Microsoft Intellimice and Bluetooth Issues?

An anonymous reader asks: "I just bought a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer for Bluetooth for my Mac OS X 2.2 box. Like typical Mac fashion, it was entirely plug and play, no software required. However, I go to pair the mouse with the adapter in Bluetooth prefs and it asks me for a pairing password! Others on XP SP1 using integrated/third party adapters other than the one provided by Microsoft also report the same pairing password (on a side note, the MS adapter doesn't even pair with most Palms or Cellphones, what kind of standards following is that?). I called MS tech support and they gave me a weak 'It doesn't work on the Mac.' reply. So, has anyone managed to get this mouse to work on OS X, Linux, or XP (SP1 with a third party adapter)? Perhaps a cracked security password?"

Comments

Geez, a MS mouse works only on windows.

[SmallFurryCreature]

Well who would have thought eh? If only they had included somekind of warning on the box eh? Like "MICROSOFT" product.

Seriously. You go buy a product you should always make sure that it works on the OS of youre choice. In youre defence mouses have always been kinda safe since all the new developments happened on the mouse while the interface to the computer has stayed more or less the same (compared to other comp components). Still it makes you sound like those ********** who complain that they couldn't get their new USB mouse to work on the Pentium/W95 machines. Duh!

Classic case of RTFB (Read The Fucking Box) syndrome.

BTW bluetooth is well known for not working well in integration. The real question should perhaps be, has MS or Apple broken the spec so that the two can not talk to each other?

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[Rick the Red]

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