New Apple Mouse - Hell Freezes Over

[rdowns]

Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse
PR Newswire 8:30 am August 2, 2005

Apple(R) today introduced Mighty Mouse, its next generation mouse with several innovative new features that make using a Mac(R) even more powerful and easy. Mighty Mouse offers power users up to four independently programmable buttons, without compromising simplicity for users who prefer just a single-button mouse. Mighty Mouse also introduces an ingenious Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction-vertically, horizontally and even diagonally. With the Scroll Ball, users can scroll with natural, fluid movements, making Mighty Mouse perfect for applications from viewing web pages and photographs, to video editing and music creation. Mighty Mouse is priced at just $49.

"With Mighty Mouse, we've simply built a better mouse," said David Moody, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing. "With its innovative Scroll Ball and unique integration of multiple buttons, Mighty Mouse adds functionality while retaining the elegant, easy-to-use Apple design."

Mighty Mouse is the first multi-button mouse that retains the simplicity of a single-button mouse, and can be used as a single- or multi-button mouse depending on the user's preference. Mighty Mouse features a single seamless enclosure with programmable touch sensors that act as primary or secondary buttons. With a simple click on the upper right or left side of the mouse, users can instantly access features such as contextual menus found in Mac OS(R) X and other applications. Mighty Mouse's two other buttons are activated by pressing its Scroll Ball and squeezing its sides, and can be easily programmed to give users one-click access to Mac OS X version 10.4.2 "Tiger" features such as Spotlight(TM), Dashboard and Expose(TM), or to launch any application such as Safari(TM) or iChat.

Mighty Mouse features an easy-to-use design that comfortably fits the left or right hand and an optical tracking engine for responsive and accurate cursor movement on almost any type of surface. With up to four programmable buttons, Mighty Mouse makes it easy to access key features of Tiger with the side buttons and Scroll Ball providing quick, one-click access to Spotlight, Dashboard and Expose.

Pricing & Availability

Mighty Mouse is available immediately through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $49 (US). Mighty Mouse requires Mac OS X, Windows 2000 or Windows XP and easily connects to Mac and Windows systems; Mac OS X version 10.4.2 "Tiger" is required to customize buttons for one-click access to Spotlight, Dashboard and Expose or to launch applications. Mighty Mouse is compatible with either USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 ports.

[edesignuk]

Holy ****. That actually sounds very impressive, and is even well priced :eek:

[mad jew]

No Bluetooth? :eek:

[katie ta achoo]

Is it bad that I really want one, even though I have NO use for it?

..it IS an Apple product, and this Kool Aid is really good...

[Applespider]

Sounds impressive - one button for those who like that (and presumably the default setting) and two for powerusers.

EDIT: Looks impressive too!

[Chundles]

Hmmm.... I'm not biting....

[JRM PowerPod]

Hmmm.... I'm not biting....

Either am I. Mighty mouse my arse

[katie ta achoo]

Hmmm.... I'm not biting....

Yeah, a google search of the headline of the thing posted here turns up nothing.
If it were real, it'd be EVERYWHERE.

I'll ask Steve if I see him this weekend, hahaha.

EDIT
GASP
NEVERMIND
It's real and I WANT ONE!!!

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

This has been a very strange year... so in that sense this actually didn't come as a surprise, but still allow me to say: Holy Cr@p! :eek:

I cannot wait to see one of those. Come on Apple Store, get back up... :)

[edesignuk]

Take a look! (http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/)

Nice, but if it's not wireless, I'm not interested.

[mad jew]

I like it. (http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/) :)

[anthonymoody]

Oh it's real all right - the store is down and it's now on the Apple home page. Read it and weep.


TM

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

VERY nice... I like a lot... I might just get one of those for my iBook... :)

[mad jew]

From Apple's own page:


Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today’s multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so much clicking to do?


Backflip anyone? :D

[markoibook]

Hey looks pretty awesome if you ask me!

