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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse

RaZaK said:
I guess that no-name company can say goodbye to getting any future money on damages for using the Mighty Mouse name.:rolleyes:

Let's see which stupid company comes out of the woodwork to claim the Magic Mouse name. lol :D
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That "no name company" is Viacom, MTVs parent company.

Mighty mouse was a funny show growing up such a cheesy super hero show lol
 
siddif said:
That "no name company" is Viacom, MTVs parent company.

Mighty mouse was a funny show growing up such a cheesy super hero show lol
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Wrong. That's not the "no-name company" that sued Apple for the name Mighty Mouse. It was another "no-named company" that was so no-named I can't remember the name. The lawsuit had nothing to do with the cartoon character and Viacom.
 
gehrbox said:
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.
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FYI, the 27" iMac at the store DOES NOT have the i5 or i7, hence the sluggishness. I have a 24" 2.66GHz and I will admit the 27" 3.06GHz was a little slow to respond. I think its mostly from the Demo app that Apple has running on ALL of their products >.<
 
TheSpaz said:
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.
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I don't think you'll see the inertia scrolling coming to a mousewheel anytime soon. It relies on one extra bit of information the touch surface can give: if the finger is still present or not. It's only if you swipe and lift your finger off the surface that the inertia kicks in. If you swipe and leave your finger there then it's still "holding" the scroll view it continues to track your finger. A mousewheel can't tell if you let go or not, and the wheels themselves always seem to be stiff and stop dead even if you flick them, so you can't differentiate between scrolling and flicking.

It might be possible in software for a trackpad, though. Whether they implement it or not is another matter.

N.
 
nullx86 said:
FYI, the 27" iMac at the store DOES NOT have the i5 or i7, hence the sluggishness. I have a 24" 2.66GHz and I will admit the 27" 3.06GHz was a little slow to respond. I think its mostly from the Demo app that Apple has running on ALL of their products >.<
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When we ran the XBench test we were comparing a 27" iMac 3.06GHz Dual Core (brand new, straight out of the box) with the previous 24" iMac 3.06GHz Dual Core ... the 27" model obtained worse results in some tests, but better results in other tests. Neither machine was running anything else, just XBench. It will be interesting to see official benchmark results though.
 
Buzz Bumble said:
When we ran the XBench test we were comparing a 27" iMac 3.06GHz Dual Core (brand new, straight out of the box) with the previous 24" iMac 3.06GHz Dual Core ... the 27" model obtained worse results in some tests, but better results in other tests. Neither machine was running anything else, just XBench. It will be interesting to see official benchmark results though.
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Huh.. ok. Well hopefully we can see what the Official results warrant and whats up with the new iMac being slower...
 
Tried the magic mouse at the Apple Store at Ardmore, PA and it's was a pretty cool experience. I could imagine using it to play some FPS game. Only lifting your left-click finger is required to right-click which isn't that hard in any case. Now the only thing that isn't going well with me is the price. $69 is a bit too much... should have been around $39, more or less. Might need more time to think and accept the price if I want one.
 
scott523 said:
Tried the magic mouse at the Apple Store at Ardmore, PA and it's was a pretty cool experience. I could imagine using it to play some FPS game. Only lifting your left-click finger is required to right-click which isn't that hard in any case. Now the only thing that isn't going well with me is the price. $69 is a bit too much... should have been around $39, more or less. Might need more time to think the accept the price if I want one.
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$69 is extremely expensive for a mouse, for less than that kind of money you could get a logitech revolution or other premium mouse, but the Magic Mouse has gotten good reviews, so it's clear upgrade over the mighty mouse.
 
Played around with the Magic Mouse at an Apple store today and I was actually surprised that the Magic Mouse is a pretty decent device. Firstly, I don't mind the size (using a VX Nano now). Scrolling is very nice and effortless. Going back and forth in Safari, Finder etc. worked very well, too. My only gripe is lifting one finger to get the right/secondary click (but I think you could probably get use to that).
 
SchneiderMan said:
if you [...] want to right click with both fingers touching you will not be able to, clicking a right click will only work if non of your other fingers are touching the surface =/ so every time you will have to left up your primary clicking finger!!!!
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True, but try to do so with the Mighty Mouse, it's the same exact thing.
(I'm not saying it's good, I'm saying we should be pretty much used to this by now).. am I right?
 
Have these reached the stores yet? I called every one of them in my area yesterday and they were all clueless as to when they were getting them in. Pretty disappointing really.

For those that have tried it out do you think the mouse is any good for graphic work ie photoshop etc.? Or something like a Logitech would be better, and if so which one?
 
Is it just me, or does the ability to use pinch gestures on laptops or desktops seem useless? Specifically zooming in and out of pictures.
 
I played with the Magic Mouse at the Apple store last night. Not terribly impressed, especially with the lack of gestures for common things like Expose or Spaces.

The size of it is disappointing too. Looking at the keyboard and mouse you would think that all of Apple's customers are elves.
 
good news !!! I spoke to a member of staff today at the apple store.
he told me they had a meeting this morning and the magic mouse will be on sale monday morning
 
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I'm going to buy this on payday. I'm so glad my mighty mouse ball crapped out on me now!
 
mrl72 said:
Have these reached the stores yet? I called every one of them in my area yesterday and they were all clueless as to when they were getting them in. Pretty disappointing really.
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I've tried 2 :apple: stores in the Boston area over the past few days with no luck. They've got plenty on display to try out but none for sale.

FWIW, one person I talked to at the :apple: store this morning said to wait until we see a Software Update come out, as that will be required to use the Magic Mouse. That will be a good indication of when they'll be in the stores.
 
ChazUK said:
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I'm going to buy this on payday. I'm so glad my mighty mouse ball crapped out on me now!
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I'm in the same boat! When I saw the rumor, I thought that it was an answer to my prayers, then the real thing came out and I'm excited. This is gonna be a good buy.
 
Thanks for the reviews!

On the Magic Mouse. I haven't seen any in my area yet, but I want to try one if possible before buying. Good to hear a fair amount of people here are happy with them.
 
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