Magic Mouse won't work on mac pro with d-link dongle

For the first time I am very unhappy with a purchase of an apple product. I today have finally gotten 2 of those magic mice; one is a present for my best friend (who is also excited) and the other one I wanted to keep for myself. Not more to say as an introduction.
Before I went back home I tried my mouse on one of my late 2007 macbooks, and after the mm update everything was great. I loved the handling, the style, simply everything about that kewl new gadget. I couldn't wait to get home to connect it to my "big boy", my mac pro, where I usually work on all my tasks in my office.
Since my "bb" is already a bit older (one of the first intel xeons -- 2x2 dual core engines, already upgraded for several times with drives and RAM) and didn't come yet with the internal bluetooth module I have a D-Link DWB-120M USB dongle in use which always has been reliable and so far has connected anything that cried for a bluetooth connection. Till today...
I installed the software update 1.0 on my big boy and started the recognition routine. The name of the magic mouse appeared, it tried to connect, but then broke up with something I've never seen before: "The pairing attempt was unsuccessful. Click "Continue" to try again."
I clicked "continue" for several times, read all the trouble shootings around the globe, reconnected it to my macbook (where it still worked fine and said, batteries are 100%), and finally must face the fact that maybe the dongle (or the procedure with it) must be the reason for the failure.
I am not really a dull-one; so I finally understand that the D-Link DWB-120M from 2004 might be inoperable in regard of the magic mouse. My bluetooth logi mouse still works with it, but I cannot make the magic mouse work at all.
So I want to ask into the big bubble if there are people around who could make the new mouse work on on a xeon mac pro with only a usb dongle, and which dongle it would be.. I already tried the support pages of D-Link, but, hey, ...should I really install IE6 or 7 on my mac to get support there??? I guess not.
Any hint is appreciated. I gladly will get myself a working usb dongle for my big boy, which would make the magic mouse work on it.
Thanks for your attention. Please add your experiences to my thread; maybe they're more people who would love to take advantage of your experiences.
..Blinky shiny magic mouse awaits its first job on big boy..
Take care
P

PS: I run 10.5.8 on all of my macs. I didn't upgrade to snow leopard yet, which I expect would not change anything until the mouse update has been done on all of my macs.
Thanks again
P

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