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(Mine cost $5, though, not $69.)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/What's the world coming to.

And 70 dollars no less! Let's see how long the lines are for THIS POS.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/reason 1: i emulate my mice/keyboards across mac/linux/winblows
reason 2: right click is a hell of a lot easier than [control key] click
reason 3: i program. even with a slew of keyboard shortcuts mac devel is easier with a 2 button mouse.

---fabienne]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
that said... if this thing is missing a clicking scroll wheel... STUPID. the recent scrollable-trackpadded powerbooks would seem to indicate at least a passing interest in integrated scrollability however.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Anyone?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
suckers.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/now the two-button mouse rumors

what next?
the eject button on the cd-rom?
]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
With regard to the 2 button apple mouse: about time. The one-button "please mash the mouse for assistance, retard" mouse is a silly idea.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/ Apple didn't steal it, knucklehead. Just because a technology is already in use via third party, it doesn't mean it's theft to use the same idea (or integrate an existing product).
Who stole the idea of putting a bunch of chips in a box and make them work together to display text on a screen. Damn, those theiving idiots at Dell.

Dork]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Those who wished to use a two-button mouse could simply buy an aftermarket mouse - not everyone is a poweruser and not everyone cares to do anything besides "point and click." I think Apple is making this move (if it's true) because of the penetration of computing into our daily lives. More people are experienced computer users and so adding the second button doesn't hurt usability. And I guess it would make those switchers feel like they're getting their money's worth - two is better than one, right? Bigger is better, more is better, that's the way it works isn't it?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
And yes, you can use much cheaper 2 button mice with apples! you don't need the "cool" looking white and clear plastic domes!

maybe i'll make a rip off apple 2-button mouse and sell it cheaper then get sued and be on engadget]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
#26 Give me a break. People are generally stupid, but how stupid do you have to be to NOT understand that one button does one thing and the other does something else?

95% of the computers about there aren't Macs and 2 buttons have been around for decades.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Steve wanted to prove that people do NOT want two button mice. Therefore he will (quietly) offer an overpriced, underperforming mouse (probably without scrollwheel) and no one will buy it, thereby confirming his position that Mac users only want one button mice.

;-)]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Two buttons makes you a poweruser! Wow, I must be like some sort of computer god by those standards...my mouse has seven buttons, up/down, and sideways scrolling.

Well, I suppose if you market to the ignorant, that's who ends up buying your product.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Seriously, the laughable part of the 1-button debacle is that Apple insists on not providing an option. They could've easily given buyers the option of getting a 1-button or 2-button mouse with each new system. Instead, they force a 1-button mouse on everybody, and the non-novices have to throw that away and buy an after-market one, what a waste!]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Suckers.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
If you have a need for a 2-button mouse, then you could just as easily buy one when you go and buy your Mac (either at the Apple store or some other outlet).]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
No, because it hurt usability, and was useless to boot.

The same thing applies to Apple's stubborness, their one button mice have hindered usability. For no good reason.

BTW, I use an IBM Model M keyboard. Doubt I will ever 'upgrade' to whatever 'King Microsoft' decides is best. Stop being obtuse.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
2 buttons, scroll wheels, optical, and a nice blue light.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
No, it's the kind of thing Apple would claim to have done first, even though logitech has already done it.

The Logitech V500 uses a touch-sensitive pad instead of a scrollwheel.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Whether Apple introduces a branded 2 button, programmable mouse (of fabulous design) for the true blue Mac fanatics among us or not, so long as any more 3d party manufacturers / vendors are not locked out ala MS or another monopoly minded player, would be a reason for one-button and two-button users to salute the genius of Jobs once more.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
And the third party mouse market is thriving.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/
Good lord...think of their children !]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Suckers."

lets see here, Mac might support a 2 button mouse and thus WIN users are inferior? I am sure that it will be well 'designed' and look spiffy but well engineered and 'ground breaking'? I use a Mac at work every day but I need a PC at home for variety of reasons and being cool, cutting edge and hip and superior is not one of them. My PC has three!!!!!!!!!1 buttons but they were are not revolutionary......yet.....

Stuart - Mac and PC fan.

]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/>No, it's the kind of thing Apple would claim to have done first, even though logitech has already done it.

Did they now?? Where??? When??

You DipSh!t]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Does that mean Logitech are a bunch of thieving fools also? does it mean Dell can go after Apple for some chumped up patent infringment? This is such a stupid argument.

Is the world really over? Does it (life as we know it) really come down to if Apple sells a multi-button mouse or not?

I think not.

You people really need to get out of the house more often.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/16/apple-doing-a-two-button-mouse/Dec 19th 2005 12:12AM