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Is there a mouse without a dongle, like a bluetooth mouse, that has the 2 side buttons and is a nice, name brand? I don't want the cheap ones. Like $30 at least. I bought a new laptop and it only has 1 usb port so I don't want that to be used by the mouse.

 

I can't seem to find a name brand one with the side buttons. The ones with the side buttons seem to use the dongle. 

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The Logitech MX Anywhere sounds like exactly what you're looking for. I own 4 of them, and they're excellent. I use my MX Anywhere 2S with my MacBook Pro through Bluetooth, and it works great. 

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18 minutes ago, The_russian said:

What’s your budget? You gave a minimum of $30 but not a maximum or a preferred price. Off the top of my head there’s the Logitech MX Anywhere 3 or the MX Master 3, both come with a dongle but also have Bluetooth. 

Oh I mean a minimum of $30. I intend on using it every day so $30 is the minimum I want to spend. I don't want a cheapo. I want quality and I think anything under $30 (or 29.99) is just too cheap. And those Logitechs seem good. I didn't know a mouse could have 2 different connectivity things in it so I figured if it had a dongle it was automatically not bluetooth

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3 minutes ago, Thready said:

 $30 is the minimum I want to spend. 

 

4 minutes ago, Thready said:

I don't want a cheapo.

By definition you'll be getting a "cheapo" mouse. You can search "bluetooth mouse" on Amazon and you'll see the name brand quality products just cost more.

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3 minutes ago, rickeo said:

 

By definition you'll be getting a "cheapo" mouse. You can search "bluetooth mouse" on Amazon and you'll see the name brand quality products just cost more.

I mean minimum, not maximum. I get those 2 confused too but minimum means I don't want to spend any less than this. I want to spend at least this or more to get a good one.

 

Wait, do I have it wrong here?

 

Anyway I want to spend AT LEAST $30 (or 29.99) on a good one.

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2 minutes ago, Thready said:

I mean minimum, not maximum. I get those 2 confused too but minimum means I don't want to spend any less than this. I want to spend at least this or more to get a good one.

Oh, well that is a very, very different story. Just get a Logitech Anywhere mouse. 

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Just now, rickeo said:

Oh, well that is a very, very different story. Just get a Logitech Anywhere mouse. 

I just looked them up. I didn't know that was a new thing Logitech was doing.

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6 minutes ago, Thready said:

I just looked them up. I didn't know that was a new thing Logitech was doing.

They're not new at all. The Anywhere MX has been a thing for at least 12 years now. 

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On 7/22/2021 at 2:14 PM, BondiBlue said:

They're not new at all. The Anywhere MX has been a thing for at least 12 years now. 

I just bought one a week ago. I don't do much mobile computing so all of that is new to me. But since I'm traveling more then I need to brush up on mobile tech

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