Apple Wireless Pro Mouse ( M9269Z/A )

Product Description

The Apple M9269 Wireless Mouse is perfect for any Mac, whether it's an iBook or a G5. The optical technology lets you operate the Wireless Mouse on almost any surface and never requires cleaning.

Customer Reviews:

Great spare mouse, but can't depend on it.......2007-03-13

It just doesn't work as your one and only mouse.

I've set up two high-end iMacs that came with wireless keyboards and mice, and in both cases I had to scrounge up a wired mouse to complete setup. When it cuts out, there is often no advance warning. It's vexing to re-sync without a working mouse.

Seems many people use it as a "spare" mouse for their Powerbook etc. In that capacity it's an amazing, Apple-quality product. As for shipping it as the only mouse with a high end system -- what were they thinking!?

pros and cons...as with all things in life.......2007-03-08

I bought my mac almost 2 years ago and got this mouse seperately as the wired version had too short a cord. I use my mac for about 5-8 hours day and haven't had any issues with battery life in this mouse. I've changed the batteries 3 times in 2 years, so my average battery life has been 8 months.

I don't play games on my mac. I do audio and video editing using Apples Final Cut Studio v5, as well as digital photography editing using Adobe CS2 for Mac, and do my own web designing using Studio 8. So I'm using this one button mouse for everything and find it quite sufficient. I also own the Mighty Mouse, the upgrade version of this mouse. I don't like Mighty Mouse. the scroll wheel is the size of a green pea, and just as unpredictable. The multi-button features contort my wrist in several positions which most people may not have an issue with, but I've got carpal tunnel issues and it hurts!
This mouse is not ergonomically friendly. It also agrivates my carpal tunnel. I have a wrist rest that aliviates a majority of this.

Overall, not a bad mouse. Not the best in the world, but not bad. If you want a mouse for gaming that has multi-buttons, etc there are numerous models out there that manufaturers are making for both mac and pc compatibility and are reasonably priced, unlike the Mighty Mouse which mothballed this version and costs $30 more.

Great product.......2006-12-24

High quality and the scroll ball is invaluable! I don;t know how I got by before it.

Outstanding Wireless Mouse With Bluetooth Convenience.......2006-10-07

One year ago I purchased this mouse for use with my PowerBook G4, and I have to say it's one of the best computer peripherals I've ever owned. For starters, Apple has done an excellent job on the mouse's simple yet elegant design, which complements the look of my PowerBook. The optical eye that detects movement has been very reliable on a number of surfaces. The mouse is a joy to travel with, since a sliding cover on the bottom shuts the mouse off while at the same time protecting the optical eye. A two level tension adjustment system allows you determine how much pressure you actually need to put on the mouse to make it click. This is a great feature that I've only seen about on this type of mouse.

The Bluetooth feature was INCREDIBLY easy to use. All I had to do was turn the mouse on, click it a few times, and within seconds my computer recognized the mouse. In the past I've had a lot more trouble getting USB mice to work with a computer. The Bluetooth connection was always reliable, and I have never had a problem with the connection, even when other Bluetooth devices were near my computer. Other wireless USB mice require you to plug a wireless adapter into a USB port to communicate with the mouse, the Bluetooth system on this Apple mouse means the only thing you need for it to work is the mouse, and you don't need to occupy any extra ports.

Overall I am very satisfied with my purchase and would recommend it to anyone looking for a simple, high quality mouse, with the extraordinary convenience of wireless Bluetooth.

Only one button, slow response.......2006-07-27

I just got one from J&R one week ago and have been trying it since then. I totally agree with those negative comments. The mouse looks great, but that's the only merit worth mentioning. One button, slow response would bother you all the time especially you are a guy just swithed from PC. I returned it to J&R. BTW, J&R refused to refund me with cash but store credit instead and told me this is what their return policy is. Disappointed again! I would say this is a total failure for Apple's mice designing section. So I suggest trying the newly released Apple Mighty Wireless Mouse (released on 7/25/06). It seems this new one has everything you need.

