Apple Phasing Out Magic Mouse in Favor of Magic Trackpad?

Apple discontinuing the MAGIC MOUSE does not mean that they are discontinuing REGULAR mice.

I don't like the magic mouse - it's just too uncomfortable to use the touches while using the mouse.

I use both a regular mouse on the right side of my desk, and the magic trackpad to the left. For me, this is the perfect set up. I feel like a conductor of an orchestra when my left hand leaves my keyboard to do a two-fingered or three-fingered swipe off to the left.
 
If it is true that supplies are not being replenished, I would think that points to a refresh more than a termination of the entire concept of the mouse.

I thought I would like the magic trackpad, but after trying it out for a few minutes the other day at Best Buy, I found the angle to be very awkward. I feel like that thing is asking for repetitive stress type injury.
 
The Magic Mouse is Dead! Long Live the Trackpad!

I got a magic mouse when it first came out because I was excited about using gestures with it. Even with 3rd party software, I never really got the magic mouse to do what I wanted. When the magic trackpad came out, I was very excited about using gestures, and it works great. I don't use my magic mouse any more.

Those of you in the market for a back up magic mouse, let me know!;)

(I think Apple may very well press ahead and eliminate the mouse and leave it to 3rd party vendors to take up the slack. I'm sure many die-hard mouse users will continue to bemoan the loss of the mouse much like people continue to weep over the loss of the optical drive.)
 
I don't think this is correct as a mouse is a much more precise pointing device than a trackpad. Not all you are doing is surfing in safari and moving in applications with multi finger sweeps.
 
Mac input peripherals are abysmal anyway, always have been, and always will be.

Have to disagree. I'm absolutely in love with the new Apple keyboards.

I've never been fan of Apple mice. The puck mouse, the nipple mouse, and now the not-so-magic mouse. My 27" iMac came with a Magic Mouse and I haven't used it except when my regular (Logitech) mouse runs out of batteries.

Apple, feel free to discontinue your mice--so long as I can continue using mine.
 
I use both a regular mouse on the right side of my desk, and the magic trackpad to the left. For me, this is the perfect set up. I feel like a conductor of an orchestra when my left hand leaves my keyboard to do a two-fingered or three-fingered swipe off to the left.

This is exactly the setup I dreamed up a few days ago when debating the purchase of a mouse v. trackpad. I want the precision of a normal mouse, but the full gesture capabilities of the trackpad. Glad to hear that's working out for you. I may have to follow through.
 
I currently only use a mouse on my gaming PC and that's not even used a lot because all my steam games use an xbox controller.

The track pad has engineered so well in OSX that is makes the mouse worthless.

If you need precision in graphics design then use a pen/tablet.
 
i have the mouse but i hate it anyway, the stupid battery keeps dropping out and its really weird to move it on a hard surface given the silver thing on the bottom. in fact i never really got the hang of the mouse anyway, when i moved the cursor and reached the edge of the screen i always had to actually take the mouse of the surface and place it at the original spot again, so weird.
 
This has to be the worst move ever, if its true that is.. I'm a web designer, how does Apple expect us to work without one? Using a trackpad for work is probably impossible, we rely on accuracy. This will also be bad for gamers..

Anyway I don't believe this can be true, they just released Lion, and in the demo they were using a Magic Mouse with multi-touch gestures, so I don't see why they would phase it out at this stage..

We can still buy Non-Apple mice, so it won't be the end of the world, but I don't see why they would do this at all, I think most of us prefer a mouse over trackpad..
 
Magic Mouse is dead, just like the Superdrive. Time to move on and embrace the future right? No point in even offering it as an option.
 
Ever since I got my MacBook Pro, I can't stand mice. I used to hate laptop trackpads, but Apple's trackpads are totally different than any other trackpad. They're responsive and capacitive, and of course there's multi-touch. The Magic Mouse doesn't even support the most basic functions of OS X.

I love the design and feel of the Magic Mouse, but I find that other mice (Logitech) are still more comfortable and useful, even though they're ugly and their scrolling is crap (line by line as opposed to pixel by pixel). I think that Apple put themselves in a situation where the mouse is no longer a desirable input device, and I agree.

I do find it less tiring to use a mouse for doing lots of dragging, such as video editing, or organizing files (lots of drag & drop). The only thing trackpads can't currently do properly is drag and drop: You either need to enable the annoying software tap-drag, which introduces a small but annoying lag to every click, or you have to click the trackpad but then you have to use two hands to drag. With a mouse, dragging is super simple.

However, OS X requires less and less dragging: No more scroll bars, iTunes volume control can be "scrolled" left and right without having to drag it, the introduction of Cut and Paste (finally) in Lion reduces the need to drag files from one place to the other, etc... so this problem is getting less and less important, but still exists.

I use a Wacom Tablet for precision work, my trackpad for anything that requires scrolling (browsing) and a mouse for video editing and gaming. But if you're a gamer, you don't want an Apple mouse anyway, since it lacks buttons and notch-scrolling (useful for precise weapon selection).

I think the only "serious" place where a mouse is definitely required is video editing, as you do lots of dragging, and pointing and clicking.
 
Insane, with the trackpad (and current software) you can't move and click at the same time making it slower.
 
I just ditched my magic mouse for the track pad when I upgraded to lion, I like the switch
 
I've tried the Magic Trackpad for a few days and ended up with a soar wrist. Never had/have this with the Magic Mouse.

Can only hope this rumor is not true, or better, that Apple is planning a new revision of the Magic Mouse with new magic possibilities...
 
My guess is that the current Magic Mouse (likely a Bluetooth 3.0 device) will be replaced with a new model that supports Bluetooth 4.0, the advanced protocol that ships on the latest Macs (MacBook Air, Mac mini).

I believe Bluetooth 4.0 has some low-power features which would extend battery life.
 
Phew! i thought i was the only person to find the trackpad useless for anything more than surfing the net and lisure usage. Dont get me wrong its amazing at what it does - gestures etc, but for anything more serious say CAD i have to plug in a nasty Microsoft USB mouse :eek:
 
This makes a lot of sense the magic touchpad is great for using the desktop and day to day applications. I use it for all my "office" tasks and i have a gaming mouse for well... games.
 
Not gonna happen.

I bought a magic mouse separate from my MBP simply because you do not have the control needed in programs such as photoshop with a track pad.
 
Probably Cult of Mac just want more traffic in their web site for sponsorship and are creating lies like this.
 
It's impossible to use that thing for Photoshop, Dreamweaver or InDesign.

I predict a run on mouses. Try working in Photoshop or Illustrator with a trackpad. Ouf. Horrible.

I don't understand these comments. I can do just as well in Creative Suite with a Magic Trackpad as with a mouse. The mouse is not the end-all be-all for design accuracy. That would be a Wacom-type tablet and stylus.
 
My guess is that the current Magic Mouse (likely a Bluetooth 3.0 device) will be replaced with a new model that supports Bluetooth 4.0, the advanced protocol that ships on the latest Macs (MacBook Air, Mac mini).

I believe Bluetooth 4.0 has some low-power features which would extend battery life.

In that case, why isn't the current Trackpad being phased out for the same reason?
 
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