[Delkan Cott]

I recently purchased an Apple wireless mouse and keyboard. For the most part both work flawlessly, but I have noticed that there is lagtime from the keyboard to the screen. I was wondering if there was anyway to reduce the lag that occurs from my keyboard to the screen so I can see what I type as I'm typing it?

Also, I believe the lag is causing iTunes to skip, or lag, momentarily as well.

edit: I am running OS X 10.2.8 w/ D-Link DBT 120

Thanks,
DanK.

[Xaqtly]

This should probably be in the genius bar. But I'd venture to say that your problem would be solved by upgrading to 10.3.

[Delkan Cott]

would someone mind moving me to the genius bar?


cheers.

[Kickaha]

Of course, it could also be based on where you're typing... Safari text entry boxes can lag badly sometimes...

[Delkan Cott]

The lag happens whether I'm typing in Safari, FireFox or Word. I could get over the fact of not being able to immediately read what I type, but the fact that iTunes skips like a school girl is really irritatting me. Especially considering I type in Word constantly and iTunes has been my savior. If anyone could help me diagnose or solve the problem it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
DanK.

[SonOfSylvanus]

Originally Posted by Delkan Cott ...Safari, FireFox or Word...

If there are animated smilies visible on the page in Safari/Firefox when you are typing on the internet (as in AN's Reply to Thread page), that could be your problem for those two apps. AN's reply page kicks Safari's CPU usage to ~50% on a 1.25GHz G4! Apples's gotta fucking fix that! As for Word, I get major lag in Word anyway! Typing on my PowerBook's keyboard I get lag! Crazy. I've always just put it down to the app being so outrageously CPU-intensive.

Is there another app you could try typing in to test out this lag thing? TextEdit maybe? Mail?

[johnq]

Should be zero lag. I use mine on a G3 iBook 700MHz and it's perfect.

Use Activity monitor and sort by CPU to see what's slowing your machine down.

What are the battery levels and signal levels?

[Delkan Cott]

TextEdit makes iTunes lag hard too. It pretty much lags consistently, and thoroughly, whenever I am typing at all unless I type i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-y s--l--o--w.

Just for reference my PBook is of the 1Ghz variety with 1G of Ram.

DanK

[SonOfSylvanus]

Originally Posted by johnq Should be zero lag. I use mine on a G3 iBook 700MHz and it's perfect.

You talking about me and Word?

Just starting it up now (2004 ed.), with a blank page and all, there is zero to very little lag, but when writing a big ole essay with spell and grammar check turned on, its lag central. I don't get lag in AN's text box so much, but CPU usage shoots up with the smilies on-screen and I thought that that, with iTunes, could be causing lag on this dudes comp. I've gotta learn to use the quick reply box more.

[Maciej]

Quick reply rocks! especially when you have your smilies memorized.

[adam_tj]

Its probably a D-Link device driver incompatibility. Their products' mac support is second-thought.

[johnq]

Have you tried the same essay with a wired keyboard? I'm sure it's all that grammar checking crap.

[SonOfSylvanus]

Originally Posted by johnq Have you tried the same essay with a wired keyboard? I'm sure it's all that grammar checking crap.

That's the thing, I'm not using a wireless kb. I'm using the kb, on my PB