Just waiting for the uk site to update with price!

[Chundles]

Hmmm... my judgement is waay off today.

[Applespider]

VERY nice... I like a lot... I might just get one of those for my iBook... :)

I'd like one for my Powerbook except for the fact that I use it on my lap so don't really have a surface to use it on... :(

[MacSA]

UK Price - £35

[latergator116]

Looks pretty cool, but I don't know how much I'd like touch sensitive instead of clickers.

edit: I actually like that it has a cable, though. I've always had trouble with wireless mice connecting to my computer. Plus, they're too heavy and the batteries need to be replaced often.

[Applespider]

Just waiting for the uk site to update with price!

£35 with 24 hour availability. I might pop into Regent St later this week and try it out.

[zelmo]

Holy CRAP!!

*shivers, grabs blanket, curls up in fetal position*

Seriously, it's about time.

[Bozola]

$49.

Too bad no bluetooth...

[Veldek]

Wow, great. Although it only has four buttons... ;) The cable, hmmm, that's tough, but I think I'll get one nevertheless.

[Lau]

That's a good price when I see that my Logitech 310 thing costs £30 from the Apple Store. Not that it cost me that much, obviously :), but a fiver isn't much for such prettiness.

[wheezy]

Make no mean comments until you touch one...if MS made it, then you can complain. But no doubt apple perfected the left right button regions on this....I would imagine blue tooth isn't far behind...and finally, a scroll wheel!

You can even program it to do application switching....how cool is that!

[florencevassy]

I am perfectly happy with my little Kensington mouse, but I am interested
in trying this at the Apple store.

[narco]

I sense reading millions of comments throughout the day complaining about lack of Bluetooth. Personally, i hated the Bluetooth pro mouse (mainly the battery life) so it has been sitting in my drawer for the past few months while I use my trusty USB pro mouse. Haven't found anything better.

Fishes,
narco.

[aswitcher]

Incredible. Finally a hopefully decent multibutton/config mouse and NO BLUETOOTH. Are they serious? After multbuttons, wireless is the next mousey stage of development and they didn't bother bringing one to market.

I really hope this means there is also a Power Mouse in the wings for sometime soon...

:eek:

[Cooknn]

Perfect timing :p The battery cover on my Microsoft Bluetooth mouse broke last weekend. It's been sliding around on its batteries ever since. I was hoping I could hold out until Apple pulled this cat out of the bag :D

[iLaw]

Nice to see t3h Apple embracing that new fangled two button mouse system.

Will it be shipped with Apple desktop systems as standard?

[zelmo]

Just created an order for a new iMac, and the Might Mouse is not noted anywhere as stock or even BTO????
C'mon, Apple. This needs to be the standard mouse shipping with your computers.

[Chundles]

No sign of it in Oz

[AmigoMac]

PC compatible, windows XP / 2K :eek:

Bluetooth, we're waiting for you... oh! and Laser.
Can we get a U2 version as well? :rolleyes:
iClick

-iLikemywirelessonebuttonmouse.

[zim]

:eek: I want one! This is perfect for me :D

[decksnap]

Looks pretty cool, but I don't know how much I'd like touch sensitive instead of clickers.

edit: I actually like that it has a cable, though. I've always had trouble with wireless mice connecting to my computer. Plus, they're too heavy and the batteries need to be replaced often.

It looks like it still clicks mechanically, the sensors just tell it if the click is supposed to be a right click or a left click.

[grapes911]

I can't see why they wouldn't have BT because it would really limit who can use it. I bet less than 1/2 of all Mac users have BT. More importantly, I thought I'd never see they day. How long until this becomes the standard mouse?

[Zim Bargo]

Nice (and thank God) - as soon as they bring out a Bluetooth version, I'm in. Anyone like to pull a time scale out of the air?

