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Apple's Multi-Touch Magic Mouse Now Shipping

apfhex said:
Magic Mouse ≠ trackpad. Some of the gestures just wouldn't be practical or necessary with a real mouse at your disposal. But I digress; this has been discussed to death in other threads, let's stay on topic... I pre-ordered one through Amazon, I knew it wouldn't come as fast, but they don't have an estimated date yet and won't let me cancel it either because I ordered it with some other stuff with free shipping. :p
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All of the suggestions I stated are practical and VERY necessary. But I'll post about it on the Magic Mouse threads.
 
Something tells me that :apple: has yet to exploit the Magic Mouse full capabilities, would still hold on not calling it a Pro Mouse yet.

For 2 button action: press and hold one finger while the second conducts the action.

For 3 button action: press and hold two fingers while the third conducts the action.

Possibility for a 4 button action: press and hold three fingers while the fourth conducts the action.

I will hold out till the Magic Mouse matures. I do like its design. What is the battery life projected for regular use.
 
dwd3885 said:
The Magic Mouse is Ok. But why can't you tap-to-click? Why can't you use a three finger swipe to bring up expose? (akin to the 4-finger swipe on the MBP). Why can't you pinch or rotate a photo with two fingers?

Those seem like very reasonable suggestions to include on the 'multi-touch' mouse.
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Tap-to-click would defeat the purpose of a mouse that clicks. Same goes if you're asking to move the cursor by moving your finger across the top shell (and then reassigning the scroll to another action). Mind as well not buy a mouse at all. I have to admit though, I had the urge to move the cursor by moving a finger across the mouse, but that would mean scrolling instead.

Three/four finger swipes might be a bit of a challenge. It's just over 2 inches wide. Try swiping on that while keeping the mouse from moving (if it does). Pinch or rotating is a must-have feature that Apple should add though.

!¡ V ¡! said:
Something tells me that :apple: has yet to exploit the Magic Mouse full capabilities, would still hold on not calling it a Pro Mouse yet.

For 2 button action: press and hold one finger while the second conducts the action.

For 3 button action: press and hold two fingers while the third conducts the action.

Possibility for a 4 button action: press and hold three fingers while the fourth conducts the action.

I will hold out till the Magic Mouse matures. I do like its design. What is the battery life projected for regular use.
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I agree this Magic Mouse has a future for more gestures (hopefully easy). However, I don't think the size/popularity of the mouse market is worth Apple's time/effort to create another "Pro" mouse. This is as pro as it can get in my opinion, just need better software and it will live for a while until it reaches it's full usable capacity.
 
apfhex said:
But wait — there's more! If you order in the next 10 minutes we'll throw in these FREE Two AA batteries, a $10 value!

AND THAT'S NOT ALL! Well also include this professionally designed Printed documentation for NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!

That's the Magic Mouse, Two AA batteries, AND Printed documentation. A $200 value all for three easy payments of $19.95! ORDER NOW!!!
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You must remember those pre-infomercial days of the Ron Popeil when this type of hard sell was common. :)
 
LagunaSol said:
I haven't had a truly enjoyable Apple mouse since the one I got with my PowerMac 6100 way back in the day. That a company can come up with the iMac, iPod and iPhone but can't design a decent mouse just defies explanation. And that Apple's mice are inferior to those from Logitech and *shudder* Microsoft ...well, that's just plain embarrassing.

I'm holding out hope that the Magic Mouse is great (I haven't tried it yet), but based on my experience with Apple mice over the past 10 years (starting with the abominable "puck"), I'm not getting my hopes up.
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I tried the Magic Mouse today - nothing short of phenomenal. It fits the hand like buttah, and responds as well as one can imagine - much better than I expected.

No finger lifting is necessary at all while clicking or scrolling, which is silky smooth. Page swipes are effortless. It has an impressive build quality, and is highly ergonomic.

I feel that I can be more productive with this new design than with any Logitech mouse I've used - it's that good. The only thing missing at this time, are gestures for

activating Exposé, Dashboard, Spaces, and rotation. I imagine these will likely be implemented in the next update, although I could easily live without them, based on

how well it responds, feels, and performs - definitely worth experiencing.
 
LagunaSol said:
I haven't had a truly enjoyable Apple mouse since the one I got with my PowerMac 6100 way back in the day. That a company can come up with the iMac, iPod and iPhone but can't design a decent mouse just defies explanation. And that Apple's mice are inferior to those from Logitech and *shudder* Microsoft ...well, that's just plain embarrassing.

I'm holding out hope that the Magic Mouse is great (I haven't tried it yet), but based on my experience with Apple mice over the past 10 years (starting with the abominable "puck"), I'm not getting my hopes up.
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It is a pretty bad record.

I've replaced nearly every Apple shipped mouse since the puck with a Logitech or Microsoft one on my own personal machines and what I order for others. The MX 1000 was so popular with my users a few years ago.
 
