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One thing that would have truly enhanced this article would have been a photo of the iPad outside in sunlight.  And yes, I know I could look up other photos on my own, but the fact remains that such a photo would have made the article better.  I don't care about a photo showing the back side of the iPad.  I want to see a photo of how there isn't glare.

Have zero idea what Michelb76 is talking about because I too have a Logitech Mouse with charging port, but my charging port is on the BACK side (facing the computer, away from me), and when the battery is low I plug in the cable and continue using it, and no, that port never fills with dust.  Zero problems. The point here being that I have experience with non-Apple Mice which have a port, and that experience over YEARS of time has shown me it's not bad at all.  In other words, Apple doesn't have to keep the charging port on the bottom of the mouse.  It can succeed by having the charging port elsewhere, or make it wirelessly chargeable.

Stabitha_Christie, yes I am doing quite well, thank you for asking.  (Very nice of you for asking!)

Alex_V Not sure why you fake confusion with your "Huh!!??", but you clearly are using that "SPECTACULAR mouse" emphasize to draw attention from the ONE GLARING FLAW.  You also seem ignorant of the fact that I too use those charging port on the bottom Magic Mice daily and enjoy using them ALL EXCEPT FOR the stupid charging port on the bottom.  Overall, I like the mouse IN SPITE OF its flawed charging point LOCATION. So no need for the "Huh!!??" when it's pretty clear I am talking about ONE ASPECT that is a BIG FAIL.  And that remains true even if I think EVERYTHING ELSE about the mouse is SPECTACULAR.  Why I must write 10 paragraphs about what I like about something in order to pacify the nit-pickers in this forum is beyond me.  But since you people deliberately provoked me, here are a few more paragraphs...

Unless you have your head firmly buried in the sand when it comes to the tech news, you surely know that I am not the lone Mac lover on this planet who has RIGHTFULLY chastised the Magic Mouse design AS IT PERTAINS to the charging port on the bottom.  So when you seek to battle me on this point, you battle all the other people who are like-minded, and I assure you, they are in the majority here.  
 
This forum is known for Cupertino Worshippers. I have identified them as such, and it's pretty easy to spot them. Those are people who PRAISE EVERYTHING Apple does.  The same people lambasted me some years back in this very forum for daring to call Apple out on the BAD butterfly keyswitches, the HORRIBLE decision to remove the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro, and the STUPID abandoning of MagSafe.  Those folks decided to pile onto me because they DEFEND CUPERTINO AT ALL COSTS.  They said to me that no manner of crying on my part would ever make Apple change course and the changes were here to stay.  Well, I disagreed with that and chose to write lots of Feedback wot Apple privately.  And so did a lot of other intelligent Apple fans, it would seem, because those forum nuts were all wrong.  Apple got rid of the Butterfly keyboard, brought back the SD card slot, and restored MagSafe (albeit a new version, as required).  I was outnumbered in this forum by people who later were proved to be FLAT OUT WRONG.

You don't need to worship every decision Apple makes to continue being a lover of Apple and its products, AND continue to use and praise the good aspects of those products.  Indeed, breaking out of the worshipper mentality will help you write some pointed feedback to Apple at times, suggesting to them where they may have gone wrong.

And there you have it.

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!

gatorguy said:

No matter how much you might applaud the MAGA policies, and I agree with some of them, Trump disqualifies himself by the threats he is making, which are getting progressively worse. 

"Progressively"? 

As I've said before, it's time to put the emotionally triggered reactions in check here.  Trump does NOT disqualify himself by his words, primarily because the same sort of thing was done by him in 2016.  Remember "Lock her up!"?  You surely do.  But did he do that when elected?  You surely know he did not.  And that's all I really need to say.  But I will say one more thing about that.  Even though he didn't lock her up, nobody who has supported him past or present really cares or calls that out as being some kind of lie.  Most people really don't care.  Because when election rhetoric is only rhetoric and doesn't become some sort of horrific reality, nobody cares.

gatorguy said:

Perhaps you're assuming those threats are things he is lying about doing, but all the other promises he's been making lately are true? Bad assumption based on his public stances. 

I am not assuming.  I am knowing based on what happened in the past, as I just said.  

Having read some of the last several posts I see that once again the leftists pop out and defend the tired and yawn-triggering "Trump lies!" narrative.  It's basically a matter of them "casting the first stone" at Trump because they themselves somehow NEVER LIE.  The bad guy is always the other guy.  And of course, neither the leftists nor their beloved leftist candidates lie either.  Kamala Harris?  "Never lied in her precious life!" Or so the leftists would want us all to believe by focusing exclusively on one candidates alleged lies and not the lies of their own preferred candidate.

Sorry, but everybody lies, including you and me.  To say you've never lied makes you a liar.

Some lie more than others, that is true.  But I don't think Trump is special in that regard.  Leftist friends, let's put a camera on you 24/7 and see how many of your lies come to light.  I think if all of us were under the same scrutiny as candidates running for high office, that would shut a lot of our self-righteous, accusatory, "he's a liar!" mouths REAL FAST.  Of course, all these "he's the liar to worry about, not me!" nuts do is just say, "yeah, but I'm not running for office!"  As if such statements make their lies of no consequence.  Crazy.  But a lot of that insanity is driven by the media.

The fact is, most of our American news is "propaganda" precisely because it chooses to focus on key things about candidates the media as chosen to dislike FOR THE REASON of promoting their own thinking and values.  It also helps news media ratings because controversy and bad news sells.  And news media companies are FOR PROFIT MACHINES, let me tell you!

The US media plays the greatest role in manipulating the minds of American voters.  Take the alleged Russian election interference and multiple it by 10, and you still haven't scratched the surface of what most American media "propaganda" outlets do all day long every single day to the minds of American voters.  And this truth in no way seeks to defend Russia, Putin or their horrid actions against the Ukraine.

As for Tim Cook, he cares about none of the "Trump lies!" insanity in terms of Tim wanting to keep Apple going strong.  Tim works with the Chinese government too, even though he doesn't sanction the horrors they commit on a daily basis.  He strives to make great products, yet works with governments globally to ensure Apple is treated fairly.  

Fair treatment is what Tim Cook is after, and I applaud him for it.  

Tim most likely called Trump and Kamala.  He did the right thing. And let's face it.  The person elected to the White House has the power to make a big difference good or bad.  Because if Tim Cook communicates with the White House on a weekly basis and ultimately the White House does pretty much nothing for Apple, all Tim's efforts are in vain.  The individual who sits in that Presidential seat of power is the one who stands to help (by actively doing something) or hurt (by doing nothing) Apple.  Which of the two candidates would actively bust their fanny to help Apple?  While that's certainly not the only issue in this election, it is nevertheless a key question to answer when casting your vote this election, regardless of what your emotions or the American media tell you.  Both left and right probably have a pretty good idea of who would help Apple the most over the next 4 years.