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Apple's rodent revelation

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Sneak has been watching with some bemusement the sheer amount of media coverage given to Apple's latest product. No, it isn't a new release of the world-beating Unix-based Mac OS X operating system, but…. a mouse. Yes, that's right a mouse. With more than one button.
Twenty years later than everyone else, Apple has finally discovered that a single-button mouse is a little bit limiting on your input options.
But strictly speaking, the Mighty Mouse doesn't have buttons, but sensors that detect which side of its upper surface you are pressing; "Capacitive sensors under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where your fingers are and predict your clicking intentions, so you don’t need two buttons - just two fingers."
By an amazing coincidence, this is precisely what Sneak will need the next time Apple wants to talk about its latest 'innovation'.

04 Aug 2005

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<p>Mac users are so sad with their tired jibes at Microsoft. Face facts. Its a Microsoft world.<br /> and you guys need to stop writing all those viruses to attack Microsoft.</p> <p>The mouse has two buttons..........so what.</p>

Posted by: Topher 19 Aug 2005

<p>Don't be so blind, Mac fanatics. I'm a pure Apple user, but even I see that this is just a mouse. So Apple finally gets around to making something that everyone else has, big deal. I wonder if they're going to end up packing it in with new Macs, I've got a drawer full of worthless one button mice dating back to my Powermac 8600.</p>

Posted by: me 08 Aug 2005

<p>Hahahaaa...</p> <p>You get your two fingers at the ready, and us Mac users will use ours to point and laugh as you battle with your infected machines and crappy OS.</p>

Posted by: Man_D 05 Aug 2005

<p>Apple IS an innovative company... Microsoft IS NOT.</p> <p>Apple produced the first PDA... Newton... but it was too big etc.</p> <p>Apple produced the first consumer digital camera... QuickTake... but it was too soon.</p> <p>Apple produced the first user-friendly computer interface, and still is, not to mention the most secure. No viruses, spyware, worms, trojan horses, to speak of (yet).</p> <p>Mac OSX rated secure: <a href="http://www.techdictionary.com/spywareinfo/index.html"><a href="http://www.techdictionary.com/spywareinfo/index.html">http://www.techdictionary.com/spywareinfo/index.html</a></a></p> <p>I feel sorry for those who STILL have to use Windows... those in enterprise and hard-core gamers.. but for "the rest of us" - we're quite happy, and safe.</p> <p>With Apple switching to Intel there may be more products out for Apple users, but most of us have what we need, and not what we don't (viruses).</p>

Posted by: geomguy 04 Aug 2005

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