[atszyman]

Looks pretty cool, but I don't know how much I'd like touch sensitive instead of clickers.

edit: I actually like that it has a cable, though. I've always had trouble with wireless mice connecting to my computer. Plus, they're too heavy and the batteries need to be replaced often.

They way I understand it the touch sensitive portion only detects where you click on the mouse, there is still the button to click.

Edit: beaten by decksnap. darnit

[Platform]

WOW............Apple multibutton mouse........yeah :cool:

Looks very good :D :D

Now get it shipping with every new Mac ;)

[katie ta achoo]

What do you think this means for trackpads?

My baby Powerbook only has the one, beautiful button... when the intel PBs come out, are they gonna have a little nub, and four buttons?

[CmdrLaForge]

Thats unbelievable!!!

And I just ordered a bluetooth version!

[ahuman7341]

i cant figure out how many buttons are on it. but it needs to have a bluetooth version or im sticking with the BT mouse from macmice.

[latergator116]

Ahhh, ok. Thanks guys for clearing that up. Looks awesome. :D

[Cooknn]

Just placed my order - and I'll place another as soon as the Bluetooth version hits the streets :eek:

[Chundles]

OK, if this isn't coming to australia I'm gonna be so ticked off - it's exactly what i want to get rid of this microsoft monstrosity.

[rareflares]

You can even program it to do application switching....how cool is that!




it's nothing new at all, but a good addition nonetheless. Apple did good with this product.

[Fabio_gsilva]

Man, there is something big, really big indeed, happening at Cupertinno. First, Intel. Them, not only 2, but a 4 button mouse, with scrollwell!

Holy God, this world is going through some changes...

Yeah!!

[kainjow]

The audio feedback built into Mighty Mouse provides an aural sensation that responds to your movements. A tiny speaker inside Mighty Mouse produces button-clicking and Scroll Ball-rolling sound effects.Seems cheasy?? :rolleyes:

[katie ta achoo]

You can get it with the Mac Mini, along with wired Keyboard for $78

I just checked for iMac, eMac, and PowerMac, and it seems like it isn't in the BTO page yet...

It makes sense to add it to the mini page first, though. Get all those windows switchers! :)

[AmigoMac]

OK, if this isn't coming to australia I'm gonna be so ticked off - it's exactly what i want to get rid of this microsoft monstrosity.

You will get iTMS first, then the mouse :p

[iGary]

Hrmmm - no wirelss, no purchase...

[kwajo.com]

Seems cheasy?? :rolleyes:


not if they use the same sounds as the iPod, then it's clever brand "synergy" (someone shoot me for using that word)

[jholzner]

No Bluetooth? :eek:

I hear that. Was gonna nab one until I saw there is no wireless option :( Seems strange to me that they didn't make a bluetooth version.

[crdean1]

What do you think this means for trackpads?

My baby Powerbook only has the one, beautiful button... when the intel PBs come out, are they gonna have a little nub, and four buttons?

Maybe two buttons, but probably no "nub" because of the nice new scrolling features built into the trackpad.

my guess anyway.

[jholzner]

Just created an order for a new iMac, and the Might Mouse is not noted anywhere as stock or even BTO????
C'mon, Apple. This needs to be the standard mouse shipping with your computers.

Dude, they just released it like 5 minutes ago.

[katie ta achoo]

Maybe two buttons, but probably no "nub" because of the nice new scrolling features built into the trackpad.

my guess anyway.

*slaps head*
DUH! I'm so used to the trackpad scrolling I totally forgot it existed! It's 2nd nature now, haha.

...that being said, I STILL WANT!
Even though I'm cool without right clicking, and I have hot corners activated... It's apple.. I want one..

*sip, sip* Man, is this a new flavor of Kool Aid today?

[CmdrLaForge]

I ordered one. :D :D :D

[AmigoMac]

I hear that. Was gonna nab one until I saw there is no wireless option :( Seems strange to me that they didn't make a bluetooth version.

