Magic Mouse + External Bluetooth

I really want to like the Magic Mouse...
1/ I could not get it to behave the way I wanted with Apples Drivers...
so I downloaded the drivers provided by the guys behind 'steermouse' - this
greatly improved my options
2/ I now noticed that the mouse would intermittently jitter and slow down...
I opted for an external Bluetooth Dongle (Belkin) - Now the mouse does not jitter or slow down
3/ I shutdown my Mac last night and on booting this morning the mouse is not found and does not connect. Seemed it wasn't even paired. I have seen re-paired the mouse and restarted the Mac (It seemed to then find the mouse again)
When it works it's great... but all of these issues are starting to make me wish
I'd never picked one up...
Anyone have any recommendations/improvements to the solutions that I listed above... any way to stop the mouse un-pairing?

Your post says that you're running 10.4.10. Magic Mouse is only supported on 10.5.8 or above.

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