Poll: OK apple, your touch-sensitive stuff has crossed a line.

[ironlordthemad]

i dont care about the mouse, i have an ipod touch and i never cared about apple stuff before that but the ipod touch swayed me to liking the series of technology
but the mouse?
i have a logitec lazer mouse for £10, why do i need a space age mouse that does the same thing

 

[Berethond]

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

Yes, because I am many things.
But ignorant is not one of them.

 

[siege_1302]

Better mousetrap, anyone?

 

[VicunaBlue]

Are you kidding me?

I'll admit that I've never been a fan of apple's one-button mouse...

FYI, Apple has been making two-button mice for like 5 years.

On topic, how is this a bad idea? I have a new Macbook with the multi-touch touch pad, and the thing is freaking amazing. This is basically that, but in a mouse: moving the mouse around like normal, but having the multi-touch options of their extremely elegant and smooth trackpad.

And for the record, it does have a button. The thing is a freaking button: you can click anywhere on the surface.

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

I'm sorry, I do not mean this in a troll way. I like apples computers, OS, and software for the most part. I REALLY dislike touch-sensitive stuff, I have used it, and found while they have found some interesting, and innovative (no quotes), ways of using it, I still prefer Button-things.

 

[Joshimodo]

I honestly can't imagine why anyone would want anything from Apple besides aesthetics, and even then, that's debatable.

I read about this new mouse earlier, and actually thought it was a joke. This is a god-awful design for a mouse. The current Mac mice are inane enough, this is just overkill.

I'll stick with my trackball, which is better than a normal mouse anyway:

Apple stuff is pretty, but that's it. For the price of a Macbook you can get a much better HP laptop. For the price of an iPod, you can get a Creative Zen (superior in every way except design).

Exactly. iPhone? No thanks, Palm Pre. Macbook? No thanks, Acer/Vaio (though I'm not a fan of laptops anyway). iPod? No thanks, Creative Zen. This mouse doesn't even compete with normal mice...At least Apple's other stuff actually gives reasons why you'd actually want them.

 

[Nullphantom]

That looks like it'd be harder to use than a regular mouse. There isn't anything wrong with a regular mouse so in my eyes there is no point in making a mouse like that. Why fix what isn't broke?

 

[Internet Kraken]

Holy shit. They expect me to pay 70$ for that when I can buy a 5$ mouse and have it serve the same purpose?

I just don't understand why anyone would waste money on that.

 

[Thaius]

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

Yes, because I am many things.
But ignorant is not one of them.

I'm not saying that every single person who dislikes Mac is ignorant: rather, it seems that most people here simply look at the picture and decide they know everything about it. But really, unless you read what they say about how it works (and for that matter, unless you've used the Macbook touchpads), you have no idea about how good of an idea it is.

Besides, the fact is that most people I've talked to who hate Macs are overwhelmingly ignorant about them. Thus, I've come to the conclusion that most people have no basis behind their Mac-hate beyond their own defensive and incomplete reasoning in a desperate attempt to defend Windows, the only OS they've truly known. Not everyone, but most people I've talked to, both online and off.

 

[DarkRyter]

It's so sleek, so smooth, almost voluptuous...

 

[the_joker1112]

personally, i go insane if i dont have a mouse wheel, so im giving this mouse an F.

hey apple!
give up! small is not cool or sleek! its annoying!

 

[Berethond]

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

Yes, because I am many things.
But ignorant is not one of them.

I'm not saying that every single person who dislikes Mac is ignorant: rather, it seems that most people here simply look at the picture and decide they know everything about it. But really, unless you read what they say about how it works (and for that matter, unless you've used the Macbook touchpads), you have no idea about how good of an idea it is.

Besides, the fact is that most people I've talked to who hate Macs are overwhelmingly ignorant about them. Thus, I've come to the conclusion that most people have no basis behind their Mac-hate beyond their own defensive and incomplete reasoning in a desperate attempt to defend Windows, the only OS they've truly known. Not everyone, but most people I've talked to, both online and off.

(Psssst I'm not the one-button guy [but those things were annoying as hell when they lasted])

What I think is funny is that my mouse has more functions than theirs, but yet they claim it does more than any mouse ever.
(It doesn't even have back/forward buttons functionality! I would die without those!)

 

[HaloHappy]

That's Apple for ya, made of 100% pure fail

 

[Thaius]

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

Yes, because I am many things.
But ignorant is not one of them.

I'm not saying that every single person who dislikes Mac is ignorant: rather, it seems that most people here simply look at the picture and decide they know everything about it. But really, unless you read what they say about how it works (and for that matter, unless you've used the Macbook touchpads), you have no idea about how good of an idea it is.

