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I'd be interested in knowing this too. I've got an old Apple Pro (USB) mouse, but it's starting to get a bit flaky. I was considering Apple's Bluetooth mouse, but damn if it isn't expensive (at least here in Canada). A hundreds bucks for a mouse! Yeesh.

Is it worth it?

well actually I care or I would not ask the question. PCguy your answer dos not help at all
The logitech is a nice mouse but it requires a transceiver making the whole thing actually MORE bulky than a bluetooth mouse since the G4 has bluetooth built in !

and again twenty eight buttons with tachometer and surround sound do nothing for me. I am wanting a nice wireless counterpart to my apple pro mouse.

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well actually I care or I would not ask the question. PCguy your answer dos not help at all
The logitech is a nice mouse but it requires a transceiver making the whole thing actually MORE bulky than a bluetooth mouse since the G4 has bluetooth built in !

and again twenty eight buttons with tachometer and surround sound do nothing for me. I am wanting a nice wireless counterpart to my apple pro mouse.

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you can leave the base at home for charging and bring along just the mouse. it'll work with the BT on your PB. and as for the 8 buttons. it's nice and useful but that doesn't suit you....personally i like all of the buttons on the MX700/900. they're not redundant, but useful and perfectly positioned and well designed.

as for the Apple BT mouse. i'm not sure how the tracking quality is, but i highly doubt it matches the MX700/900 (please prove me wrong here). but it's small enough to be easily tucked somewhere while travelling, the off switch is great, definitely something other wireless mouses should do as well, and the design is neat. i think if the tracking quality is decent, it's worth the 100CDN$. (that is if you can live with a one button mouse, otherwise, get the MX900)

I'm sick of all those buttons sitting under my fingers, sick of all those duplicate control/option/open apple key, I am sick of number pad when there is number key on top row already! I am sick of help/home/end/del/pageup/pagedown/arrow key!

                 

I've had my Apple Wireless Mouse almost a week now.
I love it. perfect. no complaints.
I do prefer a one button mouse though so, YMMV.
Tracking quality is great.

Well after using both for a few days, I have found one thing that they both do that is very annoying.

If the system goes to sleep, when you wake it up the mouse will be non responsive. If you turn the apple mouse on and off a couple of times it will eventually respond.  With the logitech the only solution is to take the batteries out and put them back.

I'm hoping that panther may have a fix for that otherwise it defeats the purpose of having a wireless mouse.

As far as other uses, I'd give the edge to the Apple mouse for overall comfort and performance and reliabilty. It's smaller and feels better made then the logitech. Especially nice when you are doing a powerpoint pres because you can use the mouse as a remote clicker. The logitech is too bulky for that.

I have had some erratic tracking where it will randomly acclerate when traveling accross large areas.

When I am at my desk I do like the logitechs scroll wheel and right mouse button.

I am still leaning toward keeping the Apple mouse and taking the logitech back. Can't justify both right now

I don't like how the apple doesn't come with a recharging option, thats something big for me.

The guy at the Apple store said it should last for 3-4 months of "regular use" with the included batteries.  I don't remember if he said regular use is 1hr or 8 hr per day.

I'm sick of all those buttons sitting under my fingers, sick of all those duplicate control/option/open apple key, I am sick of number pad when there is number key on top row already! I am sick of help/home/end/del/pageup/pagedown/arrow key!

                 

then get rid of your keyboard

If the system goes to sleep, when you wake it up the mouse will be non responsive

I don't have that problem with mine.
When I put my PowerBook to sleep I either wake it up with the Apple wireless mouse (clicking it) or I open the PowerBook display and my mouse is working within 1-2 seconds.
If I turn the mouse off, it's usually 2-3 seconds after turning it back on that it becomes operational. (and after a click).

the mx 500 (which has the same shape as the 700 and 900) seemed to me to have that shape. it is molded into a very high arch, forcing your hand into a cup. i do really like the button placement though

Well Apple inadvertently (on purpose?) made up my mind for me on which mouse to keep between the logitech and the apple bluetooth mice.

After applying the Apple bluetooth 1.1 update, my powerbook will no longer see the logitech mouse. Apple says that the logitech must be following the old single channel protocol and that I needed to go back to logitech for a fix.

Hmmm, I wonder about the truth of that but the logitech definitely does not work now.

Oh well for what I want the Apple mouse is fine. (and looks good)

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Not all of the buttons worked on the logitech. The left, right and scroll wheel worked fine which from that standpoint was good enough for me.

I did have problems with it losing connection sometimes but given recent events i think now that may have been bluetooth related. I would imagine that if you used the logitech bluetooth USB adapter you would not have that problem but I wanted to use the built in one in my G4

The mouse is tall and very solid feeling. My brother liked it so much he bought one for his PC.

I was leaning torward the Apple mainly due to is smaller size but the logitech is a nice mouse.

Hope that helps
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