Waligay taageere uma noqon trackpads Waxa aan rabay in aan helo jiir wanaagsan oo aan ku xidho shabadhkayga shabagga ah si aan u damiyo trackpad-ka oo aan nabad ugu qoro. Waxaan tijaabiyey jiirarka Microsoft (waa jamac ka mid ah jiirka kumbuyuutarka "jiirarka" ama "mouses" mise waa maxay?) tani waa maqaalkii ugu horreeyay ee taxane ah oo ku saabsan raadinta jiirka ugu fiican. Marka hore^(First) , waxaan go'aansaday in aan isku dayo Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse , taas oo u ekayd inay noqon doonto mid wanaagsan, saaxiibka is haysta ee netbook-ka iyo sidoo kale jiirka ujeedka oo dhan ee PC-ga iyo Mac Mini . Ma ka soo baxday wixii aan filayey? Aan^(Let) ogaano.

Sisin furan - Baakad iyo tilmaamo

Aan ku bilaabo inaan dhaho waxaan aad u door bidaa qalabka wax gelinta. Qiyaastii 20 sano ka hor ayaa la ii sameeyay qaliin si aan uga soo saaro lafaha farta murdisa midigta ah, dhakhtarkii qalliinka ayaa ii sheegay in aan inta ugu yar ee suurtogalka ah ku sameeyo gacantaas inta ay bogsanayso. Xitaa markaa waxaan ahaa balwad online ah, sidaas darteed si nacasnimo ah ayaan isku dayay inaan ku qoro labada farood ee dibadda ee gacantaas, iyo weligay ka dib markii aan xirto xirashada curcurka markaan isticmaalo kombiyuutarka. Waxaan ku qaatay wakhti badan sannado badan oo aan hubinayo qalabyo kala duwan (jiirka, kubbadda cagta, iyo ugu dambeyntii kiniiniga Wacom Bamboo ) oo aan isku dayayo inaan helo mid aan isticmaali karo waqti dheer oo aan xanuun lahayn. Markaa waxaan si gaar ah u xiisaynayay inaan arko haddii Wedge Touch Mouse ay ii roonaan lahayd inaan isticmaalo.

Maadaama netbook-ka iyo kombayutarkaygu aanu lahayn awood Bluetooth , waxaan helay Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0 adabtarada USB^{(Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter)} . Qalabkan yar ayaa ahaa waxa kaliya ee aan u baahnaa si aan u bilaabo.

Adapter-ka ayaan ku xidhay netbook-ka oo isla markiiba waa la aqoonsaday. Dejintu^(Setup) waxay ahayd mid fudud. Labada Windows 8 ee ku yaal netbook-ka, iyo ka dib Windows 7 ee kombayutarka, ayaa la soo degsaday oo si toos ah u rakibay darawalka.

Markaa waxay ahayd waqtigii la dejin lahaa oo la tijaabin lahaa Mouse Touch Touch^{(Wedge Touch Mouse)} . Halkan waxa ah fiidyow unboxing ah oo wanaagsan, haddii aad rabto inaad wax badan ka ogaato waxa aad ka heli doonto baakaddeeda.

Oo halkan waa bogga rasmiga ah ee Microsoft oo leh tafaasiil, tafaasiil iyo qiimeyn: Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse .

Mousing Windows 8 oo leh Microsoft Wedge Touch

Marka hore waxaan daaray mouse-ka, arrin fudud oo ah rogidda iyo riixida badhanka awoodda/isku xidhka. Ka dib, anigoo raacaya tilmaamaha, waxaan hoos u dhigay badhanka dhawr ilbiriqsi. Markii nalka jiirka uu bilaawday, waxaan aaday Control Panel oo aan doortay Ku dar Aaladaha iyo Daabacadaha^{(Add Devices and Printers)} . Waxay ku qaadatay dhowr ilbiriqsi oo kaliya in netbook-gu uu ogaado in mouse-ku uu isku dayayay inuu helo dareenkiisa, iyo dhowr ilbiriqsi oo kale si uu u muujiyo Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse oo ah qalab lagu daro.

