michelb76

jdw said:

Rather than fix the mouse, Apple went on the cheap and swapped out the connector, in the same horrible location.  Horrible because even though it hides the connector from view for an aesthetically pleasing look, you can't use the mouse with a charging cable attached.  So when the mouse isn't charging it looks fabulous.  And when it is charging, you're the laughing stock of the office, not only because it looks stupid, but because you can't use your computer during the charging period.  And yes, we all know it only takes a couple minutes of charging to get a couple hours of use out of it, then you can charge the rest over night.  But the fact remains that this horrible design isn't acceptable.  

I guess you can say the hockey puck mouse was worse because it had to do with how you used the thing, but still.  It's yet another Apple design failure that no Apple fan should ever try to justify.  We are Apple fans because Apple gets a lot right compared to other computer makers, and of course because we like their operating systems.  But when they fail, let us never shy away from calling it like it is: a BIG FAIL!