We would be complaining of how poor the battery life became with the BT version, in the mean time we can complain we don't have a BT mouse.

*to the corner and waits for the BT mighty thing*

[freiheit]

Hmm, and the squeezable side "buttons" activate Dashboard, Expose, etc. Very nice to be able to have their own buttons without needing to program the normal 2 buttons for it. I just need to get to my local Apple Store to see how it really works and if I can stand to use it.

[hansen]

I can't believe Apple uses the entire front page of their web site to promote a stupid mouse with features that are just so standard and basic on any mouse and hype it like it's 1999.

Any of you have a 3rd gen iPod with 4 touch sensitive buttons on top. They look good but are just plain annoying to use. Sound is added only to not make it completely useless as the iPod is not responding in the instance you press a button. Without the sound you have no cue if you pressed the button or not. Adding sound to the mouse is just to make an inferior technology (usabilitywise) barely usable.


Mighty Milk

Now in a supermarket near you fresh Migthy Milk contained in a soft white plastic bag. Squeeze it anywhere to spill your milk. Can also be used in Cocoa. Holy cow!

[RugoseCone]

Nevermind, just noticed someone already mentioned the sound and another poster made a good point about why it would have it...

[Diatribe]

We would be complaining of how poor the battery life became with the BT version, in the mean time we can complain we don't have a BT mouse.

*to the corner and waits for the BT mighty thing*

Actually, I am just gonna get one. As soon as the BT version comes out I'll give the cable one to my mum. :D

[Abstract]

What am I supposed to complain about now?

[WinterMute]

Looks good, another reason not to hate Macintosh computers, at this rate what will the PC brigade have left to whine about...? ;) ;) ;) ;) :D

Seriously, I'd buy one if I didn't use the PowerBook all the time, I might let my daughter have one for the eMac though.

Someone mention hell and the unseasonable weather?

[Lord Blackadder]

We would be complaining of how poor the battery life became with the BT version, in the mean time we can complain we don't have a BT mouse.

*to the corner and waits for the BT mighty thing*

Exactly. My bro has a BT mouse and battery life is not the best - laser diodes are hard on batteries. It's just one more thing to worry about. Anyway, I have little doubt that a wireless version of this gadget will come msoon enough.

I'm totally impressed with the design; I never thought they'd be able to blend the single shell look with multi-button goodness. I wanna try it out.

[steve_hill4]

Hate the name, love the mouse. For a PowerBook or iBook, I never saw the need for a wireless mouse, (well, not much anyway), and wired mice from other manufacturers aren't in keeping with the styling of the apple portable range I feel, so this mouse is perfect.

I just can't get over it sounding like that cheesy cartoon character from when I was younger.

[AmigoMac]

What am I supposed to complain about now?

Still it's not wireless, so there is a reason to stay around. :p

http://home.tiscali.be/cartoo/Animal2/mighty%20mouse.jpg

:)

[kwajo.com]

*slaps head*
DUH! I'm so used to the trackpad scrolling I totally forgot it existed! It's 2nd nature now, haha.

...that being said, I STILL WANT!
Even though I'm cool without right clicking, and I have hot corners activated... It's apple.. I want one..

*sip, sip* Man, is this a new flavor of Kool Aid today?


I think the laptop thing could be done easily. scrolling is already there, and as for multiple buttons, apple could keep the single button and use the same touch sensitive technology to determine which side of the click bar you are clicking. heck, they could even have it detect when you click with multiple fingers and use that as even more buttons. done and done

[Fabio_gsilva]

I ordered one. :D :D :D

I'll follow you really soon...

Man, despite all that always was said about Apple and the need for just one button mouse, they really twist the established foundations and starts a new revolution!

Oh Man... It's very good to have joined Mac Side of the Force!!

[katie ta achoo]

Someone mention hell and the unseasonable weather?


I wonder how cold it is in redmond...
:p :p :p



Yup! 57!
(57 is freezing to me!)

