Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse

evildead said:
Im with every one else. Im not going to trade in my Apple BT mouse for a wired one. This mouse is very cool. Apple needed to wait to relase one untill they were happy with the desine and it looks like they did it right. Im buying one the second they relase a BT version
Click to expand...

Look for a Bluetooth version at MWSF and a price drop on the corded version at that time as well. For now though, this is the first version of a brand new product, so Apple has to keep it "entry level" without a lot of bells and whistles so that they can upsell people later. :cool:
 
SiliconAddict said:
Those are stationary trackballs. We are talking replacing the scroll wheel with a trackball which AFAIK has not been done up til now. The closest is MS's tilt wheel mouse... Apple’s design is obviously better.
Click to expand...
nagromme said:
He said "trackball in place of a scroll wheel"--which none of those devices have. They are not mice, they are trackballs. Apple's product is a MOUSE, with a trackball for scrolling.!
Click to expand...
Obvously, those mice that I posted (2 are mice, 2 are stationary trackballs) do not have the trackball in the same position as a scroll wheel, but the concept is the same. (A trackball vs scrollwheel). The original poster said that they were surpriesd that nobody had thought of replacing the scrollwheel with a trackball. Obviously, that was false, and it has been thought of before. However, not in this iteration.

I agree that Apple's solution is probably more elegant/intuitive than the trackballs, but it is not a completely original idea as the originally quoted poster indicated.
 
Diavilo1 said:
brilliant!
Click to expand...

And that's what I'm afraid of -- the idea of a laser or electronic beam of some sort focused on my retina. I think I'd rather go through the "inconvenience" of pushing a mouse around than face the prospect of learning to "read" with my fingertips.

Yikes!
 
~Shard~ said:
I'll one-up you: "What's Bluetooth?" :confused:
:cool:
Click to expand...
Some people are sooooo stupid. It's a bird.
norwegianbluetooth.jpg
 
Three years in the R&D really paid off. Cheers to you Mighty Mouse, you've made my Tuesday special!! :D
 
I bet it's no fluke that the Google ads at the bottom of the page are for pointing devices. Pretty sly. It's freaky to think that Google might be "following" the thread to see what would be most applicably advertised.
 
Its cool, but...

I like the scroll and sensors, but as a graphic design person, how would I "draw" in photoshop or Illustrator with it...? Drawing with a track ball can be a nightmare. :confused:

The side touch sensative buttons are located where people grab when they need to remain a downclick while repositioning the mouse on the mouse pad.

Doesnt seem like its very desiner friendly, seems like they designed the mouse for the average consumer or homeuser
 
neildmitchell said:
I like the scroll and sensors, but as a graphic design person, how would I "draw" in photoshop or Illustrator with it...? Drawing with a track ball can be a nightmare. :confused:
Click to expand...
Wouldn't you be using a tablet and pen?
 
JeffTL said:
I'll stick to the Pro Mouse, since it can be pushed squarely in the middle. Also it's better for when you have left-handed people around.
Click to expand...

In Tiger you can program the right button to be the primary one - for left-handed people as good as for right-handed ones.
 
Xeem said:
I wish it had independent side buttons, but otherwise kudos to Apple for the great design.
Click to expand...
No buttons for Back/Forward? Another Apple blunder!
 
NicP said:
mpinsk said:
ahahahah i thought exactly the same thing when i read that post
Click to expand...

Hehehe, here we go...

1 - Yep, I am a 1-button zealot;

2 - SHOW me the second button on the Mighty Mouse's surface, please...that's why you even have the option of using it as a goo' ol' 1-button mouse...with 2 PHYSICAL buttons such choice wouldn't exist...

GO APPLE! ONE-BUTTON MOUSE FOREVER!
Click to expand...
 
Jimmery said:
I bet it's no fluke that the Google ads at the bottom of the page are for pointing devices. Pretty sly. It's freaky to think that Google might be "following" the thread to see what would be most applicably advertised.
Click to expand...

Google uses automated technology to read the content of webpages and provided targeted ads. They use this for all targeted Google ads, including the ones in gmail. There was a big row about this when the gmail accounts were new - privacy protection advocates were freaked out about Google 'reading' all their e-mail. Google reassured everyone it was simple, computer-only keyword matching. A page that contains 'mouse' a hundred times and 'computer' a few dozen is bound to return ads for pointing devices. No Big brother fears here.

(Besides, Big Brother would have to be everywhere, all at once ... I think that even the most paranoid would admit there are places more worth stalking than the Mighty Mouse thread on Macrumors.com.)
 
Lacero said:
Speaking of Shake. I bought the program and finished the first tutorial. All I can say is, Shake is unbelieveable cool. The node tree concept makes compositing in After Effects look totally outdated.
Click to expand...
I agree... using Shake with the Mighty Mouse will rock.
 
Lacero said:
No buttons for Back/Forward? Another Apple blunder!
Click to expand...

Ha ha, very funny. What's with these stupid mice these days with a dozen buttons, anyways? Newsflash: You don't need a back/forward button on your mouse. That's what the button ON THE WEB BROWSER IS FOR.

What about a volume up/down? CD eject? Tv tuner buttons? Let's just throw everything on the mouse and we'll end up with a 100-button mouse and no need for a keyboard. Yay!
 
BRLawyer said:
NicP said:
Hehehe, here we go...

1 - Yep, I am a 1-button zealot;

2 - SHOW me the second button on the Mighty Mouse's surface, please...that's why you even have the option of using it as a goo' ol' 1-button mouse...with 2 PHYSICAL buttons such choice wouldn't exist...

GO APPLE! ONE-BUTTON MOUSE FOREVER!
Click to expand...

See, this is the beauty of the Mighty Mouse - it can be a 1-button mouse, yet can also be a multi-button mouse with Scroll Ball, etc. It gives Apple users what they've been asking for for ages (a multi-functional mouse), yet keeps the 1-button mouse crowd content. And above all else, Jobs has found a loophole - he said he would never release a 2-button mouse, and he hasn't - this is a "no-button mouse". Clever bastard... ;) :cool:
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back