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Will new Magic Mouse work on a glass table?
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GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
I seriously doubt it, or they would have mentioned it in their marketing as a feature, like Logitech did with their Performance Mouse MX and their Anywhere Mouse MX.
em...from Apple's site..
Laser-Tracking Engine
Magic Mouse uses powerful laser tracking thats far more sensitive and responsive on more surfaces than traditional optical tracking. That means it tracks with precision on nearly every surface whether its a table at your favourite cafe or the desk in your home office without the need for a mousepad
Just wanted some clarification. Maybe on frosted glass is will work, the frosting might be enough for the laser not to go straight through and work perhaps
Laser-Tracking Engine
Magic Mouse uses powerful laser tracking thats far more sensitive and responsive on more surfaces than traditional optical tracking. That means it tracks with precision on nearly every surface whether its a table at your favourite cafe or the desk in your home office without the need for a mousepad
Just wanted some clarification. Maybe on frosted glass is will work, the frosting might be enough for the laser not to go straight through and work perhaps
Outrigger
macrumors 68000
gizmodo has already included in their review that it does will not work on glass surfaces and it does not have the advanced tracking as the new logitech performance series mice just introduced.
http://gizmodo.com/5385834/apple-magic-mouse-hands-on
It doesn't seem to say anything about testing on glass tables. or am I missing something?
It doesn't seem to say anything about testing on glass tables. or am I missing something?
GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
Unfortunately No
Just got a Magic Mouse and I have a glass desk and it won't work without a mousepad or solid surface, Other than that I really like it so far, the scrolling and two finger gesturing is pretty cool. Hope this helps
Adam
Just got a Magic Mouse and I have a glass desk and it won't work without a mousepad or solid surface, Other than that I really like it so far, the scrolling and two finger gesturing is pretty cool. Hope this helps
Adam
I've seen a lot of posts saying that resurfacing glass for Magic Mouse won't work. I just tried 150 grit orbital sander sanding paper by hand. I did not use the orbital sander. Sanded making little circles. Did not take much sanding at all. 150 grit is the only one I tried, another finer grit might work better and not leave such deep scratches. If you look closely under light you can see scratches, but, what the hell, the mouse is working! Where glass is sanded, the mouse works, where it's not, it doesn't. The glass surface itself still seems fine for writing or whatever. I am glad that I went ahead and tried this in spite of recommendation that it wouldn't work. I despise mouse pads etc. Just want to put my mouse down and have it work... and now it does. Yea! YMMV