Magic Mouse
31/10/09 20:05
I just bought myself Apple's new Magic Mouse. Not only because the Mighty Mouse was an epic fail on Apple's part, but also because the damn scroll ball on my Mighty Mouse was shot to shit and only worked when it felt like it. And hey, I don't want to hear you saying "just use a post-it note", because I tried that, along with a lot of swearing and temper tantrums, attempting to tell a hunk of plastic and silcon to work the way I wanted it to.
Anyway, when I got home and opened up the sleek little case the Magic Mouse came in, I hopped on the ol' iMac and jumped right in. As per usual, I left the user manuals for the computer iliterate and instantly went into my bluetooth preferences to pair the mouse with my iMac. It all worked fine, until I tried to scroll, using the awesome new scrolling technique. To my surprise, the damn thing wasn't scrolling – the same issue with the Mighty Mouse I was replacing – but then I had the great idea of looking for software updates. No surprise, there was "Wireless Mouse Software Update for Snow Leopard 1.0" in my Software Updates. I downloaded the relatively massive update (63.9MB. I say relatively because that's a decent size for a glorified mouse driver) and restarted my computer. When the computer booted, it took a second for the mouse to connect, but after it did, it worked perfectly.
After I worked out that kink, I got to use the mouse to find out the reason Apple named it "Magic". The reason? It honestly feels as though it's powered by magic. This thing just glides across your desk like a puck on an air hockey table. It scrolls so smoothly. And best of all, it feels great. The design just works so damn well.
I tested out a few of the features Apple displays on the back of the box and found that they work just as advertised. Although, I have no idea why they started advertising the ability to zoom so vigorously, because I've been doing that since I got my MacBook, last year.
Anyway, if you use the Mighty Mouse and think that it's a piece of shit, I highly recommend you fork out A$100 for this slice of geek heaven, because it surpasses all of my expectations and doesn't have a pesky scroll ball that decides to lock up on you whenever it feels like it.
Anyway, when I got home and opened up the sleek little case the Magic Mouse came in, I hopped on the ol' iMac and jumped right in. As per usual, I left the user manuals for the computer iliterate and instantly went into my bluetooth preferences to pair the mouse with my iMac. It all worked fine, until I tried to scroll, using the awesome new scrolling technique. To my surprise, the damn thing wasn't scrolling – the same issue with the Mighty Mouse I was replacing – but then I had the great idea of looking for software updates. No surprise, there was "Wireless Mouse Software Update for Snow Leopard 1.0" in my Software Updates. I downloaded the relatively massive update (63.9MB. I say relatively because that's a decent size for a glorified mouse driver) and restarted my computer. When the computer booted, it took a second for the mouse to connect, but after it did, it worked perfectly.
After I worked out that kink, I got to use the mouse to find out the reason Apple named it "Magic". The reason? It honestly feels as though it's powered by magic. This thing just glides across your desk like a puck on an air hockey table. It scrolls so smoothly. And best of all, it feels great. The design just works so damn well.
I tested out a few of the features Apple displays on the back of the box and found that they work just as advertised. Although, I have no idea why they started advertising the ability to zoom so vigorously, because I've been doing that since I got my MacBook, last year.
Anyway, if you use the Mighty Mouse and think that it's a piece of shit, I highly recommend you fork out A$100 for this slice of geek heaven, because it surpasses all of my expectations and doesn't have a pesky scroll ball that decides to lock up on you whenever it feels like it.
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