[ITASOR]

Nevermind, just noticed someone already mentioned the sound and another poster made a good point about why it would have it...

Where are you guys finding this? Can't seem to find anything about sound.

Nevermind...found it. I hope there's a way to turn the sound off!

[steve_hill4]

Someone mention hell and the unseasonable weather?
That picture from dashbaord is so funny. I am physically trying to restrain my laughter here at work.

It's also nice they made it look like a one button mouse and that you can always change it back to one too. Touch sensitive though, I think I'll have to try before I buy.

[Platform]

I can't believe Apple uses the entire front page of their web site to promote a stupid mouse with features that are just so standard and basic on any mouse and hype it like it's 1999.

Any of you have a 3rd gen iPod with 4 touch sensitive buttons on top. They look good but are just plain annoying to use. Sound is added only to not make it completely useless as the iPod is not responding in the instance you press a button. Without the sound you have no cue if you pressed the button or not. Adding sound to the mouse is just to make an inferior technology (usabilitywise) barely usable.


Mighty Milk

Now in a supermarket near you fresh Migthy Milk contained in a soft white plastic bag. Squeeze it anywhere to spill your milk. Can also be used in Cocoa. Holy cow!


Yeah yeah.........c'mon at least they got more than one button that was a very big step for apple :p

[Mr. Anderson]

You know, if this had showed up several years ago it would have been more well received. It has all the features you need for a scrolling mouse and a little more - but now its all about wireless. I don't get it.

I'm going to go and play with one the next time I'm in an Apple store, but I don't think I'll buy one until they make it wireless.

D

[Abstract]

Hold up.

No Mighty Mouse in Australia?

No Mighty Mouse anywhere in Asia? Don't they build these things in Taiwan? Stupid American business....


Gonna check that weird, semi-official New Zealand Apple Store.

[steve_hill4]

I'll follow you really soon...

Man, despite all that always was said about Apple and the need for just one button mouse, they really twist the established foundations and starts a new revolution!

Oh Man... It's very good to have joined Mac Side of the Force!!
With the famous 1984 Macintosh advert being very Big Brother like, does anyone else think that apple have taken a u-turn and become like Big Brother themselves? They seem to be adopting a policy of doublethink these days. "You don't need two buttons", so everyone agrees, then they bring out a two button mouse and say it will make you more productive, essentially saying you need a two button mouse and everyone agrees. Same with the Intel processors and the MHz myth.

[rdowns]

Mr. trouble never hangs around,
When he hears this Mighty sound,

Here I come to save the day!

That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way!

Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right,
Mighty Mouse will join the fight!

On the sea or on the land,
He's got the situation well in hand!

[the future]

I can't believe Apple uses the entire front page of their web site to promote a stupid mouse with features that are just so standard and basic on any mouse and hype it like it's 1999.

Any of you have a 3rd gen iPod with 4 touch sensitive buttons on top. They look good but are just plain annoying to use. Sound is added only to not make it completely useless as the iPod is not responding in the instance you press a button. Without the sound you have no cue if you pressed the button or not. Adding sound to the mouse is just to make an inferior technology (usabilitywise) barely usable.

You don't get it, right? The mouse buttons are NOT touch sensitive, you CLICK and sensors beneath the surface just decide on left or right click according to where on the surface you clicked.

A mouse that can be configured as a classic one button mouse OR as a multi button mouse. A 360 degree scroll ball. Please show me the dozens of other mice that have these "standard and basic" features... :rolleyes:

[Aaon]

Well, while wireless would have been cool, I think this is pretty sweet! I like how it's one button, and yet still responds to left or right click. And the "squeese" button is perfect. I always find myself squeezing that spot on my pro mouse anyway, so this is extra goodness.

And the scroll ball, pretty wild. It's like a flashback to the trackball days.

All in all, I think I like it!

[Chundles]

Hold up.

