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This is how you charge the new Apple Magic Mouse

12 points by fredley 11y ago

mattfr 11y ago
Instead of compromising on aesthetics by putting the port on the side, it charges to 9 hours battery in 2 minutes. I don't see an issue with this design decision, just a typical Apple bandwagon.
- fredley 11y ago
  2 minutes is way too long. My mouse stops working in the middle of an intense flow? When I'm rushing a piece of work for a deadline? When I'm in the middle of a game? Stopping for 10 seconds to scramble to get the cable in is fine. Sitting on my hands for 2 minutes waiting for the thing to charge, during which my machine is essentially unusable is totally unacceptable. Why not put the port on the front (like Logitech does)? It can still be placed aesthetically - the front side of a mouse is something you never ever see.
  - redeemedfadi 11y ago
    OS X will alert you when your battery is getting low.
basecamp88 11y ago
When you've been married for too long and they don't even try anymore.
draw_down 11y ago
Mm hmm.
JamesBaxter 11y ago
If I worked at Apple I'd have made a Qi charging mouse mat. It can charge the new keyboard, the new mouse and the new trackpad. It can also charge the new iphone and ipad. Now your table can be as clear as the ones that appear in the apple adverts.
matheweis 11y ago
This is ridiculous... I have a Magic Mouse that uses AA batteries, and I use the Sanyo Eneloop AA batteries in it. They literally last for a month or longer of daily active use at work. Why Apple couldn't have made a mouse with something like that and a little wireless charging pad is beyond me.
e1ven 11y ago
Given that the Magic Keyboard can be used while plugged in, and the Magic Mouse (clearly) can't, this should be read as a design decision, rather than simply lazy placement. My guess is that in testing, they found quite a few users were keeping their KB/Mouse plugged in and charging all the time. The Keyboard remains relatively stationary, whereas the mouse moves around quite a bit.. Given how frayed iPhone Lightning cables become when you move them, Apple probably (rightfully) worried that using the mouse while plugged-in would lead to damaged cables and a bad experience. Moving the charging to the bottom stops this behavior. People will charge their mouse, then use it wirelessly.. While I think a better solution may have been to re-engineer the lightning cables to be more resilient, this doesn't seem insane. They're trying to use design to encourage certain user behavior, while discouraging others that don't work well.

12 points by fredley 11y ago

Instead of compromising on aesthetics by putting the port on the side, it charges to 9 hours battery in 2 minutes. I don't see an issue with this design decision, just a typical Apple bandwagon.

fredley 11y ago
2 minutes is way too long. My mouse stops working in the middle of an intense flow? When I'm rushing a piece of work for a deadline? When I'm in the middle of a game? Stopping for 10 seconds to scramble to get the cable in is fine. Sitting on my hands for 2 minutes waiting for the thing to charge, during which my machine is essentially unusable is totally unacceptable. Why not put the port on the front (like Logitech does)? It can still be placed aesthetically - the front side of a mouse is something you never ever see.
- redeemedfadi 11y ago
  OS X will alert you when your battery is getting low.

basecamp88 11y ago

When you've been married for too long and they don't even try anymore.

draw_down 11y ago

Mm hmm.

JamesBaxter 11y ago

If I worked at Apple I'd have made a Qi charging mouse mat. It can charge the new keyboard, the new mouse and the new trackpad. It can also charge the new iphone and ipad. Now your table can be as clear as the ones that appear in the apple adverts.

matheweis 11y ago

This is ridiculous... I have a Magic Mouse that uses AA batteries, and I use the Sanyo Eneloop AA batteries in it. They literally last for a month or longer of daily active use at work. Why Apple couldn't have made a mouse with something like that and a little wireless charging pad is beyond me.

e1ven 11y ago

Given that the Magic Keyboard can be used while plugged in, and the Magic Mouse (clearly) can't, this should be read as a design decision, rather than simply lazy placement. My guess is that in testing, they found quite a few users were keeping their KB/Mouse plugged in and charging all the time. The Keyboard remains relatively stationary, whereas the mouse moves around quite a bit.. Given how frayed iPhone Lightning cables become when you move them, Apple probably (rightfully) worried that using the mouse while plugged-in would lead to damaged cables and a bad experience. Moving the charging to the bottom stops this behavior. People will charge their mouse, then use it wirelessly.. While I think a better solution may have been to re-engineer the lightning cables to be more resilient, this doesn't seem insane. They're trying to use design to encourage certain user behavior, while discouraging others that don't work well.