Waxaan ku idhi hore u soco. Halkaa waxa si habsami leh uga socday rakibaadda, waxaana si lama filaan ah u diyaar garoobay in la isticmaalo mouse-ku.

Mid ka mid ah waxyaalaha ugu fiican ee ku saabsan Wedge Touch Mouse waa inaad farahaaga ku dhejin karto oogihiisa oo dhan si aad ugu sheegto inuu rogo. Nasiib darro, tani uma shaqayn sidii aan filayey. Waxaan u maleeyay inaan farta u jiidi karo midig ama bidix si aan ugu rogo shaashadda Start , laakiin markaan isku dayay taas, waxba ma dhicin.

Dusha sare ee siman ee jiirka ayaa hoos loo riixi karaa sida badhanka jiirka ee caadiga ah si aad u gujiso bidix ama midig, markaa waxaan gujiyay soo jiidashada raadinta , waxaan doortay ^(Search)Settings , oo waxaan raadiyay Mouse . Tani waxay keentay Fududeynta Isticmaalka^{(Ease of Use)} guddi, kaas oo aan ahayn waxa aan raadinayay.

Xagga hoose ee daaqada waxaan ku arkay Mouse Properties , waana meesha aan ka helay goobaha aan rabo. Inkasta oo ay u soo bandhigtay sida PS/2 jiirka (xitaa xitaa kuwa kale ma sameeyaan?) Goobaha lagu dabaqay Wedge Touch Mouse .

Hagaha bilowga ee la socda jiirka ayaa i faray in aan soo dejiyo barnaamijka Xarunta Aaladda Microsoft^{(Microsoft Device Center)} si aan si buuxda u maamulo jiirka. Tani waxay noqotay Xarunta Xakamaynta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Control Center)} . Waxa aan aad uga yara yaabay kombayuutarkayga Windows 7, sidaa awgeed bilowgii hore waxa aan doortay in aanan ku rakibin netbook-ka waxana aan ogaaday in aan awooday in aan habeeyo Mouse-ka Wedge Touch^{(Wedge Touch Mouse)} si uu ugu habboonaado dookheyga la’aanteed. Waxa aan awoodi waayay in aan dhinac u rogo shaashadda Start , in kastoo, in kasta oo aan farta midigta ee trackpad-ka u duuduubo shaashadda si fiican.

Si kastaba ha noqotee, maadaama Microsoft ay ku talineyso in la rakibo Xarunta Mouse iyo Keyboard^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} , ka dib waxaan ku rakibay inkasta oo aan niyad jabay ka dib waayo-aragnimadayda hore. Dareen-xumada ayaa u soo baxday inay sax tahay, tan iyo wixii ugu horreeyay ee dhacay waxay ahayd inaan lumiyay xiriirka Wedge Touch Mouse . Dib u bilaabista kumbuyuutarka iyo riixitaanka badhanka Connect on mouse ma aysan caawin, iyo isku xirka Microsoft ee ku saabsan cilad-bixinta ma uusan siinin Windows 8 talooyin gaar ah, sidaas darteed aniga ayaa iska leh.

Waxaan ka saaray mouse-ka aniga oo isticmaalaya Maareeyaha Aaladda^{(Device Manager)} oo aan Windows 8 raadiyay oo dib u rakibay. Taas ka dib way shaqeysay - laakiin sida aan u faahfaahiyay qaybta Windows 7 , kaliya amarrada asaasiga ah ayaa la heli karaa mana bedeli karo dardargelinta gabi ahaanba. Faa'iidada kaliya ee aan helay ka dib rakibidda waxay ahayd inaan si habboon u rogi karo shaashadda bilowga .^(Start)