No Mighty Mouse in Australia?

No Mighty Mouse anywhere in Asia? Don't they build these things in Taiwan? Stupid American business....


Gonna check that weird, semi-official New Zealand Apple Store.


Still no Mighty Mouse for us Aussies, or the iTMS, or the refurb store, or the cool education promotions.

Well, Asia as a whole gets shafted at the moment but all will be forgiven when I see this new mouse on the homepage at /au. I know I'm a bit excited but it's the first possibly affordable thing they've released that I could actually use in a while.

[emw]

I would have posted sooner, but I cracked my head on the chair as I was passing out after seeing this...

Sweet look, I think. The design is typical Apple all the way. Sure, it would be nice if it were bluetooth - and I imagine it's coming - but since I don't have BT, I'm all for this one!

[AmigoMac]

Quick and dirty, but I had fun... had to do it.

[devilot]

I have apple.com set as my home page in my browsers so I get outta bed, open up Camino and BAM! I see a funny mouse. I was... so shocked, that silly ol' me, before I even read the actual site, I click on my MR bookmark, panic when I don't see it on the front page of MR and then BAM I see it in the forums. Hehe. This mouse looks really cool (features and all) but I think I have to agree w/ a previous poster, definitely have to try this mousie out in person first.

[.Andy]

<immature>
That little ball reminds me of something.............
Me thinks many a Mac lovers girlfriend is going to be very happy in how dextrous their mighty mouse owning partners have become ;)
</immature>

Oh and it's not it the Aus store yet but the product page (http://www.apple.com/au/mightymouse/) is up :). It's $AU79.

[Fabio_gsilva]

Where are you guys finding this? Can't seem to find anything about sound.

Nevermind...found it. I hope there's a way to turn the sound off!


It's in a side box:

http://www.apple.com/mightymouse/design.html

"Now Hear This
Mighty Mouse even sounds as good as it feels. The audio feedback built into Mighty Mouse provides an aural sensation that responds to your movements. A tiny speaker inside Mighty Mouse produces button-clicking and Scroll Ball-rolling sound effects."

Little speaker... Cool!

[Will_reed]

it looks awsome I want one right now

[173080]

Its awesome. :eek:

I posted this a few months ago on some other forums:

"Even though I'm pretty confident that Apple can pull it off, I wonder how they will make a 2 button mouse that doesn't look like utter *****. One of the reasons why I love the current Apple mouse is that the single button allows for a seamless design. The extra button would "break" the flow."

Looks like they did it right. ;)

[aussie_geek]

Just googled Mighty Mouse and got this page.

Seems there is already a Mighty Mouse out there...

linkety (http://www.man-machine.com/mighty_mouse.htm)

BTW - I hope they will be shipping them in AU - i will be first in line to get one.

aussie_geek

[fieldsofanfield]

Bugger. I ordered the single button Bluetooth mouse just last week. Still, there's no BT Mighty Mouse yet so I'll wait.

[aboutthat]

i think i'm glad i just bought a wired keyboard over the bluetooth (agonizing decision) - gives me an excuse to go buy a new corded mouse! anyone wanna buy an mx900? :p

[Lau]

The one thing that worries me is this

Software Version Compatible Features
Mac OS X v10.4.2 or later Enable or disable scrolling, assign primary and secondary buttons, activate Exposé, display Dashboard, open Spotlight, switch applications or open applications.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or 10.4.1 and earlier Assign primary and secondary buttons and activate Exposé. Display Dashboard in Mac OS X v10.4 or 10.4.1.
Mac OS X v10.3.8 and earlier Use as a multibutton scrolling mouse.
Windows 2000 or Windows XP See the Mouse control panel.