Eric S. said:
More form over function from Apple.
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I heard that exact same complaint when the mouse and the GUI first came out back in the 80s. People called it form over function, claimed that real computer users used a keyboard, blah blah #$%@&* blah...

I don't understand the complaining about this, especially from people who haven't used it yet. No surprise, I guess. I don't speak Luddite.
 
inkswamp said:
I heard that exact same complaint when the mouse and the GUI first came out back in the 80s. People called it form over function, claimed that real computer users used a keyboard, blah blah #$%@&* blah...

I don't understand the complaining about this, especially from people who haven't used it yet. No surprise, I guess. I don't speak Luddite.
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The Quasi-Luddite:

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"I don't need no stinkin' mouse, or laptop, for that matter"
 
I tried one, and the scrolling is SO much better than a tilt-wheel or ball. And I very much like the shape (especially the thinness for laptop travel).

I consider it to be the ultimate 2-button scroll mouse. Some people need more than that: 3, 4, 5 or more buttons. When I play Quake Wars I’m one of them! Exposé functionality would be welcome for power users. But for the basic mousing that MOST users do (and never go beyond) this is the ultimate mouse.

(I don’t consider it a 4-button mouse because I consider the forward/back swipes to be an awkward token feature that few will use. Just like the old squeeze buttons were.)
 
Went to the Apple store to check this out during lunch today.
Looks nice, feels decent, and scroll is nice..................and that's about it.
The left and right features in my opinion are a total gimmick, yah it's "cool" but not practical, the mouse slides all over the place trying to do the 2 finger gesture. Plus having to lift the left finger to do a right click really sucks, for me atleast since I've been using a buttoned mouse for years.
It's a nice "consumer" mouse for basic users. Definitely not a powerhouse or packed with that many features.

My MX Revolution eats the magic mouse alive. Only down side is it's a bit large (but very comfortable and ergonomic) and the receiver is rather large and an eyesore sticking 2 inches out of the USB port.
Freewheel scrolling is like butter, quick search button for google or spotlight, on the fly access to Spaces, Desktop view, Expose and even Dashboard if you wanted. Mine is set so the wheel that the thumb rests on (secondary wheel), simple flick up brings the desktop, flick down brings up Expose and pressing the secondary wheel brings up spaces.

Personally, the Magic fell short with Usability, and apple went with the WOW factor (as it does with most of it's products).
 
sydcansam said:
They are already available in the Apple Store - Here is a pic from the Sydney Apple store from this afternoon:

Front and back of individually packaged Magic Mice
http://yfrog.com/5mmdrj


Sales Case:
http://img340.yfrog.com/img340/3984/1q0.jpg
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Whoa awesome picture! Lucky Sydney gets them first since they aren't that far away from China/Taiwan and a day ahead...

From the looks of it, I think I'm going to try going to the Apple Store 5th Ave/SoHo tomorrow at my expense... hopefully I won't end up wasting metrocard $$$...
 
sydcansam said:
Watch my youtube unboxing (Link just added) at the end I talk about the price... $100 Australian - Showed up as $92.43 USD on my credit card statement :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEd3svM7dY
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HAHA! Nahh that's not boring at all. Fastest detailed unboxing ever. Nice video! I'm still pondering over the pricing you mentioned... doesn't really add up to me, or maybe I'm not thinking hard enough at 4:15am EST...
 
scott523 said:
HAHA! Nahh that's not boring at all. Fastest detailed unboxing ever. Nice video! I'm still pondering over the pricing you mentioned... doesn't really add up to me, or maybe I'm not thinking hard enough at 4:15am EST...
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$100 AUD * 0.925AUD/USD = $92.25 US

Suffice it to say, the mouse is overpriced down under :(
 
sydcansam said:
$100 AUD * 0.925AUD/USD = $92.25 US

Suffice it to say, the mouse is overpriced down under :(
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Actually A$99 = $88.96. Yea that's still unfair to you guys... it should be A$77 instead. I would never buy that mouse at that price. It's going to be $75.12 for me after taxes and that's already pushing it, in my book.

Off topic: Where's that Aussie accent of yours? :p
 
scott523 said:
Actually A$99 = $88.96. Yea that's still unfair to you guys... it should be A$77 instead. I would never buy that mouse at that price. It's going to be $75.12 for me after taxes and that's already pushing it, in my book.

Off topic: Where's that Aussie accent of yours? :p
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I added the 2.5% my credit card charges for the conversion to further push my point :D

The accent:
Southeastern US meets Canadian. I say "Ooooout" and "Aboooout" but say "House" with a southern accent - Its very strange :p
 
sydcansam said:
I added the 2.5% my credit card charges for the conversion to further push my point :D

The accent:
Southeastern US meets Canadian. I say "Ooooout" and "Aboooout" but say "House" with a southern accent - Its very strange :p
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Ah that explains the extra $$$.

Haha that's what I thought it sounded like. For someone that was born in Canada's capital, I should know what it sounds like. I didn't live there long enough to get one though.
 
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