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    Is any mice compatible with Vista?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by manzi, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    A dell rep told me to buuy a optical premium Vista mouse as it is vista compatiable and other mice wont work, but is this true or will other mice that were made before Vista work with Vista?
     
    manzi, Aug 16, 2007
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    All mice will work...
     
    caveman017, Aug 16, 2007
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    OF COURSE other mice will work. The rep is trying to SELL.

    but only Microsoft Mouse have the Instant Viewer feature guaranteed to work. Its 100x better than the flip3d in Vista, that looks good, but is not very useful.
     
    darkspark88, Aug 16, 2007
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    manzi,

    I just bought a Microsoft optical mouse from Office Depot yesterday. I haven't tried it out yet, but a guy there told me that since Vista has all the backwards compatible mouse drivers, it should work. If you want to be sure, you can get a mouse that actually says Windows Vista Compatible on the box.
     
    carldaru, Aug 16, 2007
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    That Dell rep is a lying piece of garbage!!

    Any mouse, be it PS/2 or USB will work on Vista just fine. For example, I'm using a G5 Laser mouse and as I recall the box didn't have a "Vista Compatible" logo on it. That lying, honorless rep was merely trying to sell you something. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that a Dell rep would openly lie to you like that. Dell probably even encourages it. Scum like that really annoy me...
     
    Firov, Aug 16, 2007
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    logitech mx518 is compatible with vista, just dont use the installation cd, it didnt work for me, go directly to logitech and download the drover/software for vista...

    edit: lol, i just responded to the topic without readingit, lmao that dell representative
     
    El Profe, Aug 16, 2007
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    i had a dell rep try to tell me that the reason my sound card was making funny noises was because my headphones were not vista compatible.
     
    jamesmoon2, Aug 16, 2007
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    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    Thx for the info guys! The Dell reps are only money minded. They only offer good deals if you buy extras (which means they will get commision). I had one get me to buy 2gb of RAM saying that if i even just open up the laptop just to look at at, it will automatically void the warranty, therefore i should buy 2gb of RAM now rather than upgrading it myself.
     
    manzi, Aug 16, 2007
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    Wow, that is horrible :mad: . Good thing we have boards like this one...
     
    DrewN, Aug 16, 2007
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