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Is the Magic Mouse a worthy investment?
I've gotten really used to relying on Mac gestures when using my Macbook Air. For the most part I don't need a mouse but there are times when having one would be really beneficial for some tasks. I know the Magic Mouse supports gestures so it seems like a logical purchase. What has been your experience with using one if you have? Is limited with current gesture support compared to native trackpad?
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While you can add more touch functionality to it using third-party software, I think the amazingly crappy tracking common to all Apple mice, compounded with the form-over-function shape and texture (a totally smooth surface is not actually that conducive to finger gestures along with the hand-cramp/RSI/etc-friendly - as in makes you get up and personal with it - body shape) makes it less than recommendable,
I guess though it also depends on how solid your Apple Uber Alles mentality is as well in terms of mentally tuning out all the faults of the product.
EDIT: I'll just add that if it were me and I wanted to work away from the built-in keyboard/trackpad, I'd just get Dawagner1's proposed setup, only with an actually decent mouse on the other side. In fact, this is pretty much the setup for all my Mac Pro's not sitting in a rack.
I guess though it also depends on how solid your Apple Uber Alles mentality is as well in terms of mentally tuning out all the faults of the product.
EDIT: I'll just add that if it were me and I wanted to work away from the built-in keyboard/trackpad, I'd just get Dawagner1's proposed setup, only with an actually decent mouse on the other side. In fact, this is pretty much the setup for all my Mac Pro's not sitting in a rack.
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I like the Magic Mouse, but keep in mind that the gestures capabilities are quite limited. You actually need to install some additional software to truly customize gestures, and they don't always work as intended. The tool I've used to expand functionality for gestures on the Magic Mouse is "Better Touch Tool." It's freeware, and you can get it here:
blog.boastr.net/
Good luck!
blog.boastr.net/
Good luck!
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Get Both!
I personally like the trackpad on one side of my keyboard and Magic Mouse on the other. The mouse is somewhat gesture limited when it comes to launch pad and mission control.
I personally like the trackpad on one side of my keyboard and Magic Mouse on the other. The mouse is somewhat gesture limited when it comes to launch pad and mission control.
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I can't recommend the Magic Mouse to anyone besides a collector who wouldn't actually use it. It becomes wildly uncomfortable to use after only short amounts of time and the touch surface is really bad for sliding your fingers across.
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I love my Mighty Mouse. The fact that the Magic mouse doesn't have the side buttons to squeeze to use Expose annoys me. But that's just my workflow style switching through multiple windows, programs and spaces.
The Magic Trackpad is next on my list to buy, along with Lion
The Magic Trackpad is next on my list to buy, along with Lion
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