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I will go ahead and ask another question: why does it need built in battery? In the past 15-ish years since I have been using wireless mices, I have had only 1
by not_your_vase 2y ago
I will go ahead and ask another question: why does it need built in battery?
In the past 15-ish years since I have been using wireless mices, I have had only 1 that used up the battery in less than 4 months (incidentally I'm using it now, $4 garbage) - everything else was tagging along without a hitch for about a year, without turning them off. And when the battery starts to die, they just start blinking like a week ahead... I think mouse is one thing where replaceable batteries make a lot of sense still.
- thepuppet33r 2y agoReplaceable and externally rechargeable batteries were my go-to for wireless mice. Replace the batteries with charged ones, and put the old ones on the charger.
- jfengel 2y agoApple puts the charging port on the bottom because they want to make the upper surface as smooth as possible. They certainly wouldn't tolerate anything as bulky as a battery door on the upper surface. And designing a battery door for the bottom, which also wouldn't interfere with the smooth motion of the mouse... it's probably something Apple engineers could pull off, but it would take a lot of work. Combined with the other advantages -- less waste, the fact that charge ports are ubiquitous, fewer moving parts -- it's no surprise that Apple, at least, would prefer a built-in battery. As for everybody else, I dunno. It may literally just not have occurred to them that some people would prefer it.