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It's funny that you are suggesting this because my friend Len, who runs an iMac, also uses normal (non rechargeable) batteries, Morrisons cheapest and gently scoffed at my use of rechargeable batteries. I will be seeing him this morning and will ask him how long HIS batteries last. Maybe I am on the wrong boat... I tried a couple of his batteries in my reluctant mouse and they worked perfectly.
I have always used mice and keyboards with tails until comparatively recently because I feel a hard wire connection is far more reliable but the wires do tend to get in the way. My wired peripherals gradually pack up over many years , so I decided to go wireless for convenience and more or less went with rechargeable batteries immediately, given I already had a few. I only use ordinary batteries as a stop gap in an emergency. So I don't really have any experience of using non rechargeable batteries in my peripherals. I have had this issue with the mice particularly, briefly dropping out over the last year or so.
All this is with the background of the use of rechargeable batteries being encouraged to save the planet... Perhaps it's all hype?
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Robert.