Dhammaan tani waxay ahayd wax aad looga xumaado, in la yiraahdo ugu yaraan. Ilaa hadda sida aan ka walaacsanahay, Xarunta Mouse iyo Keyboard^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} waa wakhti lumis ah rakibidda, ugu yaraan Mouse Touch Touch^{(Wedge Touch Mouse)} . Waxay leedahay interface garaaf fiican laakiin waxay hoos ugu dhacdaa inay noqoto mid faa'iido leh sida qalabka qaabeynta jiirka ee Windows 8 . Oo mar la rakibo Xarunta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} , Maan heli karin daaqadaha qaabeynta fudud ee aan hore u isticmaali jiray. Iyo waxa ka sii darnaa, darawalkii trackpad-ka ayaa lumay, taas oo iga dhigtay in aan awoodi waayo in aan habeeyo trackpad-ka markii aan ka jaray jiirka. Sida cad^(Clearly) werwerka aan ka qabo rakibidda Xarunta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} ayaa si wanaagsan loo aasaasay.

Adventures in customization (loogu talagalay kombiyuutarada oo dhan)

Jiirku kuma iman badhanka badhanka badhanka, mana jirto qaab lagu daydo iyada oo aan laga tegin shaqada badhanka bidix ama midig. Haddii aad batoonkan si weyn u isticmaasho tani waxay u badan tahay inaanay adiga kuu ahayn jiirka. Marka la wada riixo labada badhamada bidix iyo midig waxba ma samayn, taas oo ah shay kale oo laga yaabo in uu jiirka qaar ka mid ah faa'iido u yeesho (tusaale ciyaaraha qaarkood waxay u baahan yihiin in aad labada badhamada isku mar riixdo, si aad u samayso hawlo gaar ah).

In kasta oo aan dhibsado markii la rakibay, mar aan gacanta ku dhigay, jiirka ayaa si habsami leh u jawaabay oo si sahal ah ugu dul wareegay miiskayga. Inaad awood u yeelatid inaad si tartiib ah farta u taabato waxay ahayd gunno dhab ah, iyo inaad awood u yeelatid inaad "duubto" si aad u hesho rogid degdeg ah oo joogto ah waxay ahayd mid aad u wanaagsan. Runtii waxa ay u ekayd in ay u noqon lahayd saaxiib ku habboon shabkada, haddi xanaaqa Xarunta Mouse iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} aanay jidka soo gelin. Marka mouse-ka lagu dhejiyo kombuyuutar, wuxuu si toos ah u soo baxayaa marka kumbiyuutarku shido. Looma baahna in la riixo badhanka isku xidhka mar kale.

Dhibaatada kale ee kaliya ayaa ah in ay si dhakhso ah u muuqatay in ay tahay in aan isticmaalo curcurka nasashada si aan gacantayda ugu sii jiro meel raaxo leh. Tani waxaa laga yaabaa inaanay run u ahayn qof kasta, markaa anigu ma hoos u dhigin jiirka taas.

Mousing Windows 7 oo leh Microsoft Wedge Touch

Ku rakibida aaladda Bluetooth -ka iyo mouse-ku aad bay isku mid ahaayeen kombuyuutarkayga desktop-ka ee ku shaqeeya Windows 7 . Halkan waxaan ka gujiyay Control Panel ka Start Menu , ka dibna Hardware iyo Sound^{(Hardware and Sound)} , ka dibna ku dar Aalladda^{(Add a Device)} .

Inta uu mouse-ku si habsami leh u shaqaynayay, uma uu degdegin sida ugu dhakhsaha badan ee aan rabo. Xarunta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} wax caawimo ah ma ahayn. Waxaan bedeli karaa jaangooyooyinka xawaaraha laba-guji, oo waxaan bedeli karaa qaar ka mid ah goobaha gaarka ah ee app-ka (wax aanan u baahnayn inaan sameeyo sababtoo ah dhammaan abka aan isku dayay jiirka ayaa si fiican u shaqeeyay) laakiin ma helin hab aan ku beddelo dardargelinta .

