“Buy Apple’s new Magic Mouse,” Jason Nunes said to me after I complained of wanting (oh so bad) a mouse for my Mac that would allow give me the beautiful power of my MacBook trackpad.
Nunes wasn’t sure of the Magic Mouse’s exact magical powers — he seems to do most of his excessive computing from his iPhone — but I allowed myself to be hopeful. Still, I had no idea. None.
If you are a Mac user and you want two-button mouse functionality + wireless functionality + the ability (and this is the best) to scroll with that same finger + (can you believe there’s more?) to do a two-finger swipe (to advance and retreat through Web pages), then you’ve just got to pick up the Magic Mouse.
And at only $69!
Do I sound like an Apple products salesman? I should be, at least for the Magic Mouse. This seemingly simple device doesn’t offer any stunning bells and whistles, but mousing, clicking, scrolling is at the heart of all of my professional productivity and pleasure, and using the Magic Mouse has stunningly increased the speed and ease with which I work.
Go, go Magic Mouse!
December 11th, 2009 12:09 pm
I love mine. Two huge bell and whistles are momentum scrolling and two axis scrolling. The only downside I can see so far is how sensitive the tracking is. Try moving around in google maps- I find that panning can trigger a wild zoo. From the slightest finger movement. I’m hoping that Apple gives us a way to adjust the scroll sensitivity for times when translation is detected.