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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
by bdamm 8y 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 8y agoAside 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.