I'm a graphic designer and have been for 10 years. I've used both PCs and Macs. Recently my department switched from PCs to the new G5s running OS 10.4.7 Dual Core, 2.3GHz 2.5 gig RAM, so now we use both.
My last Mac was running OS9 and the PC is running XP.
After plugging in this beautiful new expensive machine the very first thing I noticed was how horrible the mouse felt. It was like the cursor was stuck in mud! The lack of accuracy is making it impossible to work. I go home every night with my wrist hurting.
I've read several posts on many boards regarding this problem and I'm not alone. Those who have switched from a PC to a MAC notice it immediately since the PC mouse is so accurate. Those who have been on Mac for a while or don't need to accuracy of a designer seem to think I'm crazy.
I can't believe we've spent this much money on these nice machines for them to be almost unusable! What happened between OS9 and OSX to cause this problem?
I've tried the following to fix the issue:
MouseZoom
USB OverDrive
SteerMouse
iMouse Fix
Intellimouse Drivers
Logitech Drivers
Different Macs
Different USB Ports
Bluetooth Mice
Wireless Mice
and even the new $100 Logitech MX Revolution Mouse! NOTHING HELPS and several of those programs actually made to problem worse.
I've e-mailed Apple but received no response.
Please understand that I'm not talking about OSXs weird acceleration curve, where the cursor seems to slow down as you get close to the icon. iMouseFix solved that problem.
I'm also not talking about tracking or speed of the cursor. The default drivers in OSX for the mouse speed are fine for me. Several of those programs would allow me to change the acceleration at will.
I'm only talking about ACCURACY!
Here are several Message Board Posts I've found where people are having the same problem:
http://macosx.com/tech-support/mac-osx-mouse-lagacceleration-driving-me-upwall/6620.html
http://macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-6972.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=456
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-155911.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-456.html
If you read through those posts you'll see that I've tried every solution suggested.
Check out this illustration someone did to show how much the cursor jumps and it's lack of accuracy when compared to Linux.
http://www.toastyx.net/images/mouse.html
Does anyone have any other ideas? Am I all alone in this. Maybe if enough of us write Apple we'll have some effect and they can fix the problem in Leopard.
Please help, I just want my Mac Mouse to feel like my PC Mouse.
My last Mac was running OS9 and the PC is running XP.
After plugging in this beautiful new expensive machine the very first thing I noticed was how horrible the mouse felt. It was like the cursor was stuck in mud! The lack of accuracy is making it impossible to work. I go home every night with my wrist hurting.
I've read several posts on many boards regarding this problem and I'm not alone. Those who have switched from a PC to a MAC notice it immediately since the PC mouse is so accurate. Those who have been on Mac for a while or don't need to accuracy of a designer seem to think I'm crazy.
I can't believe we've spent this much money on these nice machines for them to be almost unusable! What happened between OS9 and OSX to cause this problem?
I've tried the following to fix the issue:
MouseZoom
USB OverDrive
SteerMouse
iMouse Fix
Intellimouse Drivers
Logitech Drivers
Different Macs
Different USB Ports
Bluetooth Mice
Wireless Mice
and even the new $100 Logitech MX Revolution Mouse! NOTHING HELPS and several of those programs actually made to problem worse.
I've e-mailed Apple but received no response.
Please understand that I'm not talking about OSXs weird acceleration curve, where the cursor seems to slow down as you get close to the icon. iMouseFix solved that problem.
I'm also not talking about tracking or speed of the cursor. The default drivers in OSX for the mouse speed are fine for me. Several of those programs would allow me to change the acceleration at will.
I'm only talking about ACCURACY!
Here are several Message Board Posts I've found where people are having the same problem:
http://macosx.com/tech-support/mac-osx-mouse-lagacceleration-driving-me-upwall/6620.html
http://macosx.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-6972.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=456
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-155911.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-456.html
If you read through those posts you'll see that I've tried every solution suggested.
Check out this illustration someone did to show how much the cursor jumps and it's lack of accuracy when compared to Linux.
http://www.toastyx.net/images/mouse.html
Does anyone have any other ideas? Am I all alone in this. Maybe if enough of us write Apple we'll have some effect and they can fix the problem in Leopard.
Please help, I just want my Mac Mouse to feel like my PC Mouse.