Bluetooth vs USB wireless mice- Battery drain

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Bluetooth vs USB wireless mice- Battery drain

Which will drain the battery faster? A bluetooth mouse or a wireless mouse using a USB key? I'm assuming the USB dongles that come with most mobile mice probably drain less energy than Bluetooth, but I'm not sure.

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Mac Mini, 1.8GHz | Macbook, 2Ghz, The best thing Windows Vista ever did? Made me buy a Mac.

Posted on Aug 3, 2007 10:54 AM

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jaychin

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Aug 6, 2007 11:12 PM in response to TX Ciclista

yea ur right, at least it's true for Apple's bluetooth mouse --the Mighty Mouse.
I have had mine for around 3 months, and guess what, i have used 3 pairs of AA lithium batteries! And my bro has a Toshiba laptop with a Microsoft USB wireless mouse, it take only 1 AA battery and he says that can last at least half a year....
Although the Mighty mouse is beautiful and simple, it really eats battery like a greedy RAT...

So, my solution is to buy a set of rechargeable batteries with charger ^^ (that cost about $27...) . Yup, if u dont mind the little USB plugged in ur Mac USB mouse is better for u, but if u like Apple's design, then buy rechargeables with it,

hope that helps~

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