i’ve not had a working laptop or desk top for several years, and just bought a 2020/21 Mac Book Air 13” with two Thunderbolt /USB 4 ports.
previously i’ve preferred using a mouse to the pad, so any recommendations please for either wired or wireless ? Nothing fancy, just a cheap reliable mouse…would a wireless Logitech M350 @ £14 do the job ok please ? No gaming or creativity stuff, just web browsing and similar.
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Do you think you would tend to use the Mac plugged in, or using the battery only? If plugged in, connecting it to a docking station might be the best solution, then you can connect a mouse to that, either wired or via a wireless USB dongle. Mine is connected to a Baseus Spacemate docking station, which lets me then connect two displays.
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probably battery only…I don’t spend long looking at a screen.
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I've had a couple of logitechs. current one is an M220. Plugged into a KVM switch as I use same screen, keyboard etc with work laptop and my own PC.
The first one lost it's slippery feet but was still useable. 8 hours on work shift for three days a week constantly using mouse so no complaints in terms of how it lasted.
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Using a regular mouse on a mac means you lose a lot of functionality. In fact they are next to useless on a mac.
I would strongly urge you to learn to use and exploit the macbook pad fully, or buy an Apple magic mouse.
Last edited by: Zero on Tue 2 Dec 25 at 16:20
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I use a wireless HP mouse with my laptop and a wireless Logitech mouse with my PC.
Both rodents are quite old but work purrfectly well.
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Have you lot seen the ads for so-called 'gaming' mice?
~£100 for a mouse?!!!
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I was given, Xmas present, a Logitech Mouse about 7+ years ago - at the time it was around £80/£90.
It failed about 2 years ago, re-furbishing estimate was to cost about the same as my replacement Logi mouse.
Bought Logi (Logitech's new name) MX Anywhere 2S for around £35 on-line (Clearance of old model). Brilliant - does everything I need and best of all the battery charges quickly and last for many weeks.
Logi MXAnywhere 3S is the newer model
Son has a upgrade on my Logi mouse (MX4? over £100 even on offers) for a work laptop.
His house is overflowing with Apple boxes, Only Apple mice used - iMac, MacBooks, iPads. Parents & 2 student daughters
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I use a vertical mouse, which I find much more comfortable than the standard kind. I also use a mouse mat with a substantial wrist rest.
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which mouse - Biggles aka B_i_G
