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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 8:51 am

Apple introduces Mighty Mouse
Apple Computer announced a new generation of computer mice that lets users scroll in any direction and program up to four seperate programmable buttons. A device for "natural, fluid movements" letting users scroll vertically, horizontally and diagonally.

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by **TK19** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 9:20 am

Are you planning on buying one? :wink:

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 9:21 am

depends on how much it costs.

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by **TK19** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 9:22 am

Well its $49 U.S.

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 9:34 am

TK19 wrote:Well its $49 U.S.

Well, I live in Australia.

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by **TK19** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 10:17 am

Antony wrote:Well, I live in Australia.

Yes, but I'm sure there is somebody on this forum that can translate US dollars to Austrailia dollars.

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 10:21 am

TK19 wrote:
Antony wrote:Well, I live in Australia.
Yes, but I'm sure there is somebody on this forum that can translate US dollars to Austrailia dollars.

I know, and the Apple Store AU does not have the Mighty Mouse yet (at time of speaking).

A widget in OS X Tiger would do the currency conversion, but I won't get it from the States.

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by **DJGM** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 11:12 am

According to the current rates on the XE.com Universal Currency Converter . . . US$49.00 = AU$64.07

Anyway, it's about time Apple started to offer a mouse with more than just one button! Why it's taken them so
long to produce a proper mouse on which you can context click with one hand rather than two, I don't know!

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 11:19 am

DJGM wrote:According to the current rates on the XE.com Universal Currency Converter . . . US$49.00 = AU$64.07

Anyway, it's about time Apple started to offer a mouse with more than just one button! Why it's taken them so
long to produce a proper mouse on which you can context click with one hand rather than two, I don't know!

high quality assurance internal testing?
And the elegant design with high technology underneath it takes time.

OR perhaps the license of obtaining a new technology.

The highlight of this mouse is not the multi-button, but the multi-angle scrolling (which is not really new).

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 9:05 pm

Just called an Apple retailer, the initial supply of the new Apple Mighty Mouse will be in mid-August. :-(

NOT fair.

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by **Antony** » Thu 04 Aug, 2005 1:50 am

Got my Mighty Mouse!

The same shop said they had it today, and I picked mine up. I don't know where "mid-August" was from.

I will post photo shortly

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by **Ron Williams** » Thu 04 Aug, 2005 1:58 am

That mouse looks awesome. I dont think it would go with my computer though, the case is jet black and blue and the monitor is silver. As for me I will pass. I hope they re name it something better than mighty mouse, it reminds me of a 50's cartoon with mickey mouse "i'll save you".

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by **Antony** » Thu 04 Aug, 2005 2:51 am

My Mighty Mouse next to Pro Mouse.

More pictures are available at i got my Mighty! (AntBlog701, 4 August 2005)

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by **Antony** » Thu 04 Aug, 2005 3:44 am

Well, guess what?

Antony is not used to multi-button mouse. So he adjusted the preference to single button usage:

Horizontal scrolling is really useful, Antony also hates horizontal scrolling. (Antony does not open any browser windows in full screen size, usually around 800 pixel wide.)

See also using Apple's single-button mouse.

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by **DJGM** » Thu 04 Aug, 2005 3:52 am

Antony wrote:Well, guess what?

Antony is not used to multi-button mouse. So he adjusted the preference to single button usage:

See also using Apple's single-button mouse.

What's the point of getting a mouse with more than one button, if you're only going to use it in
single button mode? That's like buying a keyboard, and only using it for the consonant keys!

You might as well have stuck with the single button Pro Mouse.

Single button mice are so pre-1983!

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