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>Incredibly, its mice will still charge dead-cockroach-style, flipped on their back. I don't understand this comment in the article. What is incredible about t
by PopAlongKid 2y ago
>Incredibly, its mice will still charge dead-cockroach-style, flipped on their back.
I don't understand this comment in the article. What is incredible about that? I mean, I could turn my notebook or smartphone over and it would still charge the same, what's the big deal?
>This situation is worsened by the fact that many manufacturers now ship devices without a charging brick.
Which ones (so I can avoid them)? I just purchased a Dell notebook earlier this year and it came with a brick.
- freak42 2y agoThe Apple mouse's charging port is on the underside, so you can't use the mouse at all while charging.
- PopAlongKid 2y agoThank you for explaining the issue. I guess there are Apple fans (including the author of the article) who can't conceive of a world where there are people who have never used an Apple mouse.
- stephenr 2y agoMost people who use an Apple mouse don't really find it to be "an issue". If by chance you ignore the days or weeks of reminders about charging, plugging in for 1-2 minutes will give you charge to last an entire day. The people who complain about it are almost exclusively people who don't actually use it, but love to complain about it.
- erik_seaberg 2y agoWhen the mouse bricked itself, I was forced to switch to the trackpad. Maybe I could plug the mouse in, if I happened to bring my only cable from home (or maybe from the office) that day. But there was no way of knowing when the mouse was usable again short of interrupting myself to test it. Over time, I decided the mouse wasn't worth the mental overhead and switched full-time to the trackpad, which always works. Plugging in a laptop is a nuisance, but at least I can do that every time I sit down to start working and it will manage itself all day.
- naruhodo 2y agoI have a rechargeable, wireless mouse. It's not fruit-branded. The thing about my mouse is that when the battery gets low, I can just connect it to my laptop with the charging cable and continue working. It's much more convenient than quitting for the day, and cheaper than buying a second mouse.
- grouchomarx 2y agocharging the magic mouse for two minutes will give you weeks of battery life
- ryandrake 2y agoThe point is that a peripheral device should not be unusable while it’s charging, whether that charge takes two seconds, two minutes, or two hours. I can’t think of any other recent electronics device that cannot be used while charging.
- stephenr 2y agoI can't use my watch while I charge it. Nor my earbuds. Nor my portable Bluetooth speaker. None of those can give me any meaningful amount of use time (and definitely not enough for a full work day) from a 2 minute charge. My mouse can. The port location is not a problem. The constant whining about it from people who largely don't use it is more annoying than any disruption a charge cycle causes.
- hu3 2y agoIt's basic logic why why watches and earbuds generaly don't charge while in use. So bad example there. If my Logitech G502 Lightspeed mouse couldn't charge while in use, I wouldn't even consider buying it. Because when I pay for premium service, I expect premium delivery. Anything else is fanboyism, handwaving and/or stockholm syndrome. Specially because previous generation of apple's mice could be charged while in use. I don't know why you're so upset on defending a downgrade with zero tradeoffs, only to end up with an inferior product.
- gabrielsroka 2y agoMy Google Pixel 7 came with a cable but without a charger. I think that's the standard now, if not the law in some places.
- PopAlongKid 2y agoI should have been clear that I was referring to notebook computers coming without a brick.