Laba jeer gujinta jiirka ayaa si teel-teel ah ugu shaqaynaysay Desktop -ka oo kamuu shaqaynin gabi ahaanba goobta shaqada^(Taskbar) . Waxay si fiican ugu shaqeysay codsiyada sida Google Chrome iyo Microsoft Word 2003 . Waxaan isku dayay inaan hagaajiyo xawaaraha laba-gujiska ah, laakiin tani ma hagaajin dhibaatada. Ma garanayo in tani ay tahay dhibaato hardware ama software, laakiin ilaa aan ka heli karo tan si ay u shaqeyso, mouse-ku wax yar ayuu iga faa'iidi doonaa kombayutarka Windows 7^{(Windows 7)} .

Mousing OS X Mountain Lion oo leh Microsoft Wedge Touch

Mac Mini- ku waxa uu la socdaa Bluetooth , sidaa awgeed wax qalab ah oo lagu daro lagama maarmaan ma ahayn. Waxaan tagay Nidaamka Dookhyada^{(System Preferences)} oo aan gujiyay Mouse si aan u dejiyo.

Ka dib waxaan gujiyay oo hoos u dhigay badhanka awooda ee Wedge Touch Mouse si aan ugu sheego inuu ku xidho Mac . Tani waxay qaadatay ilaa 20 ilbiriqsi.

Intaa ka dib waxaan aaday Set Up Bluetooth Mouse si aan ugu habeeyo sida aan rabo, taasina waa taas! Ma jiro darawal Mac ah oo laga heli karo ^(Mac)Microsoft , laakiin Mac uma baahna.

Marlabaad, si sahal ah ayuu miiska ugu dul wareegay, si habsami leh ayuu u duuduubay oo uu gujiyay laba jeerna si fiican ayuu u gujiyay. Dhab ahaantii, way ka fiican tahay mouse-kii jaban ee aan isticmaalayey, kaas oo aanan waligey awoodin inaan helo darawalada Mac ee saxda ah.^(Mac)

Qoraallada guud iyo indho-indheynta

Mouse - ka Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse wuxuu ahaa mid sahlan in lagu isticmaalo dhammaan saddexda nidaam ee hawlgalka. Rakibadu^{(Installation)} waxay ahayd mid degdeg ah oo fudud, markii ay shaqaynaysay. Xarunta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} ma aha waxa loo malaynayo inay ahaato oo dhan, taasina waxay noqotay niyad jab inkasta oo aan awooday in aan helo mouse-ku ugu dambayntii.

Markii ugu horeysay ee aan kor u qaaday Wedge Touch Mouse , waxaan u maleeyay inay noqon karto mid aad u yar si aan si raaxo leh u isticmaalo, laakiin taasi may ahayn. Waxaan haystaa gacmo dhexdhexaad ah oo wax dhib ah ama raaxo la'aan ah igama helin garaacista ama xoqidda, laakiin dhibaatooyinka curcurka ee socda awgeed waxaan u isticmaalay nasasho jilicsan si aan gacantayda u saaro heer ka sarreeya oo ay iigu raaxaysato. Waxaan ka codsaday qof gacmihiisa waaweyn inuu tijaabiyo wuxuuna ii sheegay inay OK tahay, laakiin malaha kuma habboona isticmaalka muddada dheer ee qof gacmihiisa ka weyn yihiin celceliska.

Waxaan jeclaystay xaqiiqda ah inaad dami karto jiirka marka aanad u isticmaalin si aad u ilaaliso awooda batteriga. Intaa waxaa dheer, haddii aad seexato, ama aad damiso kombiyuutarkaaga, mouse-ku wuu dareemi doonaa taas oo isna wuu dami doonaa (waxay u yaqaanaan "Mode Bock-Back"^{("Backpack Mode")} ).

