Purchase BT600 Full-Size Laser Bluetooth Mouse for Mac and PC in White

I bought the Radtech BT600 to replace a wireless Apple Mighty Mouse. The scroll ball had become unresponsive, and I can't live without scrolling. The scroll wheel on the Radtech BT600 worked well, but nothing else did.

First of all, the Bluetooth connectivity is spotty. I haven't had a single connectivity issue with my Apple keyboard or Mighty Mouse; they've been connected to my iMac for over a year and neither has ever dropped a connection. The BT600 loses its connection frequently, and sometimes will refuse to reconnect indefinitely. (In fact, its refusal to reconnect is what drove me to pull out the old Mighty Mouse, broken scroll ball and all, and chuck the BT600 in a drawer.)

Even when there isn't a connection problem, the mouse will stop responding if the pointer is dormant for more than a few seconds. I'll have to shake it around a little bit to "wake it up." Sometimes this isn't a problem, though; instead, the pointer will jump crazily around the screen even when I'm not touching the mouse at all. This will happen while the display is asleep, waking up the display and leaving it awake until I notice and come to shake the mouse around a little (or power it off). If the computer is in sleep mode, the mouse will not wake the computer unless I shake it and click wildly for about 30 seconds. (I'd started just using the keyboard to wake the computer up.)

The left and right buttons feel rickety and clicks don't always register, the middle button (the scroll wheel button) is too stiff, and the two side buttons are so awkward to reach that I've never bothered with them.

The rechargeable battery is nice, as is the option of plugging the mouse in via USB, but the batteries on my Mighty Mouse run down so slowly that this isn't much of an advantage. I'd rather replace the batteries every three months or so than have the ability to recharge them.

This was the only Bluetooth mouse I've seen aside from Apple's Mighty Mouse, and that's why I bought it. Even though I don't like the Mighty Mouse, this one is far, far worse. Don't waste your money; just spend $[...] on a regular USB mouse.Get more detail about BT600 Full-Size Laser Bluetooth Mouse for Mac and PC in White.