08/03/2005, 1:40pm, EDT

Wednesday, August 3rd

Ars offers first look at Apple's Mighty Mouse

ArsTechnica has posted a first look at Apple's Mighty Mouse, a new corded, four-button mouse released yesterday. The review notes that the mouse offers aural feedback via the Mac for the "subtle clicking sound" as you roll the scrollwheel and the "faint click" when squeezing the mouse, while the mouse click is generated from the mouse itelf. "When all is said and done, all of the the Apple PR on the Mighty Mouse product page is a bit much. As a poster in the Mac Ach succinctly observed, 'this thing isn't as revolutionary as one may think. It's just nice to have an Apple mouse with a frickin' scroll button and right click.'" The author concludes that Apple should package the Mighty Mouse with new Macs, but notes the short cord, lack of wireless Bluetooth connectivity, and poor posiitioning of side-buttons as cons. (AppleInsider and DetroitMac have also posted detailed reviews.)

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smoke-tetsu

Short Cord

08/03, 2:53pm, EDT

It seems like they don't realize the cord is shorter because on the mac you plug it to the keyboard. On the same token I could then list the length of a mouse meant for the PC as a minus because yau get excessive length. On my starck mouse I have the excess rolled and tied up.

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just a poster

When does Ars

08/03, 3:20pm, EDT

say anything positive about Apple products? They positively gush about DELL's me-too, cheaply-assembled offerings but always find a bone to pick with anything Apple makes.

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magness

whee

08/03, 6:44pm, EDT

But Look... *points* Apple... *point* *point* mouse *point* two buttons *point* WOOOOOO!! *sigh* Ok where do I get the "Apple Tool" t-shirt

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LouZer

Re: When does Ars...

08/03, 11:26pm, EDT

They say good things about apple products all the time. However, they're more likely not just going to roll over and bark like a dog just because Apple releases a product.

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GORDYmac

For the record...

08/04, 7:07am, EDT

It's still a one button mouse...

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trikster

Short Cord

08/04, 8:59am, EDT

smoke-tetsu - maybe you would plug it into your keyboard but I have a wireless keyboard so would have to plug it into the back of my iMac G5!

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trikster

Re: When does Ars...

08/04, 9:08am, EDT

"just a poster" - I don't see your point. The review seems to have several positive things to say about the mouse. Talking about the scroll ball, the phrase "I absolutely love it" does sound fairly positive, no? They do have a few negative points which - on the face of it at least - do sound justified.

The point about the cord length does need to be raised. Not everyone will have a corded keyboard to plug it into. Unfortunately even Apple don't mention that point on their tech spec page which I think is unfortunate.

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Ars...

08/04, 12:20pm, EDT

Ars is pretty cool with the Mac. As they state, they are "platform agnostic", which means that they generally don't give in as easily to Steve's RDF. But, there are a lot of Mac fans at Ars. I don't think it's fair to bash them because they point out the bad as well as the good.

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Deal

Like anything

08/04, 3:38pm, EDT

Get one, try it, you like it-use it, you don't-toss it on the dumpster full of 2 year old Dells that had to be upgraded.

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