What’s this nestled at the bottom of our stocking? Why, Santa has left us a very pleasant little surprise: an Apple Magic Mouse. The Magic Mouse now ships as standard with all the latest iMacs but you can also buy it separately. And if, like us, you have one of the older iMacs, we advise you to do so without delay. This clever little accessory genuinely transforms the user experience for the better.
We’ve been using a wireless (and button-less) Apple Mighty Mouse since the summer and – though we’ve always liked it – we’ve never really given it much more thought than that. The Magic Mouse is different. Very different. It brings multi-touch to the party.
By porting the same technology it uses on its iPhone to the humble mouse, Apple has managed to create an accessory that genuinely enhances the way you interact with your computer. Although we like the new multi-touch gestures that the technology enables (swipe two fingers left to go back a page in the browser for example) what really does it for us is the ‘kinetic’ scrolling. The mouse senses how fast you’re swiping your finger. What this means in practice is unparalleled precision in the way you control what’s happening on screen. You can gently swipe down and the page will move slowly, or flick fast and the page flies towards the bottom at speed.
The Magic Mouse is a cheap way to give your Mac or PowerBook a new lease of life. We’re loving ours.
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Posted on 28 December 2009 by The Prodigal Fool
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