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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse

Mt mx518 has 8 buttons i can program to anything i want. Going back to 2 buttons on the Magic Mouse would make me feel cramped. I'd have to keep my 518 for gaming anyway because apple still hates the idea of two buttons (so no scope/shooting at the same time. yay!)
THe Magic Mouse seems like a good idea that will work for a niche crowd, but they could greatly expand the uset base by adding a few simple features or tweaks.
 
macintoshtoffy said:
I want some bloody specifics - how many hours? how long can I use it before I have to recharge the batteries? I asked nicely once, asked again, and ignored - yet people talk utter crap about things UNRELATED TO THE F*CKING THREAD!

If you want to talk about the pizza you ate on the weekend or what your stupid kids did during the week - piss off to the part of the forum where you can talk about those sorts of things.
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Wow. Chill out.

The thing has only been released for a few days. How do you expect us to tell you how many months it will last?
 
I finally used the magic mouse this morning.... I like it. I did not do the update for it so I could not use all of the gestures. Size is good. I will play with it more on lunch as I work 5 minutes from my home!

The new 21.5 inch iMac is beautiful! I had it next to my soon to be shipped 20" iMac (Early 2009) and the picture blew it away!
 
I wonder if there will be a hack to get the inertia scrolling with any mouse (or trackpad). I really want iPhone-like scrolling on my desktop without having to use a Magic Mouse. I don't understand why hardware enables a feature that can be done with software.
 
Are these in the Apple stores yet? Still not convinced I'm ready to give up a physical scroll wheel/ball. Might go stop by today and take a look.
 
jjxc90 said:
Are these in the Apple stores yet? Still not convinced I'm ready to give up a physical scroll wheel/ball. Might go stop by today and take a look.
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Yeah, i'll miss having to turn my mouse over every week and rolling it vigorously back and forth over a rag to get only a few extra days out of the wheel before it stops responding again.

If you've used the two finger scroll on a laptop, then this will be even easier.

It's the lack of side buttons that I find to be a letdown.
 
I tried this mouse out extensively today. It's a disaster. The forward swipe is impossible to perform without the whole mouse sliding under your hand, and the back swipe takes way more effort than just pressing a button with your finger. I couldn't find a way to do any expose on this mouse, so its actually a step BACKWARDS from the Mighty Mouse. I liked the momentum scrolling and zooming, but I've had that on my Logitech MX Revolution for years.

Do not want.
 
Hammy :) said:
Does anyone know if Apple will still be selling the Mighty Mouse?
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The Apple Mouse a.k.a. Mighty Mouse is still in the online store as of this post. My local stores still have some in stock. If you want one I would order it immediately just in case they stop offering it.
 
At the Raleigh, NC Apple store all they had was Mighty Mice. I tried to talk to a blue shirt to ask when the new mouse would be available, but nobody would talk to me. I did play with one on display with an iMac and really liked it and plan to get one when they get in stock.
 
Trek2100 said:
The Apple Mouse a.k.a. Mighty Mouse is still in the online store as of this post. My local stores still have some in stock. If you want one I would order it immediately just in case they stop offering it.
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It's still an option with news Macs (if you don't want the new mouse), so I wouldn't expect that it will go away any time soon.
 
wolfpackfan said:
At the Raleigh, NC Apple store all they had was Mighty Mice. I tried to talk to a blue shirt to ask when the new mouse would be available, but nobody would talk to me. I did play with one on display with an iMac and really liked it and plan to get one when they get in stock.
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Did you go to Crabtree or Southpoint? They had both Magic and Mighty at Southpoint last night. The Magic Mouse seems just like the Mighty Mouse in terms of it being a mouse. I thought that you could click on the mouse part without having to use the buttons? That was a big letdown for me. That and the pinch to zoom wasnt working for some reason. Also, FYI, Southpoint Apple Employees dont know what the difference is between C2D/C2Q and i5/i7.
 
billysea said:
I can't believe there are people that doesn't use shortcuts (3rd or 4th buttons) on mouse nowadays... that's so.... ancient. Floppy-era ancient.

