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G5 Comes with 2 buttoned mouse!
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Interesting...
Would be great to see/read some verification on this. I'm quite suprised nobody seems to have a G5 yet? I'd have thought many folks around here would be the first to get one.
I can't really make out what is going on in that picture. But imho it is good news if it is indeed true.
Would be great to see/read some verification on this. I'm quite suprised nobody seems to have a G5 yet? I'd have thought many folks around here would be the first to get one.
I can't really make out what is going on in that picture. But imho it is good news if it is indeed true.
It seems too much like a "tacked" on feature to be an official Apple product...wouldn't they do something a bit more...drastic/evolutionary or at least a slight case redesign for this sort of thing?
That looks interesting, but I don't think it's a second button. It looks like a simple case redesign for ergonomic reasons - perhaps a place for your thumb to rest.
It would be nice if Apple would start offering a two button scroll mouse as an option on computers or an additional product.
It would be nice if Apple would start offering a two button scroll mouse as an option on computers or an additional product.
Um, I don't think that's a second button on the side. If I recall correctly (since I don't have Pro Mouse here at work), there have always been those "mold lines" down the sides of the mouse. It's just a side design effect from having the whole mouse be a button that rocks back and forth.
The clear Apple mouse has always had "ears" on the side that allow you to keep it clicked when you lift it up.
I don't think it could be that. Apple mice have always catered for left and right handed people i.e are symmetrical. That's taking into account 5 different revisions (I think that's all of them) Thinking about it, if your brand new G5 came with a 2 buttened mouse wouldn't you take a slightly better, more detailed photo?
If I had a G5 system, I'd say screw the mouse, I'd be taking high res pictures of the G5...take it's side panel off and take some "topless" pics of it and drool...mmm...dual G5s...free those twins!
It is somewhat different than my pro mouse. The area where the thumb hold is on the left side is far longer than it is on my mouse and could possibly be a button. The thumb hold on the right side is visisble and far smaller like the ones on previous mice.
Well, I'm left handed, but a lifetime of having to deal with contoured mice/joysticks made for right handed only customers, I've become accustomed to using my right hand so even if I had a left handed mouse, it'd feel weird. Not to mention, the mouse pointer would be pointed the wrong way...
not to restart a dead thread... but... what?? flip the mouse over?
mkay...
and no, apple would never stick it to the lefties. too many high-ups at Apple *are* lefties.
pnw
Awesome! It's always good to find out that there are lefties in a position of power...mwahaha! I remember growing up my 2nd grade teacher would hit me with a ruler and call me a sinner for writing with my left hand...I wish the world wasn't so right-hand centric, but what can you do?
PS--Where are the Leftoriums!
PS--Where are the Leftoriums!
I wouldn't say that I'm in a position of power but I am another Lefty Mac user. Is there a support group for people like me???
i think macpolls should make a poll...who is
- right-handed
- left-handed, uses mouse in right hand
- left-handed, uses left-handed mouse
Well I am left handed and use the trackpad on my PowerBook with my right index finger when I use it (hardly ever do since I am a big fan of keyboard combinations for everything)
I've always used my mouse with my left hand. I recently got a trackball and I use that with my left hand. The few times I have tried to use a mouse with my right hand it was very slow going. I generally use my left hand on the trackpad of my powerbook.
not an issue with me, i think that is why i use the keyboard so much, have to keep them both occupied and in sight.
favorably i am left handed, but through school, i ended up having to use my right hand due to the schools set up. after a while i had to ware a brace due to pains in my forearm and wrist, at the time i was doing a lot of animation/design work... it always angered me that i was put in situations where i was not capable of using my favorable hand and now i find it just plain inconsiderate when i go out and have no option, i.e. pee cee mice. i can mouse around for hours with no symptoms ever with my left hand, but after a few hours with my right, the pains come back so the only happy medium, because i will just grab the mouse with which ever hand in closets, even at home due to my own neglect, i now use the keyboard as much as possible.
that is my sob story, feel free to play your mini violins for me =)
favorably i am left handed, but through school, i ended up having to use my right hand due to the schools set up. after a while i had to ware a brace due to pains in my forearm and wrist, at the time i was doing a lot of animation/design work... it always angered me that i was put in situations where i was not capable of using my favorable hand and now i find it just plain inconsiderate when i go out and have no option, i.e. pee cee mice. i can mouse around for hours with no symptoms ever with my left hand, but after a few hours with my right, the pains come back so the only happy medium, because i will just grab the mouse with which ever hand in closets, even at home due to my own neglect, i now use the keyboard as much as possible.
that is my sob story, feel free to play your mini violins for me =)