Hell freezes over - Apple 2 button mouse released

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:37 pm

how dull am i to be interested in stuff like this?

http://www.apple.com

perfect for that right click menu now available in Live 5

DJRetard · Post by **DJRetard** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:00 pm

They shoudl have done this yeasr ago but I suppose seeing as macs will soon be PC's they had to do it.

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:06 pm

DJRetard wrote:They shoudl have done this yeasr ago but I suppose seeing as macs will soon be PC's they had to do it.

nah, macs will soon be fast macs not PCs

get it right

hmmm i can see where this is headed so i'll shut up now.

i like all computers for the record. i just like windows machines less than all the others

ultrasource · Post by **ultrasource** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:54 pm

robin wrote:how dull am i to be interested in stuff like this?

http://www.apple.com

perfect for that right click menu now available in Live 5

Not as dull as me. I just ordered one. I guess it's time for me to upgrade to Tiger, too.

backwards · Post by **backwards** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:01 pm

I don't think it's dull at all...

This is a fascinating subject, i mean you just gotta wonder at the singlemindedness it took to continue to put out those ridiculous mices.....seemingly for all eternity.

Amazing!

Benshik · Post by **Benshik** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:13 pm

Will the mighty mouse be bundled free with all computers???
Jus bought an Imac G5 yesterday...

Ben

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:30 pm

It always seemed odd to me that they didnt sell a 2-button before, with all the 2-button functionality in there since the beginning of OSX.

A lot of my friends who have macs and aren't 'proffesional' users ( IE they always ring me up to fix them) they used to say "there's no need for a 2 button mouse". So I used to just leave a USB mouse with them for a month or so - then ask for it back.

No-one wanted to go back to a one button. If the OS has al those context menus in there ... why take away the button that accesses them?

Even though this is a cool mouse - I cant help but look at the "hey, one-button looks" and wonder if the design choice was partly made on the basis of maintaining a 'difference' .

I'm pretty sure that's why they didn't do an official 2-button before - because it was too 'PC' like. Which is just daft, I have a 72 button mouse and it's great.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:38 pm

looks like the flames of hell are still nice and hot because they havent made a two button mouse... they made a no button mouse it seems!

melocoton · Post by **melocoton** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:40 pm

I thought they avoided making a two button mouse because it's good for Apple to have companies like Logitech in business creating accessories and peripherals for their platform.

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:29 pm

I hate Steve Jobs.

He runs the company with blinders on. He consistantly released crippleware (2 finger scrolling trackpads for instance), sticks to the archaic notion that 2 button mice are too difficult to grasp.

I bet that bloated ass is sitting in his office patting himself on the back saying 'it only has one button technically, so I don't have to admit I was wrong all these years.

WAY too little too late, Steve-O.

I hate Steve Jobs.

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:31 pm

Angstrom wrote:It always seemed odd to me that they didnt sell a 2-button before, with all the 2-button functionality in there since the beginning of OSX.

A lot of my friends who have macs and aren't 'proffesional' users ( IE they always ring me up to fix them) they used to say "there's no need for a 2 button mouse". So I used to just leave a USB mouse with them for a month or so - then ask for it back.

No-one wanted to go back to a one button. If the OS has al those context menus in there ... why take away the button that accesses them?

Even though this is a cool mouse - I cant help but look at the "hey, one-button looks" and wonder if the design choice was partly made on the basis of maintaining a 'difference' .

I'm pretty sure that's why they didn't do an official 2-button before - because it was too 'PC' like. Which is just daft, I have a 72 button mouse and it's great.

youve always been able to cntrl click instead of right click on apple.

draff · Post by **draff** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:39 pm

You can also just buy any pc two button mouse, plug it in and use it. The first accessory I bought after my powerbook and ibook was a microsoft mouse. Does that make me blasphemous?

Also, WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY RELEASE THIS AND NOT INCLUDE A BLUETOOTH WIRELESS VERSION?!?!?!?!?

I love my Macs, I really do, but dammit, sometimes...

kabuki · Post by **kabuki** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:43 pm

draff wrote:You can also just buy any pc two button mouse, plug it in and use it. The first accessory I bought after my powerbook and ibook was a microsoft mouse. Does that make me blasphemous?

Also, WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY RELEASE THIS AND NOT INCLUDE A BLUETOOTH WIRELESS VERSION?!?!?!?!?

I love my Macs, I really do, but dammit, sometimes...

I think we all bought a 2+ button mouse...

Proof that Jobs is the George Lucas of computers.

I hate Steve Jobs. A lot.

Chris J · Post by **Chris J** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:56 pm

2 buttons ? guys you are blessed !
can't stop progress, can we ?

oops, sorry, I just realized this is a thread from 1975

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:00 pm

jeskola wrote: youve always been able to cntrl click instead of right click on apple.

yeah, I forgot to say ... that's why my friends said they didnt need a 2 button mouse.

but I didnt agree - and now neither do they

Hell freezes over - Apple 2 button mouse released

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