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knobtwirler wrote:

wow, such an expensive mouse, yet so tempting cause it's so precise, comfortable, and exact in operation! The thing I love about it the most is you aren't sliding your hand all over a desktop, just rolling two fingers and clicking with "surgical" precision and efficiency of movement. Does the Magic Mouse work that way, just like a trackpad instead of sliding the pointer all over your desk? If so, that is its greatest strength. If not, then it's lame.

I remember using a mouse like that, at my local library, my thumb really started to hurt after only 5 minutes of rolling the ball around.

Your thumb! Then you weren't using a mouse like that at all!

I did a lot of comparison of the proportions of the keys when it first got mine. Save for the escape and function keys, the sections of the keyboards are within a couple millimeters of EVERY of full size mac keyboard I could find. There is a gap between the base of the key. Unlike older keyboards the tops of the keys are actually larger. In fact the base of the keys were exactly 2 mm smaller than the base of the old styles and 2 mm larger than the top of the same keys measure 2 mm smaller than the tops. Given the padding those key are in the same positions. It took a lot of getting used to the difference in the key height and travel distance though.

And that I'd never argue. Different people have different needs and that one is pretty different from the normal range of options in that respect.

Proportions and layout on the other hand... it just isn't so.

Pariah wrote:

avkills wrote:

I will defend the aluminum keyboard (full size with numeric keypad).  It is quite nice and I actually prefer it over the traditional push button styles.

-mark

If the action on them weren't so soft, squishy and indistinct and the proportions of the keys weren't all wrong, I might like them because they are a good looking KB.

The proporti

NightCougar_37 wrote:

Gimmie a way to plug it in and i'd consider it. Until self recharging batteries are in everything, no way you can convince me a wireless is better than wired in the long run. Batteries run out, die, and need charging. Even if it lasts days on a charge, its always when you need it that it dies. Then theres also considerations on the wireless transmitter/etc. I've seen plenty of those die before in other devices.

This just seems like an expensive toy that will garner rave reviews at first...millions will buy them...then millions will hate them later. Someone please stop Apple from trying to reinvent things that aren't broken. The R&D costs from things like this would be better spent elsewhere...like I dunno...a $1-2k non server processor based tower that is just as upgradeable? ...or at least some new case designs .

I have had this Logitech LX6 wireless mouse since last year, I use my computer a lot and of yet needed to replace the battery's (2 energizer battery's). For $30 bucks I was skeptical at first, but it has been a great mouse with clickable scroll wheel, and left and right buttons. Now Apple's Magic Mouse at $69 is priced to high for me. I can get a aftermarket keyboard and mouse combo for that price.

I tried the new mouse out at a local Best Buy a couple of days ago, and it worked pretty well.  The gestures I tried worked well as did the left and right click.  The response to the gestures was snappy.  I think I'll keep my Logitech though as the shape didn't really fit my hand.

I didn't get to really put it through it's paces, but it worked better than I thought it would.

Last edited by Imperial (2009-10-26 12:17 pm)

Imperial wrote:

I tried the new mouse out at a local Best Buy a couple of days ago, and it worked pretty well.  The gestures I tried worked well as did the left and right click.  The response to the gestures was snappy.  I think I'll keep my Logitech though as the shape didn't really fit my hand.

I didn't get to really put it through it's paces, but it worked better than I thought it would.

How smooth is the cursor movement? Is it up there with a good laser mouse?

avkills wrote:

Pariah wrote:

avkills wrote:

I will defend the aluminum keyboard (full size with numeric keypad).  It is quite nice and I actually prefer it over the traditional push button styles.

-mark

If the action on them weren't so soft, squishy and indistinct and the proportions of the keys weren't all wrong, I might like them because they are a good looking KB.

The proporti

Hmmm, that is interesting.  Heh heh.


-mark

It is a laser mouse though ... Oh and has anyone seen one of these for sale yet? I went to an apple store today and the hadn't got an in yet.

I used the Magic Mouse yesterday. It was nice, totally the opposite experience I had with the Mighty Mouse. I only used it for a few minutes though.

That's the sort of combination I consider from tim to time. My mouse cord snags in my rolltop desk and it have to spend some time unsnagging it a few times a day.

Just got mine.
It's fairly right on the sensitivity, and it's probably just a matter of getting used to it.
The top surface should have been mat like the trackpads IMO, for better gliding.
It's a bit wide and heavy to my taste, but that might be because of my previous mouse.

For now I'm pretty happy. Also; it's gorgeous.

In store, Hong Kong
A friend ordered online, he hasn't gotten it yet..

Last edited by pirloui (2009-11-04 9:26 am)