Apple’s Multi-Button Mouse

2 Aug, 2005 at 7:25pm ET Article published in Tech

In some rather shocking news, Apple has decided to finally release a multi-button mouse. The cute little thing is dubbed “Mighty Mouse” and has four main features.

Like its namesake, Mighty Mouse puts powerful precision in a pint-sized package. With all its clicking capability tucked neatly under the seamless top shell, Mighty Mouse boasts drop-dead good looks, too. And then there’s that ingenious Scroll Ball — the tiniest such mechanism ever used in an input device. No wonder it’s a wonder.

Must restrain… myself…

Source: Apple

Comments

2 Aug 2005 ~ 7:35pm RADA Gee, go figure. Apple is 20+ years behind the power curve here, and still act like they discovered how to make gold from lead.
2 Aug 2005 ~ 8:16pm Spinner Must restrain... myself...
2 Aug 2005 ~ 9:51pm TheSmJ Well gee! It looks like I can throw away my MX700.
2 Aug 2005 ~ 11:01pm RWB So... beautiful.

Should have sent....

a poet.
2 Aug 2005 ~ 11:32pm Komete It looks like something my wifes gyno put on her stomach the last time she was pregnant.
5 Aug 2005 ~ 3:50am Thrax Crap.
5 Aug 2005 ~ 2:32pm RADA

Thrax wrote:

Crap.

Well said Thrax,

Thou dost have grand, verbose way withe thee English language,
5 Aug 2005 ~ 3:12pm profdlp

Mighty Mouse even sounds as good as it feels. The audio feedback built into Mighty Mouse provides an aural sensation that responds to your movements. When you scroll or click, Mighty Mouse produces subtle sound effects based on your actions.

So let's see, it makes a (no-doubt irritating) noise to tell you what you just did. (As if you didn't already know.)

Reminds me of my ex-wife.
5 Aug 2005 ~ 6:36pm Preacher It's natural for a company to brag about its products, but Apple's "half-truth" press releases are beyond sycophantic.

"Apple...we love ourselves and so should all of you."
5 Aug 2005 ~ 7:55pm profdlp And how long will it take for them to sell a million of these things, with every one of their core enthusiasts gushing about what a breakthrough achievement this is...
5 Aug 2005 ~ 9:51pm Preacher Reminds me of when Apple sued Microsoft for copying their GUI that Apple copied from Xerox's PARC Lab....