, real heavy. Its about twice the weight of my Logitech RF wirless mouse (not trackball). Its not that big of a deal, I just need to learn to use a bit more force to pull the mouse closer to me. The mouse itself felt real solid and it was gliding around without any issues. All of the buttons including the scroll wheel worked without installing any additional software from Logitech, which is a plus.
I paid $73 shipped from Buy.com ($78-$5 coupon).
As for the keyboard, its my first Apple product and it pleased me. It was very well packaged and included Titantium e2 Energizer batteries, which is unusual, most companies give you el-cheapo batteries. The keyboard itself has a nice design to it and its no bigger then it needs to be. Again, this feels very solid as well. The keyboard is angled slightly (I need to get used to that) and the keys feel ‘different’. Thats the best way I can describe the keyboard. I am not sure if all Apple keyboards feel like that, or its just this one model. Anyway, pretty much all the keys worked including the Apple button which doubled as the window button. The extra keys such as CD Eject did not function.
I typed a 5 page paper on the keyboard. I noticed a few keystrokes here and there didn’t show up. I am assuming its because I am not used to the keyboard so I am not pressing the keys hard enough…otherwise it seemed to work fine.
I paid $60 shipped from Buy.com ($65-$5 coupon).
Overall I am happy with both of my purchases, this will make my life easier when I want to use my TR at home, no cords to worry about, just sit and type (and mouse ).
BTW, in case you were wondering, I am still Anti-BT, I still think it was a waste of technology, but I am sort of glad I have it in the TR…
Thanks,
Erik
I like your setup Erik, It looks very nice.