and this

It Squeezes, Not Squeaks
It wouldn’t be fair to call Mighty Mouse a two-button mouse with one button. Especially when it responds to pressure from your fingers in four different places. Besides the left- and right-click functions, the Scroll Ball clicks down to act as a third mouse button. And force-sensing buttons on either side of Mighty Mouse respond when you press in with your finger and thumb. Perfect for Mac OS X Tiger users, the side buttons are pre-programmed to activate Exposé, so you can view all your windows with a squeeze. Of course, you can also customize Mighty Mouse to open whatever you choose — Spotlight, Dashboard or any application when you have Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.2 or later.

implies that unless you have Tiger you can't program the side buttons. Which is annoying, because if I can do it with my Logitech software, it's possible to do it with my Apple software, surely. Could they have disabled it purposely for Panther and below? Suddenly £150 for a programmable Apple mouse doesn't seem such good value.... :rolleyes:

[aboutthat]

Mighty Mouse © Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved.

haha! i find this hilarious for some odd reason - wonder how much they had to pay off the good people at Viacom for the name...

[swy32x]

They're available in Aus - just took a while for the page to be up, sloooow Apple AU website updates.

$79 AUD.

[NicP]

What am I supposed to complain about now?
ipods not being gapless!!!

[TheConArtist]

Since when does apple consider looks before common sense, functionality, and ergonomics? The ipod started the trend of minimalism and touch sensitive interfaces, 2 'features' I think are counterintuitive.

Let me explain:

1. The mac is known for ease of use, but a person who does not know about the mighty mouse will not know by seeing it, that it has 2 top buttons.

2. When using a traditional mouse, ones fingers rest on the buttons. With regular mice, this is fine, since there are actual buttons to be pressed. With touch sensitive buttons, they will be likely to be accidentally pressed.

3. clicking and dragging is difficult on current apple mice due to the button being the top of the whole mouse. this trend seems likely to continue.

4. the trend of apple creating its own design methodology based on aesthetics and tradition (both mac based and NeXt based) is not good for the user. All because the mac always used 1 button before does not mean it needs to hold on to that tradition via 'single button charm'. Apple is trying to hide the fact that it is becoming more like a pc. First there was no context menus, then ctrl click appeared in os 9 and os x, then apple tab task switching like on windows that allowed mouse input, then multi button compatibility in os x out of the box, now a pseudo 2 button mouse that looks like a 1 button mouse. Just admit it apple! Give users 2 buttons that are unambiguous.

5. This may very well be a great peripheral. I will try it out and if I like it, will by it. I'm just sick of the reasoning behind the design, and see apple's ergonomic choices putting users 2nd, which should never be the case.

[Abstract]

<immature>
That little ball reminds me of something.............
Me thinks many a Mac lovers girlfriend is going to be very happy in how dextrous their mighty mouse owning partners have become ;)
</immature>


"Left....scroll left, baby.....Harder.....FASTER......SCROLL FASTER!!"

[DarkNetworks]

Get the Mighty Mouse! I higly recomend that. Looks awesome and look at the features... :D

[aussie_geek]

They're available in Aus - just took a while for the page to be up, sloooow Apple AU website updates.

$79 AUD.


Have you got a link - can't find it.

aussie_geek

[aswitcher]

Have you got a link - can't find it.

aussie_geek


On the main page now and look under input devices in the store.

[WithTea]

2. When using a traditional mouse, ones fingers rest on the buttons. With regular mice, this is fine, since there are actual buttons to be pressed. With touch sensitive buttons, they will be likely to be accidentally pressed.

Why, oh why did Apple even refer to that term? I believe it's been stated about four times in this thread that you still click, the "sensitive part" just decides where you've pressed: left, or right.

I sense many a misunderstanding coming.

[amin]

I'll withold final judgment until I try it, but this thing doesn't look all that functional to me. The ball looks tiny, and the side buttons awkwardly placed. I'm guessing this thing isn't going to pull me away from my wireless two-button w/ scroll mouse.

As for the Powerbooks, I hope Apple sticks with the one-button config. It looks better and is equally if not more functional.