Waxaad ka heli kartaa darawallada iyo buug-gacmeedyada halkan^(here) . Ogsoonow in "hagaha badeecada" aanu ahayn buug-gacmeedka isticmaale, laakiin taa beddelkeed dammaanadda iyo hagaha badbaadada badeecada oo ku qoran luqado badan. Taasi waxay ku timaadaa sanduuqa, markaa waxay u badan tahay inaadan u baahnayn nuqul kale.

Xukun

Waxaan markii hore u maleeyay in Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse , oo leh cabbirkiisa is haysta, uu inta badan u isticmaali doono netbook-ka. Way yar tahay in ay si fudud ugu dhex gasho bacda kombuyuutarka iyo xaqiiqada ah in uu isagu damiyo marka kombayutarka la damiyo ay tahay wax dheeraad ah. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, markii aan ku tijaabiyey kombuyuutarradayda kale, waxaan ogaaday in haddii aad la shaqeyn karto habeynta xaddidan ee suurtogalka ah ee Mouse iyo Keyboard Center^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} ay si fiican u noqon karto jiirka koowaad ee desktop-ka. Xajmiga yar ma ahayn khasaare iyo taabashada iftiinka lagama maarmaanka u ah dhammaan shaqooyinkeeda waxay ahayd mid aad loo soo dhaweeyay. Rakibaadda iyo habayntu waxay ahaayeen kuwo ku dheggan Mac -ka laakiin aan aad ugu badanayn nidaamyada Microsoft-OS , taas oo iga yaabisay. Dhibka lehJiirka iyo Xarunta Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} kuma filna inay iga celiyaan in mouse-ku shaqeeyo ugu dambayntii. Waxay ahayd inay ka shaqeyso ku dhawaad ​​meel kasta, taasina waxay noqotay run. Waxaan xitaa isku dayay inaan ku dul simbiyo dusha sare ee sanduuqa sigaarka alwaax ah ee aan ku hayo miiskayga si aan ugu hayo flash drives iyo alaabta kale ee yar yar, si fiican ayay u shaqeysay. Dhammaadkii waxaan dhihi lahaa, haddii aad raadinayso jiir is haysta, kaas oo aadan u baahnayn inaad bedesho goobaha badhanka caadiga ah, oo gacmahaagu maaha kuwo weyn, Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse waxay noqon lahayd doorasho wanaagsan. Laakiin waxaan ku talinayaa in aad ka soo iibsatid bakhaar kuu ogolaanaya inaad soo celiso haddii Xarunta Jiirka iyo Kiiboodhka^{(Mouse and Keyboard Center)} ay kaa cadhaysiiso sida ay aniga igu samaysay ama haddii mouse-ku uu aad ugu yar yahay gacmahaaga.

The Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse Review - Is it Worth Buying?

I've never been a fan of trackpads. І wanted to fіnd a gоod mouse to attach to my netbook so I could turn off the trackpad and type in peace. I've been experimenting with Microѕoft mice (is the plural of a cоmputer mouse "mice" or "mouses" or what?) and this iѕ the fіrst of a series of articles about the quest for the perfect mouse. First, I decided to try the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse, which looked like it would be a good, compact companion for the netbook and also a good all purpose mouse for my desktop PC and Mac Mini. Did it live up to my expectations? Let's find out.

Open sesame - Packaging and specifications

Let me start out by saying that I'm very picky about input devices. About 20 years ago I had surgery to remove a bone spur on my right index finger, and the surgeon told me to do as little as possible with that hand while it healed. I was an online addict even then, so I foolishly tried to type with just the outer two fingers on that hand, and forever after I have had to wear a wrist brace when I use a computer. I've spent a lot of time over the years checking out various devices (mouse, trackball, and finally a Wacom Bamboo tablet) trying to find one I could use for long periods of time without pain. So I was especially interested to see if the Wedge Touch Mouse would be comfortable for me to use.

Since the netbook and my desktop PC did not have Bluetooth capability, I got a Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapter. This tiny device was all I needed to get started.

