Wireless Intellimouse and Dell Laptop Infrared Port?

mzagorski · January 7th, 2003

Hey all,

I've got an Intellmouse Explorer 3 and REALLY like it.. but Im sick of having so many damn cables. I am tempted to get a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer... but I notice that they come with a received that plugs into the USB port - kinda defeated the purpose!... My Dell laptop has an infrared port on the right side and Im wondering if its possible to have the mouse use that instead of the microsoft supplied recieving unit?

Anyone know about this?

Cheers

Mike

plastic · January 7th, 2003

of course it's not possible.
modern wireless mice use radio frequences, not infrared.
there are some new microsoft bluetooth mice that work with bluetooth equipped notebooks, in addition to usb.

Jeff Mottle · January 7th, 2003

You can also get Bluetooth UBS mice http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wiebt_info.asp and wireless mice like the one you are talking about but the transmitter is very amall and plugs into the USB port (no wires). Check out Tagus here for the wireless version http://www.targus.com/product_details.asp?sku=PAUM005U

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mzagorski Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. USA. Posts: 290 Name: Mike Zagorski	Hey all, I've got an Intellmouse Explorer 3 and REALLY like it.. but Im sick of having so many damn cables. I am tempted to get a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer... but I notice that they come with a received that plugs into the USB port - kinda defeated the purpose!... My Dell laptop has an infrared port on the right side and Im wondering if its possible to have the mouse use that instead of the microsoft supplied recieving unit? Anyone know about this? Cheers Mike __________________ Mike Zagorski

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plastic Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: vienna, EU Posts: 314 Name: Marc Lorenz	of course it's not possible. modern wireless mice use radio frequences, not infrared. there are some new microsoft bluetooth mice that work with bluetooth equipped notebooks, in addition to usb. __________________ Marc Lorenz http://plugins.angstraum.at My 3d gallery at Flickr

January 7th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,168 Name: Jeff Mottle	You can also get Bluetooth UBS mice http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wiebt_info.asp and wireless mice like the one you are talking about but the transmitter is very amall and plugs into the USB port (no wires). Check out Tagus here for the wireless version http://www.targus.com/product_details.asp?sku=PAUM005U __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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