what have you done with your Apple mouse?

zozo
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
I was just wonderin',



what did you guys (n gals) do with your one-button-cute-but-useless Apple mouse?



I'm racking up quite a collection and am starting to wonder what the hell to do with them. Apple should stop wasting the amount of effort it takes to make these mice (resources, time, etc). They are useless and would imagine that vast majority of users change them immediately.



I know the 'normal' user doesnt (my parents would freak out if they saw an extra button). But JEEEEZ at LEAST a fvcikng scroll wheel fer chrissake!



anyway, back to the question...



[ 02-11-2003: Message edited by: ZO ]</p>
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  • Reply 1 of 28
    elricelric Posts: 230member
    I use a Logitech Marble Mouse, its a trackball thingie. The mouse that came with my mac is sitting in a box of stuff labeled 'to sell on ebay'
  • Reply 2 of 28
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Mine's plugged into the side of my keyboard... and I'm going to use it right about... now <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 3 of 28
    Uh, I use mine. Not so useless.







    [ 02-11-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 4 of 28
    i didn't use the round one but i like the new one.....
  • Reply 5 of 28
    so, Brad, how do you scroll with that thing??



    mine is being used in the kids room on the older iMac DV...the hockey puck that came with that iMac is...heck if i know....maybe the underwear gnomes have it....g
  • Reply 6 of 28
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Mine is still attached to my keyboard. I've yet to see a better mouse than the Pro Mouse, frankly.



    I scroll with - wait for it - scroll bars. Space bar and/or Page Down work pretty well, too, when appropriate.
  • Reply 7 of 28
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    I, too, am using mine...and I dig it just fine.



    I also used my little orange "hockey puck" the entire two years I had my iMac DV (except for a brief flirtation with the 2-button/scroll wheel Contour UniMouse for a month or so.



    I've never found myself wishing for a right-button or a scroll wheel. Maybe if I was forced to use one for a month or so and found that I just couldn't do without it?
  • Reply 8 of 28
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    you should e-bay those ZO. lots of puck owners out there would love a real Apple mouse.
  • Reply 9 of 28
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    I like mine too, ZO, you sonofabitch!



    Let's all gang up on him now... YOU ARE A LONER ON THIS ONE, BABY!!







    ha ha



    I agree with Amorph - I much prefer to pageup and pagedown than scroll.



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  • Reply 10 of 28
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I don't know where my Tangerine puck is, probably in a box somewhere from when I moved (almost 2 years ago).
  • Reply 11 of 28
    my apple optical conked out right after the sf keynote. i was trying to get to the apple site to show my friend what he'd just missed, and the mouse was bugging. luckily (?) i had a "microsoft" mouse from my "company's" "laptop". i've been enjoying the superfluous buttons, and scroll-wheel, but i know when the lack that i can get around just fine. i keep the optical one near by tho, so i can look at it and remember the memories.
  • Reply 12 of 28
    ijerryijerry Posts: 615member
    Mine is still on active duty as well. I love my pro mouse. No reason to switch yet.
  • Reply 13 of 28
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    My old puck is around here somewhere. Maybe I'll bring it to another place, like work, so I can use it there without having to bring the REAL mouse with me.
  • Reply 14 of 28
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    wow... i must say I'm very surpised by the amount of people that use a one click no scroll mouse.



    Sure, the OS is made on purpose to accomodate 1-button functionality, but I have to have multiple buttons for lots of functions. On top of it all, I'm an avid gamer, so one button is just NOT an option.



    I guess there's gonna be a heck of a surplus of Apple Optical mice in Europe in a bit.



    Hey Murb, I hate you
  • Reply 15 of 28
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    IMO control clicking in the OS just about mandates a two button mouse. Apple is just being pig headed when they ship without one.
  • Reply 16 of 28
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by Amorph:

    <strong>I scroll with - wait for it - scroll bars. Space bar and/or Page Down work pretty well, too, when appropriate.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I get good value from the Up and Down cursor keys as well. And Page Up. And End. And Home... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 17 of 28
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    I was a big time scroller for a while, and I think it could be convenient, but it just isn't very good on most mice. In the end, I went back to using the cursor keys, much less strain on the top of my hand than using the typical scroll wheel.
  • Reply 18 of 28
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    The cord's just long enough for me to pull it out periodically.
  • Reply 19 of 28
    I still use the mouse that came with mine. I don't game much. On my older Mac I first got the iCatch holder...then a 2 button/scroll wheel mouse.



    The funny thing about that is that I felt too much like I was on a Windoze machine with that 2 button/scroll wheel mouse...weird...I have used Windoze machines all the time in the workplace...that's why I guess.



    If I could afford a new mouse I think I would get one. But right now I'm confortable with what I got.
  • Reply 20 of 28
    still using the optical mouse. works fine for me.
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