Macs have always had just one button. In 6 years I've never had a need for 2 (or three) with any Mac software. But, since Windows is more complex than it needs to be, in Parallels you can emulate a right-click with shift-ctrl with the trackpad button. That's the default, you can set it in Parallels preferences under Hot Keys.
One blows the eight bucks for the two button wheel mouse that Windows was designed for. Windows is not Mac OS even though it runs on Mac hardware, and the two buttons are required for proper operation. Simulating the extra functinality is possible but will quickly become annoying. With the latest OSX software, a two finger tap on the trackpad will emulate a right click, if it's enabled in system preferences, but the wheel mouse is the way to go with Windows (which isn't Mac). 2+2=4, never 5, not even for large values of two.
. Mr Frost, Thanks for the laugh. Now, your a Mac guy, and I really am interested to know, is there such a thing as context sensitive menus on a Mac? The kind one gets when right clicking in Linux(who cares about windblows). .
Wow, I had totally missed the two-finger tap thing. That's cool. I can't think too many contextual menus I've needed to use on the Mac OS, except for spell check/correction in Mail, but this is sure handy for Windows and Linux virtual machines.
Have you spotted that you can optionally use two finger drags on the mouse pad as scroll ball input? That even seems to work for scrolling under Parallels/Windows 2000 for me, although it's weirdly more jumpy than any ordinary OS X software.
Thanks You guys are full of great info and pretty funny. right click is usually ctrl/click and Mac software like Flash8 makes heavy use of contextual menus! I guess the real killer app would be if Windows could run Mac OS X. In meantime the Paralles is great for Mac based web designer checking cross platform /browser display... Thanks All Shokan
