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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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse - A Multi-Touch Mouse
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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
izzle22
macrumors 68000
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.
nullx86
macrumors 6502a
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 >.<
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.
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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.
nullx86
macrumors 6502a
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.
Unprocessed1
macrumors 65816
$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.
MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
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).
Unprocessed1
macrumors 65816
MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
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?
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?
jmpage2
macrumors 68040
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.
The size of it is disappointing too. Looking at the keyboard and mouse you would think that all of Apple's customers are elves.
Dont Hurt Me
macrumors 603
Been using a Magic mouse for two days and so far I like it much better then the not so mighty mouse. 2 thumbs up for me. Good Job Apple.
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
he told me they had a meeting this morning and the magic mouse will be on sale monday morning
bobbleheadbob
macrumors 6502a
I've tried 2
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
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.
gusapple
macrumors 6502a
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.