Go search for the expose and space button on the keyboard everytime to switch different window?
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No, I use hot corners for both - I don't need to take my hand off the mouse, and, if I'm dragging something from one window/space to another, it's one complete motion.
 
nullx86 said:
Did you go to Crabtree or Southpoint?
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I went to Crabtree. All they had on display was Mighty. They might have had Magic in the back though. But all the blue shirts and orange shirts were busy. I waited around about 5 minutes before my patience ran out. So I left there and went and stood in line at Starbucks for 10 minutes to get a coffee :rolleyes:. I have to go to Southpoint tomorrow morning and will try there. Thanks for the tip.
 
Tried It Last Night & LOVED IT!!!

Was in the Southcenter Apple store where I used the new Magic Mouse which was tethered to one of the new 27 iMacs (stunning screen....wish I was in the market for one of those too). Anyway, the Magic Mouse was everything I hoped it would be. Felt natural using it, very responsive to finger actions, right/left clicks worked perfectly, etc.

Unfortunately, there were none yet in stock so I'll try again early next week.

My Mighty Mouse track ball got so scuzzed up it couldn't be cleaned anymore. Having an uncleanable ball was a MAJOR DESIGN FLAW. Anyway, when it stopped working I threw it as hard as I could onto the floor and it broke into about a dozen pieces....it felt good to do so. Good riddance to that @#$$% "mighty" mouse.

The Magic Mouse is a "home run" for Apple!!!!!:D
 
The touch surface is involved in clicking, it determines a left or right click. You are right that there is a physical switch underneath however.

The 27" iMac I played with seemed a little sluggish too. I've got a 24" 3.06 iMac at home with SL and it seems faster then the 27" at the store.

Buzz Bumble said:
It does have real clicking buttons underneath. The touch pad is only for the gestures.

For some peculiar reason the new 27" iMac itself actually benchmarked with XBench slower than the exiting 24" 3.06GHz iMac in some places.
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billysea said:
I can't believe there are people that doesn't use shortcuts (3rd or 4th buttons) on mouse nowadays... that's so.... ancient. Floppy-era ancient.

Go search for the expose and space button on the keyboard everytime to switch different window?
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Personally I find the extra buttons on the Mighty Mouse hugely annoying, especially the "squeeze" button keeping causing Dashboard to unwantedly appear. Every Mac I install one of the first things I do is turn them all off so it becomes a single mouse button (of course I tell the users they can have more and even let them play for a while so they know about them, but most want them turned off).

The Mighty Mouse also has a bit of a bad tendency to right-click when you want a left-click, but that seems to have been fixed with the Magic Mouse.
 
My guess is that folks that are used to large ergo mice with many buttons to chose from will not like the Magic Mouse. I ordered one the day it was announced, but after reading some of the reviews felt like canceling the order.

That was until I got my hands on one at the Apple store. Way way cool. I'll miss the scroll ball button for Expose, but I found the touch scroll a worthwhile trade-off.


amammad said:
sigh

I played with one for some time yesterday in my local Apple store and I'd hardly say it was a "fail". :rolleyes:

All the controls worked perfectly for me and it looks and feels amazing.

It won't suit everybody but personally I think it's d@mn fine!
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Hammy :) said:
Does anyone know if Apple will still be selling the Mighty Mouse?
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It is still available in Apple's online store and you can swap the Magic Mouse for the Mighty Mouse (now called "Apple Mouse") as a build-to-order option.

I would guess that it will be around for a while since Apple hasn't released a wired Magic Mouse (yet?) and some people don't like wireless.

It's the same with the wired 'mini' keyboard and numeric keypad keyboard.


What surprise me a little is that they changed the Apple Remote to black, but left the keyboards and mice (and Mac Mini) as white??
 
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