Bluetooth or USB Hub

My MBP is on its way, which is leaving me with a tiny dilemma...

I have no experience with bluetooth mice, so I was wondering how they hold up against usb mice?

Does anyone know if the bluetooth mice drain the battery?

Would I be better off using a mouse that attached to my usb hub or should i opt for the bluetooth one?

 

I have a Bluetooth mouse and I really like it. Its battery does not drain faster than a USB mouse, and has very little impact on the laptop's battery life (I've gone through the whole battery charge several times both with just the touchpad and by using the Bluetooth mouse constantly, and the difference was never obvious to me, probably within 5-10min).

The only drawback is that the handshake takes a few moments. When you turn on wireless USB mouse, it will be usable practically instantaneously. With a Bluetooth mouse, you'll have to wait 5 seconds or so before it starts working.

To me though, that's a very small price to pay for the convenience of using the built-in Bluetooth receiver instead of plugging in a USB receiver every time I want to use a mouse, have it hog a port, and possibly break off accidentally.

 

also keep in mind that you could also, have the majority of things you need USB for attatched to a powered hub, and then just plug in one USB cable when you are back to your desk, really just depends on how much stuff you liked to have plugged in at all times.

 

In my experience BT mice seem to go to sleep faster and take a little longer to wake up. They also tend to not be as responsive. Having said that they are very convenient and I think they worth the trade off, unless you need a little more responsiveness. If you need fast response though, stick with wired.

 

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best of both worlds!

 

Why do people get wireless mice for laptops? Just get a wired usb mouse. The port is right there on the right side of the macbook pro (or on the left side if you are left handed). The wire causes no problem on a laptop since you cant move the keyboard anyway. On my desktop I have a wireless keyboard and mouse becuse I like to move both of them around, and also the desktop is far and would stretch a wire. But since I use the macbook pros keyboard and not an external I see no point in haveing a wireless (or bluetooth) mouse.

 

The good thing about a wireless mouse is you have less wires to worry about and less hassle with being tangled with the wires or forgetting about the the wire and causing accidents.

Well, I am very pleased with my Wireless mouse (it came bundled with the W3J), a Logitec one and had no problem with pointer skipping and such which is witnessed with some wireless mice. Though I must say it's requirement of the two batteries and the extra weight is a bit irritating.

 

i will most likely pick up that vx nano, if its suitable for gaming. i don't really care about 3000 dpi, i just want it to be responsive.

 

I just bought the Logitech V270 bluetooth mouse (1000dpi) and its pretty responsive! I played some source with some buddies and I didnt notice any difference from my Logitech MX510 gaming mouse!

 

thanks for all of the responses...

I was going for bluetooth untill the vx nano was just announced. I think i have found my winner.

 

I used to have a wireless mouse and when it runs out of battery, it becomes annoying. So I changed back to wired Dell Mouse and never worry about draining out battery.
I would recommend the wired Mighty Mouse. It is more convenient and think about the times that you have to use two USB ports. In my case I would say that most of the time that I would use only one usb port.