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Review of Apple's "Mighty Mouse"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-waiting-for-mine-to-ship dept.

hanser writes "Ars Technica is running an in-depth review of the new Apple "Mighty Mouse." From the review: "As it turns out, Apple blew the description of its "aural feedback" and "touch sensitivity" out of proportion and led most of us to believe that 1) there was some sort of speaker built into the mouse with synthetic mouse sounds coming out of it, and 2) the shell might be solid-state touch-sensitive like our beloved iPod wheels.""

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  1. Not as versatile as a normal multi-button mouse by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Informative

    The "innovative" virtual button design is great for letting people use it as a single-button or multi-button mouse, but the consequence is that it doesn't do everything a normal multi-button mouse can do. Namely, it can't click both the left and right button at the same time, and register them as a (left+right) click. Instead, (according to the review) it just gets registered as a left click. Additionally, people who rest their fingers on the mouse buttons are going to be annoyed, because they have to lift their index finger in order to right-click.

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  2. Logitech MX1000 by ThinkFr33ly · · Score: 3, Informative

    For $41 I can get the Logitech MX1000 laser mouse.

    It uses a real laser (as opposed to a red LED and a camera) for tracking, has an ergonomic design, is wireless, has a recharging stand, battery indicator, 8 buttons (left, right, forward, back, "tasks", scroll up, scroll down), and a up/down/left/right tilt wheel.

    I use this thing for everything from Photoshop to Counter Strike, and it is BY FAR the best mouse I've ever used, corded or not. Never jumps around. Is incredibly accurate. Extremely comfortable. Battery lasts a very long time. It's just great.

    Can somebody tell me why I would want the Apple mouse? Oh... ya... because Apple made it. My bad.

  3. Re: planned? by gidds · · Score: 3, Informative
    Ah, but they do do something on the old mouse: they let you keep the main button pressed while lifting the mouse off the desk. Which is vital if you need to drag something across the screen and run out of desk space.

    Goodness knows how you do that with the new mouse...

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