Besides, the fact is that most people I've talked to who hate Macs are overwhelmingly ignorant about them. Thus, I've come to the conclusion that most people have no basis behind their Mac-hate beyond their own defensive and incomplete reasoning in a desperate attempt to defend Windows, the only OS they've truly known. Not everyone, but most people I've talked to, both online and off.

(Psssst I'm not the one-button guy [but those things were annoying as hell when they lasted])

What I think is funny is that my mouse has more functions than theirs, but yet they claim it does more than any mouse ever.
(It doesn't even have back/forward buttons functionality! I would die without those!)

Yeah, I noticed that you weren't the OP and fixed it in an edit. Kind of assumed since I quoted him and you responded so quickly. My bad. But yeah, the one-button thing was annoying: the right-click is honestly the only innovation I'll actually give Microsoft credit for. Pretty much everything else was done by Mac 5-10 years earlier (I'm looking at you, Windows 7).

Like any Apple product, this mouse is a matter of a smooth, elegant experience. They're not trying to pass it off as a gaming mouse, though I'm sure with the right program or drivers it could pass as one (something I definitely wouldn't judge the quality of until I see it: it has potential, but could also be awkward). Point is, I think for just normal computer functionality, this would work great. It has a heck of a lot more features than your average mouse (please people, stop saying it can't scroll or right-click: it can, look at the freaking page): not your average gaming mouse, mind you, but your average mouse (which is a lot more relevant to your average computer user).

Also, to those who say Mac innovates too often, are you really so content with where you are right now? There's nothing wrong with innovation, no matter how often or how much. Seems to me that by saying "what I have works fine, why does Apple keep making these things" is a sign of contentment, a lack of willingness or motivation to move forward. And when we no longer wish to make things better, humanity will be held back by its own incompetence.

 

[Deoxyribose]

I like Apple as much as the next hipster screenwriting douchebag, but this looks like rubbish. The multitouch function works great for laptop trackpads, but I think mice should be mice and trackpads should be trackpads. This mouse seems to demonstrate that, in practice, they're probably better off being separate.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

I actually had an idea like this the other day, but I was thinking that the mouse should have, you know, a SCREEN for people to know what they are doing. I was thinking that it should be customizable, so if you just want one button you can, or you can have a whole bunch of virtual buttons that you press to activate. It could also have a virtual scroll wheel. But this...thing is just the regular apple mouse except that it is activated by touch. Woop dee doo.

 

[Berethond]

Am I the only one who see this thread as yet more ignorant Mac-hate?

Yes, because I am many things.
But ignorant is not one of them.

I'm not saying that every single person who dislikes Mac is ignorant: rather, it seems that most people here simply look at the picture and decide they know everything about it. But really, unless you read what they say about how it works (and for that matter, unless you've used the Macbook touchpads), you have no idea about how good of an idea it is.

Besides, the fact is that most people I've talked to who hate Macs are overwhelmingly ignorant about them. Thus, I've come to the conclusion that most people have no basis behind their Mac-hate beyond their own defensive and incomplete reasoning in a desperate attempt to defend Windows, the only OS they've truly known. Not everyone, but most people I've talked to, both online and off.

(Psssst I'm not the one-button guy [but those things were annoying as hell when they lasted])

What I think is funny is that my mouse has more functions than theirs, but yet they claim it does more than any mouse ever.
(It doesn't even have back/forward buttons functionality! I would die without those!)

Yeah, I noticed that you weren't the OP and fixed it in an edit. Kind of assumed since I quoted him and you responded so quickly. My bad. But yeah, the one-button thing was annoying: the right-click is honestly the only innovation I'll actually give Microsoft credit for. Pretty much everything else was done by Mac 5-10 years earlier (I'm looking at you, Windows 7).

Like any Apple product, this mouse is a matter of a smooth, elegant experience. They're not trying to pass it off as a gaming mouse, though I'm sure with the right program or drivers it could pass as one (something I definitely wouldn't judge the quality of until I see it: it has potential, but could also be awkward). Point is, I think for just normal computer functionality, this would work great. It has a heck of a lot more features than your average mouse (please people, stop saying it can't scroll or right-click: it can, look at the freaking page): not your average gaming mouse, mind you, but your average mouse (which is a lot more relevant to your average computer user).

Also, to those who say Mac innovates too often, are you really so content with where you are right now? There's nothing wrong with innovation, no matter how often or how much. Seems to me that by saying "what I have works fine, why does Apple keep making these things" is a sign of contentment, a lack of willingness or motivation to move forward. And when we no longer wish to make things better, humanity will be held back by its own incompetence.

I would still die without back/forward buttons. (Or functionality...because this mouse doesn't have buttons.)

 

[bcponpcp27]

Die Apple-tards, DIE!!!

Yeah, don't like apple.

 

[Treblaine]

Still no freaking right click.