Laptop Speakers - USB, Portable, Compact, Travel Speaker for PC and Mac - B-Flex Hi-Fi Stereo USB Speaker (Black)

Average customer rating:

Terrific Little Speaker with Clear, Strong Sound
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR DELL LAPTOPS
Are we listening to the same speakers?
Definite improvement over stock, and extremely portable
Flexible, Mobile & Fierceful

Laptop Speakers - USB, Portable, Compact, Travel Speaker for PC and Mac - B-Flex Hi-Fi Stereo USB Speaker (Black)

Manufacturer: JLab Audio
ProductGroup: CE

Product Features:

Plug and play for PC and Mac. Uses only USB power, no wires or batteries!
Easy to use. Incredibly compact and portable. Great for travel!
Produces crystal clear sound with a 2-watt digital amp and 2 high output, full range micro drivers.
Patent pending flexible design allows you to totally customize your listening experience by flexing the speaker into virtually any position.
This amazing gadget was featured in the NY Times, on ABC News, and on virtually every gadget site in the world.

ASIN: B000LJ2T3Q

Product Description

Need better sound from your laptop? The stylish new B-Flex is a compact stereo speaker on a USB flex cable for laptops and desktops. Plug and play for PC and Mac with no batteries or wires! Easy to use, great for travel, mp3's, DVD's, presentations, and gaming! Features a 2 watt digital amp that acts as its own sound card. Uses 2 full range paper cone micro drivers for crystal clear sound. The patented flex design allows you to position the speaker for optimum listening enjoyment. The only product of its kind, the B-Flex has been featured in the New York Times, on ABC News, on Gizmodo, and many others. Makes a great gift! A White unit is also available.

Customer Reviews:

Terrific Little Speaker with Clear, Strong Sound.......2007-09-07

After reading several dozen consumer reviews describing laptop speakers I puchased this one. You simply plug it into your laptop, or USB hub, swivel the gooseneck to position the speaker where you want, and you've got an excellent speaker that fits in a small laptop utility bag.

The only complaint I have is that there is no quick volume control; once you've plugged it into your USB port, it overrides the laptop's volume control "knob". You have to open the volume icon in your Control Panel every time you want to adjust the speaker volume, which can be too slow when you're being blasted by a loud video.

This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the volume modulation in the speaker itself, just that there seems to be a wide volume range across items I view--YouTube, email messages with videos from friends, etc.

If this speaker had a volume control knob it would be perfect!

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR DELL LAPTOPS.......2007-09-02

After several weeks of light, mid-volume use, the speaker stopped working on my Dell Latitude D500 and I began receiving error messages noting a "device malfunction". After trading emails with J-Lab customer service, I was instructed to return the speaker by mail (at my expense) for a refund. The refund I received was 80% of the original purchase price because, according to J-Lab, the device was still "working" upon receipt. The representative handling the return acknowledged that there has, in fact, been a history of compatibility issues with Dell laptops-- in other words, a "working" speaker may not always operate correctly when connected to a Dell laptop. Is trying this speaker on your Dell worth the risk of paying two sets of shipping charges, losing 20% of the purchase price, and spending time emailing representatives and repacking/mailing the device? If not, maybe it's worth considering alternatives.

Are we listening to the same speakers?.......2007-08-08

We bought this speaker for our Gateway M505 Media Laptop on a recent trip. The M505 has reasonable speakers for a laptop, but their volume level isn't quite strong enough for us to be happy--we'd always find ourselves straining to hear dialogue from movies.

From reading the reviews I honestly thought this would solve our problem in a nifty self-contained USB-powered fashion.

For us it didn't.

We found the speakers to be nearly identical to the M505 speakers, and while the B-Flex did give us the tiniest improvement in volume, it wasn't enough to really give us adequate volume, or the "big sound" many reviewers have mentioned. Also, there is no way a speaker the size of these can give the kind of frequency response any level of audiophile would be happy with.

So, who should try out this speaker? If you have standard tinny sounding laptop speakers (the almost nonexistent kind), these will be a big improvement. Also you will like the fact that it is USB powered so no batteries, no cords are needed.

However, having said that, I really think the bottom line is, to get truly better sound, you need to use a powered speaker. I think some of the JBL's may be the way to go.

For cost of these guys, unless you catch them on sale, my advice is to keep looking. We had to return ours. (Thanks to Amazon a really fair & generous return policy).

