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I find the Apple mice unusable. I don't enjoy the feel of the "rails" underneath the mouse. But the biggest crime is the fact that you can't use the mouse while

I find the Apple mice unusable. I don't enjoy the feel of the "rails" underneath the mouse. But the biggest crime is the fact that you can't use the mouse while charging it, because the USB-C charging port is underneath the device!

Razengan 7y ago
You have to charge it for barely an hour or 2 once a/every other month. I've owned a Magic Mouse for a couple years and I never felt that the charging port was a problem. You just do it during sleep. Though I suppose it should have had the port in front to look less silly and maybe offer increased DPI on a cabled connection.
- bdamm 7y ago
  Not so. As these devices get older, the batteries don't last as long. For a low-power device like the mouse, dropping out to 1/4 or less of its battery capacity basically makes it unusable, since you're charging weekly or even daily. Miss charging it before you leave work to go home? Too bad the next day! No mouse for you! And what happens when the battery dies entirely? No more mouse. Period. Then what. Buy another $100 mouse? I don't think so. Putting the charge port on the bottom is just a stupid product choice. Not to mention, the vagueness of the presses is terrible design as well. The whole thing is just not useful.
  - hnlmorg 7y ago
    Aside maybe the first commercial devices, I don't think Apple have every designed a useful mouse. They hung on to the single button design for far too long then over compensated with the magic mouse. And the ergonomics for nearly all of their mice since the iMac era have been terrible (where design was always placed above usability and comfort). Latest gen MacBooks aside, people would always praise Apple - often deservingly so - for the quality of their hardware however their mice have always felt several steps behind what was on offer on PCs in terms of real world practicalities.
michrassena 7y ago
I feel like this is on purpose. How could it be a mistake, Apple has legendary design sense? I think it's to discourage people from using the mouse while its charging, and thus undermining what distinguishes the product. Regardless of the truth, I find it to be unfriendly to the consumer.
- tty2300 7y ago
  I think its just because charging ports are "ugly" so they tried to hide it at the expense of functionality.
saagarjha 7y ago
*Lightning port.

Razengan 7y ago

You have to charge it for barely an hour or 2 once a/every other month. I've owned a Magic Mouse for a couple years and I never felt that the charging port was a problem. You just do it during sleep. Though I suppose it should have had the port in front to look less silly and maybe offer increased DPI on a cabled connection.

bdamm 7y ago
Not so. As these devices get older, the batteries don't last as long. For a low-power device like the mouse, dropping out to 1/4 or less of its battery capacity basically makes it unusable, since you're charging weekly or even daily. Miss charging it before you leave work to go home? Too bad the next day! No mouse for you! And what happens when the battery dies entirely? No more mouse. Period. Then what. Buy another $100 mouse? I don't think so. Putting the charge port on the bottom is just a stupid product choice. Not to mention, the vagueness of the presses is terrible design as well. The whole thing is just not useful.
- hnlmorg 7y ago
  Aside maybe the first commercial devices, I don't think Apple have every designed a useful mouse. They hung on to the single button design for far too long then over compensated with the magic mouse. And the ergonomics for nearly all of their mice since the iMac era have been terrible (where design was always placed above usability and comfort). Latest gen MacBooks aside, people would always praise Apple - often deservingly so - for the quality of their hardware however their mice have always felt several steps behind what was on offer on PCs in terms of real world practicalities.

michrassena 7y ago

I feel like this is on purpose. How could it be a mistake, Apple has legendary design sense? I think it's to discourage people from using the mouse while its charging, and thus undermining what distinguishes the product. Regardless of the truth, I find it to be unfriendly to the consumer.

tty2300 7y ago
I think its just because charging ports are "ugly" so they tried to hide it at the expense of functionality.

saagarjha 7y ago

*Lightning port.