Magic Mouse & Windows 7

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Magic Mouse & Windows 7

Hi,

I ahve looking at buying a MacBook Pro but still need some Windows functionality, so will probably setup Boot Camp & VM Ware.

Just wondering if I have a Magic Mouse, whether it will work in Windows 7 if I booted to Win7 or used VMWare to Win7?

Thanks,
Stephen

Maybe a MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Wanting to run both MAC & PC

Posted on Dec 15, 2009 11:35 AM

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Jan 4, 2010 12:31 AM in response to StephenH-NSW

I realise this is an old post, pity no one answered it earlier, but I use VMWare 3 and Win 7 on my MacBook Pro. The Magic Mouse works just fine for l.mouse, r.mouse and scroll in VMWare/Win7 (also bootcamp - but I've given up on bootcamp and am just sticking with VMWare), but the gestures, (two finger swipes for back and forward) don't work. Also for some reason when you try to use CTRL+Left click to select multiple items (eg, multiple cell ranges in Excel) doesn't work, however, this can be often overcome by using command (the apple key)+Left click. In Excel however, Command+LeftClick works like CTRL+Middle click rather than CTRL+LeftClick. I'm about to post a request to see if anyone has solved this problem.

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