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"Inglo" <ioo@??.żżż> wrote in message 
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> On 9/3/2005 2:31 AM Shawk brightened our day with:
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>>"Inglo" <ioo@??.żżż> wrote in message 
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>>>On 9/2/2005 1:06 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
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>>>Any of you using the MX1000 mouse?  I bought one two weeks ago.  It's da 
>>>bomb.  Looks like there's x64 drivers for it but none for Linux.  I think 
>>>it's possible but haven't figured out an easy way to get it to work 
>>>optimally in Linux.
>>>
>>>
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>>Sorry cant help with Linux and dont have the MX1000.  Hear lot's of good 
>>stuff about that mouse.  I'm looking at the new MX518 though - been 
>>reading lot's of great reviews and it's more my price range ;-)
>>.
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> $80 for a mouse is pretty nuts, I agree.  I've never had a cordless mouse, 
> previously I had an MX500, and discovered that's just exactly what I want. 
> Wasn't like the cord was always getting caught, but it happened enough. 
> The Logitech software is really excellent now, you can customize all 10 
> buttons the MX1000 has (including the left/right scroll) depending on 
> which application you're using.  That actually takes a little registry 
> tweaking to accomplish, easy enough.  I bind the scroll left/right buttons 
> to lean l/r for those games that have that feature.  Smooth and precise, 
> you can put it on anything with the laser, one's knee for example and it 
> will work. So it works OK in Linux but only recognizes 3 out of the 10 
> buttons.
>

Yeah - it is pretty desirable but I'm looking for a full system rebuild next 
year and an interim graphics card upgrade.  Going to have to go the wired 
mouse route for now.