Definite improvement over stock, and extremely portable.......2007-07-08

My boyfriend bought me this speaker. It is plug-and-play. On my computer, often movies are not loud enough for some reason and with this speaker it's as loud as we could possibly want. Also I can blast my music throughout the house from my laptop - before I could not because it sounded horrible at high volumes.

I'm not much of a sound expert, but I think it sounds pretty good.

Flexible, Mobile & Fierceful .......2007-05-13

Love this laptop speakers!! My laptop speakers suck so much that this little guy just gives me the wonderful sound my laptop deserves!! I highly recommend it!!

Laptop Speakers - USB, Portable, Compact, Travel Speaker for PC and Mac - B-Flex Hi-Fi Stereo USB Speaker (White)

Average customer rating:

Average sound
Like it so much bought it for a friend.
Works perfectly.
Lots of power in a small package
Cool!

Laptop Speakers - USB, Portable, Compact, Travel Speaker for PC and Mac - B-Flex Hi-Fi Stereo USB Speaker (White)

Manufacturer: JLab Audio
ProductGroup: CE

Product Features:

Plug and play for PC and Mac. Uses only USB power, no wires or batteries!
Easy to use. Incredibly compact and portable. Great for travel!
Produces crystal clear sound with a 2-watt digital amp and 2 high output, full range micro drivers.
Patent pending flexible design allows you to totally customize your listening experience by flexing the speaker into virtually any position.
This amazing gadget was featured in the NY Times, on ABC News, and on virtually every gadget site in the world.

ASIN: B000LJ8TBM

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Average sound.......2007-03-22

Unless your laptop's soundcard is not working, or your speakers are barely hearable I wouldn't recommend this. Odds are your laptop does as much as these speakers.

It is well built, looks resistant and it does a decent job. Do not expect very good quality.

Like it so much bought it for a friend........2007-03-08

I like the sound of mine so much I bought one fo my friend for his birthday. It's not super loud but you can listen to music from your mac, with good quality. Just plug it into your USB port. My friend loves his too. He uses his all the time. Great for travel.

Works perfectly........2007-01-30

Speakers quit working on my laptop and needed something decent and easy - and this is better than that. Good quality considering size and price.

Lots of power in a small package.......2007-01-19

I really thought the reviews for this item were probably a little over-blown, but the speakers have proven me wrong. As someone who primarily uses their laptop on the go, I have been looking for a set of small, easily transportable, decent sounding speakers. These fit into all three categories. I am pleasantly surprised by the fullness of the sound that they put out. If you're strictly an audiophile, you'd be better off investing in a good set of Bose headphones, but if you need something to quickly and efficeintly plug and play so other people can hear what is on your laptop, then you won't find a better buy for your money.

Cool!.......2007-01-13

It was a gift to my daughter and she was thrilled! We were all amazed at
the "out of the box" design and think that the folks at JLab need to expand and create a whole lot of new "out of the box" stuff to make life
easier and more efficient! And, the speaker sounds GREAT!

Average customer rating:

Great if you want to triple click EVERYTIME

The Mouse (white)

Manufacturer: Mac-Pro.com
ProductGroup: CE

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Product Features:

2 Button USB Mouse with Clickable Scroll Wheel.
Number One Selling USB Mouse
Comfort and style make this mouse practical and wonderful.
Works with Macs & Pc's with a USB Port

ASIN: B000F929R8

Product Description

The Mouse is a premium, state of the art USB mouse. With carefully engineered balance and weight; 800cpi tracking resolution; a fast, responsive optical tracking mechanism; and its clever split-shell upper housing, this is one serious rodent. There is nothing cheap about The Mouse.

Customer Reviews:

Great if you want to triple click EVERYTIME.......2006-06-20

after a month this mouse ALWAYS would double or triple click and that is very annoying and a waste of my limited time. trying to get a replacement with my one year warranty was impossible as the internet pageI was required to visit for warranty service, was hijacked by this mouse's creator who would not respond to any emails or direct phone calls.
I'd just keep checking back again and again
now this "company" macmice is owned by Mac Pro Systems and they said they just bought the company and not it's "problems from the past" and refuse to exchange this mouse for one that works or a refund. They were very unfriendly and entirely at odds with the attitudes of the Mac Community that I have encountered and enjoyed.
I was invited to PURCHASE software to re-program this mouse. HA HA RIGHT!

