05/06/2003, 3:50pm, EDT

Tuesday, May 6th

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Apple quietly debuts new keyboard, mouse

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Several readers note that Apple's new eMac line includes a new Apple Keyboard with a centralized USB hub (the ports are now on either side of the keyboard connector in the back, rather than other either end of the old Keyboard.). The eMac also ships with a new Apple Pro Mouse, though the changes are not immediately noticeable. It is unclear whether the new peripherals will ship with other destkop Macs, including the iMac and the Power Mac.

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Apple has posted a gallery with some images of the new eMac.

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111996 05/06, 4:06pm, EDT Mouse difference

It looks like there's no dial to adjust click effort.

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111999 05/06, 4:12pm, EDT Sigh.....

When is Apple going to wake up to the two button w/ wheel mouse? We buy a Mac, we dump the mouse, every time. It should at least be an option.

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112000 05/06, 4:16pm, EDT no longer "Pro Mouse"

Did y'all notice? The back now says "Mouse" instead of "Pro Mouse" like it used to. Does this mean that Apple is finally ready to release a REAL mouse instead of that worthless hunk of plastic that gets shoved into the closet immediately after purchase. (My place of work has a bag with over a dozen of those stupid plastic rats -- we replace ours with Intellimouse Explorers.)

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112001 05/06, 4:17pm, EDT Quietly is right.

These new kb and mouse are cost-cutter compromises. Nothing more, nothing less.

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112002 05/06, 4:19pm, EDT also....

and 10.2.6

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112003 05/06, 4:28pm, EDT BS

Go buy a f*cking mouse and stop bitching!

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112005 05/06, 4:31pm, EDT OS 9 Booting

The tech specs page says that the CD-ROM and Combo drive models can still boot into Mac OS 9, even though these all are AirPort Extreme capable. Does this make the low-end eMacs the only OS 9-booting machines with AirPort Extreme?

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112007 05/06, 4:38pm, EDT I love the Pro Mouse

I have no trouble with the current or 1st. Apple Pro Mouse... I ditched the Logitech MX700 and Optical WheelMouse and going back to the Pro Mouse.

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112008 05/06, 4:40pm, EDT 1 button mouse

why still cryin' about that one or two buttons ? i don't get it. it's tradition, it belongs to apple, want a extra knob ? why don't push the control button while clicking ? why is windows still ugly ? don't cry about it, it's tradition ....

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112011 05/06, 4:44pm, EDT mice

sheesh. i manage a few dozen school macs - imacs and cubes and such - the mice only fail when the kids torture them. what are we missing with one-button mice?

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