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Bluetooth Mighty Mouse?

As to the education discount in the US:

(a conversation between me and the "apple expert" of apple.com)

Expert: Hi, how may I help you?

Me: Hey, Just wondering why there isn't an education discount on the apple wireless mighty mouse.

Expert: Great question! This is a new product from apple and therefore there is no discount currently available.

Me: I see. Perhaps after WWDC?

Expert: Great prediction....but however I do not have any knowledge of when a discount wil be available.
 
dhunt said:
hahahaha. If I saw anyone using that I would die. (please if someone on here has this let me know)
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That Sony phone is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Finally, I don't have to worry about carrying my mouse and my VOIP phone as two separate items.
 
I got 10% off mine at the Nashville Apple store about 10 min ago, with Tenn State tax it came out to be 67.84, going to post pictures in a second.
 
dhunt said:
As to the education discount in the US:

(a conversation between me and the "apple expert" of apple.com)

Expert: Hi, how may I help you?

Me: Hey, Just wondering why there isn't an education discount on the apple wireless mighty mouse.

Expert: Great question! This is a new product from apple and therefore there is no discount currently available.

Me: I see. Perhaps after WWDC?

Expert: Great prediction....but however I do not have any knowledge of when a discount wil be available.
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I bought mine online yesterday (shipped today!) and got the edu discount. However, just checked via the Apple store, indeed no edu-discount. I bought mine through Memorial Sloan Kettering's Apple link which provides a "corporate" discount (although we are part of Cornell), interesting... (63 vs 69 USD):confused:
 
Here some pics, used my mbp as cam thats why the mirror
 

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sam10685 said:
that's cool but it seems like with one battery, the circuit wouldn't be complete. will it?
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Yeah, actually it seems to be wired up in parallel circuit if my electronics education is right :)

UPDATE: The Wireless Mighty Mouse actually works with Windows XP SP2 on the Macbook at very least. Just go into control panel, bluetooth devices and search for as normal (remembering to NOT ask for a passkey when adding) :) Just in case anyone else likes it as much as I do.
 
With people oooooo-ing and aaahhhhh-ing about the new BT Mighty Mouse, you can only use it with Tiger 10.4.6.

That sucks. I was going to take a trip to my local Apple store (Eaton Centre, Toronto) at the weekend and buy it, but I'm not going to bother now and shall stick with my one-button BT mouse.

Is it too much to ask for Apple to allow the mouse to be backwards compatible with PPC/Panther machines.

I know that some of you will say upgrade to Tiger, but with Leopard not so far away, I want to bide my time.
 
playaj82 said:
That Sony phone is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Finally, I don't have to worry about carrying my mouse and my VOIP phone as two separate items.
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Yes, but when you get a phone call you don't have a mouse anymore to use your computer.
 
philbeeney said:
With people oooooo-ing and aaahhhhh-ing about the new BT Mighty Mouse, you can only use it with Tiger 10.4.6.

That sucks. I was going to take a trip to my local Apple store (Eaton Centre, Toronto) at the weekend and buy it, but I'm not going to bother now and shall stick with my one-button BT mouse.

Is it too much to ask for Apple to allow the mouse to be backwards compatible with PPC/Panther machines.

I know that some of you will say upgrade to Tiger, but with Leopard not so far away, I want to bide my time.
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Well bide your time and wait til Leopard. They may drop the price by then as well!
 
Whos says it can only work with tiger 10.4.6... Thats rediculous if Apple limits this to only one version
 
Just bought it.

Same thing as wired... without the wire.

On the bottom the laser doesn't flash red or anything like the normal wireless mouse; instead there is a green LED that flashes. It is slightly lighter than the old wireless BT Apple Mouse. That's about it.
 
Do you have windows? Does it work with windows? Does anyone know if it works with windows yet?

DontBurnTheDayy said:
Just bought it.

Same thing as wired... without the wire.

On the bottom the laser doesn't flash red or anything like the normal wireless mouse; instead there is a green LED that flashes. It is slightly lighter than the old wireless BT Apple Mouse. That's about it.
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playaj82 said:
That Sony phone is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Finally, I don't have to worry about carrying my mouse and my VOIP phone as two separate items.
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Except, what if you actually want to USE your computer while you're on a VOIP call?
 
I'm going to get mine tomorrow (when the local Apple Stores get them in,) and I'll post compatibility reports. I imagine it will WORK with older Macs and Windows computers, but not be 100% supported. (For example, the buttons won't be programmable under prior MacOSes, the same way the original Mighty Mouse isn't.)

I'll test it under 10.4.7/Intel, 10.4.7/PPC, 10.4.5/PPC (I THINK I still have one running 10.4.5,) 10.3.9, 10.2.8, XP/Boot Camp, and XP on a 'real' PC. I'll even compare it to the wired Mighty Mouse, and the 'original' Wireless Mouse. (And a Macally BTMicro Bluetooth mouse.)
 
virus1 said:
arg.. it came as we predicted... with the laser precision and the bluetooth.. but at $70 freakin dollars!!! not a chance, apple..

edit: hah i just realized there are a ton of threads on this.. well still.. $70!!
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crikeys!! how about down here in australia. $109!!! :eek: i'll pass on this one.

aussie_geek
 
craigatkinson said:
Does anyone know if it works with windows yet?
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I read (on another swedish mac-forum) that it worked fine under Windows XP. I don't know if you can program all the buttons, but the left/right-click and scroll button worked fine. I think the Wireless Mighty Mouse will work under 10.3.9 and forward. But the Mighty Mouse software will probably not work, but USB Overdrive (or a similiar app) will give you access to the special-buttons.
 
craigatkinson said:
Do you have windows? Does it work with windows? Does anyone know if it works with windows yet?
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DId you even read the page you're on? I already posted that.
 
philbeeney said:
With people oooooo-ing and aaahhhhh-ing about the new BT Mighty Mouse, you can only use it with Tiger 10.4.6.
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NEWSFLASH
Wrong. Page 4 of the intruction manual

10.4.6 or higher - full functionality - Enable or disable scrolling, assign primary and secondary buttons, activate Expose, display dashboard, open spotlight, enable screen zoom, switch and open applications

10.4.3 Optional scrolling, assign primary/secondary buttons, activate expose, display dash, open Spot, switch apps, open apps

10.3.9 Assign primary/secndary, activate expose, Display dash in 10.4 +

10.3.8 and earlier Use as a multibutton scrolling mouse


And to the other person it DOES work in windows, as for 10.3.8
 
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