WiFi, Magic Mouse and a MacBook...

Hi All,
I have a weird issue. I'm using my Magic Mouse and Aluminum MacBook 13" for months now. I'm also using TIme Capsule as my Wifi-N router.
I got myself external display couple of weeks ago, and am using my MacBook in close clamshell mode since. Also from that time I noticed, that as soon as my laptop performs some sort of heavy network operation (Time Capsule backup, copying files over local network) my mouse starts being unresponsive and rather unpleasant to work with. As soon as the heavy wi-fi job is done - mouse comes back to regular performance.
I read a bit about issue (altough no one mentioned working in close clamshell mode) and tried to reset all the settings (SBM or whatever it's called in macbook), change wi-fi channels etc... with no luck
Thanks in advance.

Well, what do you know, just five days ago Apple released 7.5.1 firmware update for Time Capsule which solved my issue

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