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Multibutton mouse on apples site

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I saw a post that the store went down and checked it out. Got on apples site and saw a muti button apple mouse on the main screen.

Powerbook arrives tomorrow. might have to go pick up one of these as well..
 
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Awesome news. And I too am picking up a PowerBook soon, and this mouse is great news for me!
 
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It's so cool! It looks really slick. I might have to replace my BT Keyboard and mouse with this and a regular keyboard. :D
 
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finally apple has decided to join with the rest of the world and issue a multi-button mouse. definately good news! :biohazard
 
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This was a very smart move for Apple. I guess Steve gotta lot of bad feed-back about the 1-button mouse being easier to use.
 
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It's not really a multi-button mouse...it's single button, with two touch sensors on either side.
Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today’s multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so much clicking to do? Thanks to a smooth top shell with touch-sensitive technology beneath, Mighty Mouse allows you to right click without a right button. Capacitive sensors under Mighty Mouse’s seamless top shell detect where your fingers are and predict your clicking intentions, so you don’t need two buttons — just two fingers.
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The software allows you to specify whether you have two buttons, a button and a "hot key" for Dashboard or Expose or something, or just one button.

Not bad, but I see no reason to get one.
[EDIT: It might be considered a "four button" mouse, since it will also accept "squeezes" and clicks on the scroll ball."]
 
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I will have to stop by the apple store this week to try that out.
 
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Finally.
 
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Mine is on it's way.... I don't really care for the two button... Although it is nice... It's the scroll I have been wanting. Makes navigating timelines in FCP and Motion so much easier. But now I don't have to give up the one button look.
 
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I probably won't buy it since I have the apple bt mouse. If they released this with BT and rechargeable batteries I would be all over it
 
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I'll stay with my Apple BT mouse. It's great as long as i have a spare set of batteries recharged. :p
 
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tempting but ill wait to try one out and then wait again till they bring out a BT version of it :p
 
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nyone knows what's the sensitivity of this mouse?...
800dpi, 1600dpi?....
 
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trpnmonkey41 said:
I probably won't buy it since I have the apple bt mouse. If they released this with BT and rechargeable batteries I would be all over it
Click to expand...

I'm sure they will at some point. The wired mouse may even become standard product in the future.
 
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Hmm...well, it looks nice, and it's functionalities seem to be interesting too...
Yet I will have to first test it before I can make any further judgement about it.
An Apple mouse was always special because of it's way to click (one-click), now it's still special, because there's no click at all. :cool:
 
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my dad just ordered it for his powermac...no big deal
 
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I went to the local apple store and tried the mouse out. The middle scroll ball feels a little weird to me, but I like it. I reserved one at the store and I should get it tomorrow.
 

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