I plugged the adapter into the netbook and it was recognized immediately. Setup was simple. Both Windows 8 on the netbook, and later Windows 7 on the desktop PC, downloaded and installed the driver automatically.

Then it was time to set up and try out the Wedge Touch Mouse. Here's a good unboxing video, in case you want to learn more about what you will find inside its packaging.

And here is Microsoft's official page with details, specs and pricing: Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse.

Mousing Windows 8 with the Microsoft Wedge Touch

First I turned the mouse on, a simple matter of inverting it and pressing the power/connect button. Then, following the instructions, I held the button down for a few seconds. When the lights on the mouse started flashing, I went to Control Panel and chose Add Devices and Printers. It took only a few seconds for the netbook to notice that the mouse was trying to get its attention, and another few seconds for it to display Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse as the device to add.

I told it to go ahead. From there the installation went very smoothly and all of a sudden the mouse was ready to use.

One of the really nice things about the Wedge Touch Mouse is that you can slide your fingers across its surface to tell it to scroll. Unfortunately, this did not work the way I thought it would. I thought I could slide a finger to the right or left to scroll the Start screen, but when I tried that, nothing happened.

The smooth top surface of the mouse can be pressed down like a regular mouse button to click left or right, so I clicked the Search charm, chose Settings, and searched for Mouse. This brought up the Ease of Use panel, which wasn't quite what I was looking for.

At the bottom of that window I saw Mouse Properties, and that's where I found the settings I wanted. Even though it showed up as a PS/2 mouse (do they even make those any more?) the settings applied to the Wedge Touch Mouse.

The startup guide that came with the mouse instructed me to download the Microsoft Device Center software to get full control of the mouse. This turned out to be the Mouse and Keyboard Control Center. I had been less than impressed by this on my Windows 7 computer, so in the beginning I chose not to install it on the netbook and I found that I was able to configure the Wedge Touch Mouse to suit my preferences without it. I could not get it to scroll the Start screen sideways, though, even though sliding a finger to the right on the trackpad scrolls the screen just fine.

However, since Microsoft recommends installing the Mouse and Keyboard Center, I then installed it despite having misgivings after my previous experiences with it. The misgivings turned out to be correct, since the first thing that happened was that I lost the connection to the Wedge Touch Mouse. Restarting the computer and pressing the Connect button on the mouse did not help, and the link Microsoft provided for troubleshooting did not give Windows 8 specific suggestions, so I was on my own.

I removed the mouse via the Device Manager and had Windows 8 search for it and reinstall it. After that it worked—but as I detail in the section on Windows 7, only the most rudimentary commands were available and I could not change the acceleration at all. The only advantage I found after the installation was that I could then scroll across the Start screen properly.

This was all very annoying, to say the least. As far as I'm concerned, the Mouse and Keyboard Center is a waste of installation time, at least for the Wedge Touch Mouse. It has a nice graphic interface but falls way short of being as useful as the Windows 8 built-in mouse configuration tool. And once the Mouse and Keyboard Center was installed, I could no longer locate the simple configuration windows I'd used before. And what was worse, the trackpad driver vanished, leaving me unable to configure the trackpad when I disconnected the mouse. Clearly my misgivings about installing the Mouse and Keyboard Center were well founded.

Adventures in customization (for all computers)

The mouse did not come with a middle click button, and there is no way to emulate it without giving up the function of either the left or right click button. If you use this button extensively this is probably not the mouse for you. Pressing both left and right buttons together did nothing, which is something else that might make the mouse less useful for some (e.g. some games require you to press both buttons at the same time, in order to perform certain actions).

Despite the annoyances during installation, once I had control of it, the mouse was smoothly responsive and slid easily across my desk. Being able to scroll with just a gentle touch of the finger was a real bonus, and being able to "flick" to get rapid and continuous scrolling was great. It really seemed as though it would have been an ideal companion for the netbook, if the Mouse and Keyboard Center annoyances had not gotten in the way. Once the mouse has been paired with a computer, it shows up automatically when the computer is on. No need to press the connect button again.

