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I had a bluetooth mouse and keyboard on my PowerBook G4 for two years before I even had wifi. It worked flawlessly. As soon as folks started adding wifi to their homes the mouse became unusable and the keyboard would occasionally miss keys.

The modern solution of vendor specific dongles is more reliable, but I sure wish we didn't need them.

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I never have issues with Bluetooth on my macs, but have endless hassles on windows. I thought it was kind of funny that all Logitech wireless stuff these days has a dongle, except those advertised as "for mac." Those have normal bluetooth.

I don't now mich about the evolution of Bluetooth over the years but I am using a modern Bluetooth mouse for 2-3 years now and never issues with connectivity. I might be worth another try.

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