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New PowerBooks, Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
no_demons writes "This morning Apple iCEO Steve Jobs gave the keynote at the Apple Expo in Paris. The whole PowerBook line up got an upgrade, with the 15" model now sporting the much rumoured goods (1.25GHz, backlit keyboard, bluetooth, Airport Extreme), available from today. Apple also announced a new wireless keyboard and mouse."
Not to slay a slashdot sacred iCow or anything, but isn't it kind of pointless to call Steve Jobs's Apple Expo/Macworld speeches "keynotes" when he gives them every flippin' time? I mean, who else is gonna give the thing? *half-heartedly hopes for Moof the Dogcow*
It seems a real shame that apple decided to put four heavy batteries in them. Couldn't they be more innovitve?
Why don't they generate the power from the users keystrokes, or send little eltrical signals over the bluetooth protocol?
My ordinary USB mice don't need batteries, so I don't think that a bluetooth mouse should.
Nero-burning ROM for Linux!
Damn! I can see it already...
My boss asking me to change the batteries in his mouse every day.
"I used to have that really cool,funny sig
From the Mouse specs:
... Why not put two contacts on the bottom and create a USB powered charging base, like the Logitech etc cordless mice.
Power Source:
Uses 2 AA Lithium Non-Rechargeable Batteries (included), on/off switch
Another stunning lack of innovation
I suppose because most people still wouldn't get this for an aftermarket mouse as it has no scroll wheel. Come on Apple! Put your flat-scroll wheel patent to work! Let's at least see something!
I also hate the way they talk about having a single button as being "easy and comfortable to use, regardless of the size of your hand". What a way to talk up a mouse for simpletons!
Anyway... love the computers...
-Pete
Go ahead, show me another vendor that has a wireless, one-button mouse.
Can't find one? A-ha! That's right! Apple innovates again!
(How's that for spin
-- james
you'd probably just get nerf-gunned by someone who stores his mountain bike over his cubicle
It'd also be a nice touch if they'd have put USB ports on the keyboard, that could "tunnel" through the bluetooth back to the computer.
Actually I think they should've had an inflatable kitchen sink pop up when I press ctrl-option-delete on the keyboard, but sure, throw in that USB thing too.
Steve Jobs - kitchen sink and USB. Are you listening?
The market also decided that VHS is better than Beta, that Windows is better than all other comers, and that Britney Spears is listenable.
Do they come with free magnifying glasses?
My mouse has four buttons and two wheels.
Huh, that's nothing. My mouse has ten buttons, precision crosshairs and has - in place of scrollwheels - a small mousepad on top complete with a tiny mouse that I operate with my little finger.
On the other side of the map, in a sick irony, there's my father (lost to Windows because of its apparent cheapness). I swear, it seems like he never uses his left mouse button. He just found the right-button one day and now he has no grasp of what the term "default action" means. I'm always like, "Open that!" And he's like, "Ok, Hmmm, let's see, Open, Edit, Play, Add to Archive, Scan for Viruses, Send to:, Delete, Cut, Paste, Properties..."
And I'm like, "Damn it, LEFT BUTTON! LEFT BUTTON!"