The only other downside is that it was soon apparent that I have to use a wrist rest with it so that my hand stays in a more comfortable position. This may not be true for everyone, so I don't downgrade the mouse for that.

Mousing Windows 7 with the Microsoft Wedge Touch

The installation of the Bluetooth device and the mouse were pretty much the same on my desktop computer running Windows 7. Here I clicked Control Panel from the Start Menu, then Hardware and Sound, then Add a Device.

While the mouse worked smoothly, it didn't accelerate as fast as I wanted it to. The Mouse and Keyboard Center was no help. I could change the double-click speed settings, and I could change some app-specific settings (something I did not need to do because all the apps I tried the mouse with worked fine) but couldn't find a way to change the acceleration.

Double-clicking the mouse worked intermittently on the Desktop and did not work at all in the Taskbar. It did work fine in applications like Google Chrome and Microsoft Word 2003. I tried adjusting the double-click speed, but this didn't fix the problem. I don't know if this is a hardware or software problem, but unless I can get this to work, the mouse will be only marginally useful to me on the Windows 7 desktop computer.

Mousing OS X Mountain Lion with the Microsoft Wedge Touch

The Mac Mini comes with Bluetooth, so no add-on device was necessary. I went to System Preferences and clicked on Mouse to set it up.

Then I clicked and held down the power button on the Wedge Touch Mouse to tell it to connect to the Mac. This took about 20 seconds.

After that I went to Set Up Bluetooth Mouse to configure it to my liking, and that was that! There is no Mac driver available from Microsoft, but the Mac didn't need it.

Once again, it slid easily across the desk, scrolled smoothly and clicked and double clicked just fine. In fact, it works better than the inexpensive mouse I had been using, which I was never able to find proper Mac drivers for.

General notes and observations

The Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse was easy to use on all three operating systems. Installation was quick and simple, when it worked. The Mouse and Keyboard Center is not all it's supposed to be, and that proved frustrating even though I was able to get the mouse to work eventually.

When I first picked the Wedge Touch Mouse up, I thought it might turn out to be too small to use comfortably, but that was not the case. I have medium sized hands and had no trouble or discomfort with clicking or scrolling, but due to my ongoing wrist problems I used it with a gel wrist rest to put my hand at a slightly higher level where it was more comfortable for me. I asked someone with very large hands to try it out and he reported that it was OK, but probably not suited for long term use by someone whose hands are larger than average.

I liked the fact that you can turn the mouse off when you're not using it to conserve battery power. In addition, if you hibernate, sleep, or turn your computer off, the mouse will sense that and turn itself off too (they call that "Backpack Mode").

You can find the drivers and manuals here. Note that the "product guide" is not a user manual, but rather the warranty and product-safety guide in multiple languages. That comes in the box, so you probably won't need another copy.

Verdict

I originally thought that the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse, with its compact size, would be mainly for use with the netbook. It's small enough to slip easily into a computer bag and the fact that it turns itself off when the computer is turned off is a definite plus. However, as I tested it out on my other computers, I found that if you can work with the limited customization possible with their Mouse and Keyboard Center it could very well be a desktop's primary mouse. The small size was not a disadvantage and the light touch necessary for all its functions was a very welcome feature. Installation and configuration were a snap on the Mac but not so much on the Microsoft-OS systems, which surprised me. The annoyances with the Mouse and Keyboard Center were not enough to keep me from getting the mouse working eventually. It's supposed to work on nearly any surface, and that turned out to be true. I even tried sliding it across the top of an old wooden cigar box that I have on my desk to keep flash drives and other small items in, and it worked fine. In the end I'd say that, if you are looking for a compact mouse, for which you don't need to change the default button settings, and your hands are not huge, the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse would be a good choice. But I do recommend buying it from a store that will allow you to return it if the Mouse and Keyboard Center turns out to annoy you as much as it did me or if the mouse is just too small for your hands.

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