Interesting too is how the reviews here and other places that I read when I developed this problem THAT STATED OTHERS HAD DEFECTIVE MOUSES have conviently disapeared.
Well here is my review: avoid this attractive yet not long lasting mouse. it will begin double and triple clicking which makes navigating the internet impossible. This company will fight like a dog to save themselves $19 and lose a customer for life.
And according to the president, they could care less about silly little things like customer reviews and opinions

Product Description

With 3 USB 2.0 ports and 2 FireWire ports, you get a bandwidth up to 40 times greater than USB 1.1. It's the ideal interface for transferring extremely large files from USB 2.0 and FireWire peripherals at ultrafast speeds. Maximizing the capabilities of the latest real time video cameras, scanners, and portable drives, the FireWire/USB 2.0 PCI Card gets you geared up for a whole new class of USB devices.PRODUCT FEATURES: Adds three USB 2.0 ports to your computer; Gives ultrafast 480Mbps data transfer speeds with USB; Compatible with all low speed and full speed USB (no adapters required); OHCI Compliant; Adds two FireWire ports to your computer; Gives ultrafast 400Mbps data transfer speeds with FireWire; Offers Plug-and-Play installation ease; Compatible with any video camera or portable drive with a FireWire port.

Customer Reviews:

Firewire ports problematic at best.......2006-03-01

Okay, thought I would maximize my investment in a new USB 2.0 card for my iPod by getting a card with additional FireWire ports as well. Belkin is a known brand, so I decided to give it a go. Unfortunately, the FireWire ports on the card have major issues. Namely, hard disks attached to the ports will NOT mount at startup, period. They WILL mount if the external disk is powered up afterwards, which is unlike any other card out there. In fact, I swapped it with a FireWire ONLY Belkin card, and it worked great. Unfortuantely, it takes up an extra PCI slot, but I'd rather give that up than have issues with a somewhat faulty card. Keep in mind, I ran through the originally ordered card AND a replacement, attached it to extra power to make sure that wasn't the problem, etc., and I am now, after two months of back and forth, awaiting the refund. So there is a fundamental flaw in its design. Belkin tech support was almost useless, asking me to run through all of the troubleshooting I had already done before I called them.

The only reason I don't give it a 1 out of 5 is that the USB ports DO work, and the FireWire ports SORTA work, if you learn the trick workaround. This card *might* be usable with an external FireWire video camera, since that would be booted after you start up the computer usually, but even then, why would you bother when you can get better cards elsewhere?

Quick easy install........2006-02-23

I bought the card to supply a front panel USB/Firewire hub, as well as gain a few extra ports on the back of the computer case. Installation was quick and easy. I had to hold my breath for more that a moment or two, though. When I powered up the PC after installing the card, it took about 30 seconds for Windows XP to report the new hardware. This is a little longer than I'm used to, but all works well (I haven't used any Firewire yet). Note that this card requires a standard 4-pin power connection (like a hard drive). So far, so good. You can spend much less and take your chances, but for me, Belkin has been reliable.

Didn't work with my iPod.......2005-05-04

Funny, the other reviewer bought it specifically for their iPod, and had no trouble. I bought this card for the same reason, but it doesn't seem to work with my iPod. WinXP beeps and recognizes that a device was hooked up, but it never fully connects and iTunes just locks up on me. Oddly, I discovered that now my USB1.1 ports seem to be working just fine to download tunes to the iPod which they didn't seem to be working before. This is all probably just my computer or my iPod or lord knows what sort of evil combination of devices. The card does appear to work fine with my other USB1.1 devices plugged through a Belkin 4 port USB2.0 hub.

Plug and Play.......2004-01-24

I just bought my iPod for the windows and needed to upgrade my PC to USB 2.0. I went looking around for a USB 2.0/Firewire card and noticed that the ones that were listed on amazon have terrible reviews. Many of the issues were with configuration and many were just terrible products. I really needed to get the card quick because my iPod was just sitting there doing nothing, so I decided to thrown caution to the wind and try it out. I blocked out severals hours of my day thinking that it would be a nasty process. However, I plugged it in and it just worked! No configuration issues or anything. I'm writting this review as I'm downloading my music to my iPod. Still don't know about long term issues with it but I'm happy with the configuration!

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