Mighty Mouse

Apple is finally selling a multibutton mouse. Since I don’t use a mouse with my PowerBook, I probably won’t be buying one. I really want to try it out to see how it works, though.

11 Comments

  1. August 2, 2005 7:38 am | Permalink

    My old M$ Optical Mouse is on it’s last legs… this could be perfect timing…

  2. August 2, 2005 9:33 pm | Permalink

    MIGHTY MOUSE?

    snicker

  3. August 3, 2005 7:28 am | Permalink

    Well it’s about f$%*ing time. OSX has been right-clickable and scrollable since at least 10.2. Why didn’t they make this mouse when they introduced OSX? As usual, this Apple product costs about 4 times more than it should.. there’s no way I am spending $50 on a mouse. I love the $20 MS mouse I have and I’m keeping it.

  4. August 3, 2005 12:06 pm | Permalink

    That scroll-ball is intriguing, at least. It’s annoying to view or edit large images like photos and be able to scroll vertically with the wheel, but then have to drag scrollbars to scroll horizontally.

  5. Paul The UnixCentric
    August 3, 2005 2:56 pm | Permalink

    Great idea. Stupid name. Bad price. That about covers it…

  6. Paul The UnixCentric
    August 11, 2005 2:30 pm | Permalink

    Looks like Apple let the mouse out before they managed to iron out the bugs. After reading this, I’ve lost interest in purchasing one of these… Especially at $79.99 CDN.

  7. Paul The UnixCentric
    August 11, 2005 2:31 pm | Permalink

    …er, for some reason, the href tag didn’t take. The “this” I refer to in the previous comment is here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050806042924384&lsrc=osxh

  8. August 11, 2005 3:24 pm | Permalink

    Best $45 I’ve ever spent on a mouse. I couldn’t be happier with mine.

  9. Paul The UnixCentric
    August 11, 2005 4:18 pm | Permalink

    $45? We should be so lucky, up here…

    You don’t find the buttons overly touchy, miscommunicated, or unresponsive?

  10. August 12, 2005 6:26 am | Permalink

    I played with one at the Apple Store the other day and really liked it. The roller ball was awesome. Unfortunately, they can’t keep them in stock so I’m on a wait list.

  11. August 12, 2005 7:52 am | Permalink

    >You don’t find the buttons overly touchy, miscommunicated, or unresponsive?

    Well to be honest I kind of expected all of that. But the features work as advertised and more importantly, the feel, is excellent.

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