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Apple Phasing Out Magic Mouse in Favor of Magic Trackpad?

Do love the trackpad - the multi touch sweeps and swipes are ace!


BUT...
don't use a mouse at home but do find the heel of my palm gets irritated after resting on the table after a few hours. Might need a padded mouse pad for my hand.

Oh - and you still can't buy an iMac with a trackpad in a uk apple store.
 
The magic mouse sucks compared to third party mice anyway so not really a big deal. Good thing it's being killed, should have never been born in the first place.
 
My Mighty Mouse worked for about 6 months, and then I had to go back to an old Logitech. If this rumor's true, it'll just save me a step when I buy a new iMac.
 
I've never liked Apple's mice or keyboards. The trackpads are nice, *very* nice.

However, I will continue using my $12-$20 Logitech mice when I can. Nice and simple. The Apple mice always get put away in a drawer.
 
I've only used the Magic Trackpad since I setup my first Mac Mini six months ago and I have only some minor complaints so far. I like the gestures and I perform them inadvertently on my Win laptop all the time. But the Mac Mini is not my primary computer as it's set up as part of a HTPC system. I chose the Trackpad because I didn't like the feel of the Magic Mouse at all.

I plan on replacing my work desktop computer with a Mac in the near future but I've been hesitant because I'm not very confident that the Trackpad will offer the accuracy and dexterity that I need for my Adobe apps. So I've been considering a Wacom tablet for my right side and using the Trackpad on my left, with the keyboard between. Unfortunately it's a lot of $$$$.

I would suggest for the next iteration of the Magic Trackpad that it include a smallish mouse-like widget and/or a stylus with the device. This way the accessories can provide the familiar feel of a mouse and some programmable buttons, while retaining the ability to perform gestures.
 
If this is true, I'll be buying up some spare Magic Mouses.

Don't really get on with the trackpad, use on my Macbook but for my iMac, mouse all the way.

Ever tried to play StarCraft with a trackpad?
 
ppc_michael said:
Meh. I have my Razer Deathadder. Nothing else compares. :D As for the multitouch gestures, count me out until I can touch the screen.
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Touch the screen? I would really HATE that.

When I'm sitting at my desk and working, my arms would get sore from constantly raising my arms to swipe, pinch, etc. I like the conductor-type gestures down on the desk, where my hands are comfortable.

On a tablet device, your hands are down in a comfortable position, so it feels right to touch the screen.

Maybe if your screen is built into your desk, or at a low angle, then I could see touching the screen, but then where do you put the keyboard and mouse?
 
Cult Of Mac is never right and secondly, and more importantly, Apple retail personal do NOT know anything about Apple's plans. This article from Cult Of Mac, like all their articles, is worth nothing.
 
Trackpads are useless for multi-hour navigation. If they were that great, there wouldn't be a booming industry for BT mice, aimed specifically at laptops.

Plus, the new multi-touch features of Lion are mostly useless and overkill.
 
I hope this isn't true. I bought the Magic Trackpad and returned it because it's too big to track accurately, especially when doing graphic design dealing with individual pixels. Also it requires twice the amount of pressure to click than the mouse which led to fatigue.
 
to mouse or not to mouse

I can survive either way. having owned a macbookpro the trackpad is fine but I like the surface of the mouse. The clear plastic tracks better imo. if they were to use that top on the track pad I would buy one today. plus having owned a macbookpro I also know that any heavy use wears out the surfacing on the trackpad fast. plus they need to make one with a damned usb connection. Wireless is great but batteries are not. So ya clear plastic smooth tracking area and wires. thats what would make me buy one.
 
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To whoever said you must you use hands to drop and drag with the trackpad, you can enable three finger dragging in Trackpad Preferences. Sure you lose the page back function but I find that I drop-and-drag a lot more than the page back function.
 
macUser2007 said:
Trackpads are useless for multi-hour navigation. If they were that great, there wouldn't be a booming industry for BT mice, aimed specifically at laptops.
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While not a scientific pole, I rarely (if ever) see people attach mice to Mac laptops. I think people were buying mice mostly for junk PC laptops with horrible trackpads or nubs.

macUser2007 said:
Plus, the new multi-touch features of Lion are mostly useless and overkill.
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Real men use the CLI.
 
diddl14 said:
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.
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You (and the others with this problem) are definitely using it wrong. I have been using stationary "mice" almost exclusively for almost 2 decades. They are far better for your wrist than standard mice. I don't know what you are doing, but it must be wrong.

At home we have 2 desktop computers, both use the Trackpad. At work I have a Kensington Expert Mouse. (which is actually a trackball) When we play games, we plug in something else. Mouse, controlpad, whatever.
 
I don't see why innovation requires discontinuation of tools that work great today. Mice can coexist with trackpads. Why all or nothing all the time?
 
gmd1129 said:
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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.


You can enable three finger dragging in Trackpad Preferences. Sure you lose the page back function but I find that I drop-and-drag a lot more than the page back function.
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I'm curious, how exactly do trackpads not drag and drop properly?
 
Reading some of the neg comments here you would think:

1) The Magic Mouse is a decent mouse

and/or

2) No one else makes Mac compatible mice
 
I would guess this has less to do with the fact that the Magic Trackpad is the bold new way we will all be computing in the future and more to do with the fact that the Magic Mouse SUCKS!

Seriously, I have a crappy $3 Microsoft optical mouse that works and feels better than that thing.

Most people I know buy a Mac and then buy a better mouse anyway, so maybe Apple is just quietly owning up to the fact that they can't make a good mouse because Steve won't let them make anything with buttons on it.
 
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