FCP 5.1 and Wireless Mighty Mouse

Just an informational post:
I have had my wireless mighty mouse since July 27th, and it works well with FCP 5.1 on my G5 Quad. I had abandoned my old wireless mouse (both the Apple and "The Mouse BT") because of jerky operation, delays, lack of precision, etc. I started using a wired mighty mouse
The new Wireless MM works even better than my wired MM; the new laser sensor is more precise, and there is no lag. It works on my wood desk top as well as on the matt black mouse area on my keyboard tray. My G5 is 5 feet away and to the left of my work position, under a wooden desk; there are not metal obstructions between the mouse and the BT antenna.
I really like the scroll wheel (both MM's) for horizontally scrolling the time line as I edit. Used in conjunction with a Shuttle Express, I have all the editing control I use at my fingertips.
YMMV
Mac G5 2.5Quad; 4GB Ram; 2x500 internal Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2x500GB FW800; Sony PDX10

thanks for the quick review Edward.

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Message was edited by: Neven Mrgan

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1235070&tstart=30
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