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Magic Mouse - Yes or No [poll]

Buy a magic mouse

  • Yes

  • No

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episodic

episodic

Lifer
Thinking of a magic mouse to replace an aging mouse.

I like the idea - but don't live anywhere near an apple store to try one out - nor do I know anyone with one - so I'll be buying sight unseen. . .

If you vote no / could you kindly explain why - thanks!
 
I like mine a lot in 90% of my use cases.

However, it sucks as a gaming mouse. You can not hold right click and left click. If you rest your finger on the wrong side of the mouse it sometimes thinks you want to right click.

Battery life is great, it functions great. I use it as my travel mouse with a 'real' mouse at home for when I play games.
 
I bought one for my Mac Pro at work, and my 27" iMac came with it. I absolutely love it. Far and above, it stomps the Mighty Mouse imho.
 
It was too short for my hands. Felt uncomfortable and gave my hand cramps. Also, at the time I tried it, none of the acceleration software was working with it... so I couldn't get the same speed out of it that I am used to with my MX518.
 
It's great for short periods of use.. like an hour or two. After 3-4 hours of using it I start getting hand cramps, which I don't get with any other mouse. As others said, not good for gaming.



I wouldn't buy it unless you can try it first..
 
It doesn't move fast enough with the default Apple settings, which is my only real complaint. Its a 'productivity' mouse not a gaming mouse therefore I will leave my cons about not being one out. But it really takes some getting used to it, for it to feel comfortable.


Better Touch Tool will let you go above and beyond what the Magic Mouse already does for you.
ie: custom gestures, higher sensitivity (Yes there is a terminal command but who wants to do that?).

Btw I use one 8hrs/day Mon-Fri. I have no problems with this mouse, it is a bit heavier, but in conjunction with a nice mousing surface it really shouldn't be a problem.
 
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I tried it and it's really heavy, I would not buy it.
You don't get feedback because it's touch, that sucks if you're not used to it.

You either love it or hate it, but don't get it in any case if you plan to stay too much in front of the computer.
 
I bought it when it came out cause I thought it was perfect for a HTPC. When I first started using I thought this is kind of cool for scrolling and flipping thru pages/pics.. but I thought man this would be so much cooler if I could customize gestures to do what I want (like expose, zoom in zoom out (pinch like iphone), three finger tap for spaces etc).. and then a few weeks after I purchased it someone wrote software called BetterTouchTool allowing me to do just that.. and with that combo.. best mouse EVER! especially for a HTPC. Oh and btw, I do not game at all so I doubt it would be very good for gaming but it is great for htpc/navigating/presentations
 
I originally got a Magic Mouse with my 27" iMac.

I have to say, I've always liked heavier mouses. It clicks. It has "inertial" scrolling. It right clicks. It has 1 finger 2 directional scrolling.

I like it. It's kinda like a cross between a trackpad and a mouse. I use it and my MacBook Pro on a daily basis. As a comparison, I use the Revolution MX, Performance Mouse MX, and an old Microsoft Optical Explorer Trackball for any Linux or Windows box I own. It is a little low and has a very specific position it's actually kinda comfortable. And there's 3rd party apps to add gestures.

I use it with Steam for Mac. Portal is acceptable and some of the slower paced indie games are fun to use with it, but I'll stick with my Performance MX for gaming.

My friend and I were thinking though. It would be much more useful if you rotated it sideways, had it click to the left and the right, and had a more ergonomic handle sticking out of it, so it looked more like a T. Then with 4 fingered gestures and everything, it'd be awesome. But that's just a little tangent.
 
I've been using a magic mouse with no special software since about a month after they were available for sale. Inertial scrolling is very nice. It is adequate for Torchlight and Portal. It is great for use with non-gaming apps. It is on the pricey side, but then again I hadn't had much luck finding a BT mouse for cheap, either. At least one I thought was worth buying.

I would definitely buy a BT trackpad for use with my home-theater-connected mac. I really like Apple's trackpad (loathe the trackpad on the Dell C630 at work).
 
As others pointed out, if you're going to game you'll need something else. Otherwise it'll grow on you. If you want to save money then buy one used on eBay. That's what I did and ended up paying only $40.00 for it.
 
TheGizmo said:
I bought it when it came out cause I thought it was perfect for a HTPC. When I first started using I thought this is kind of cool for scrolling and flipping thru pages/pics.. but I thought man this would be so much cooler if I could customize gestures to do what I want (like expose, zoom in zoom out (pinch like iphone), three finger tap for spaces etc).. and then a few weeks after I purchased it someone wrote software called BetterTouchTool allowing me to do just that.. and with that combo.. best mouse EVER! especially for a HTPC. Oh and btw, I do not game at all so I doubt it would be very good for gaming but it is great for htpc/navigating/presentations
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I got one with my Mini that I have hooked up for HTPC duty, and love it. However, I have wished that it had even more capability with the touch surface, so I'll check out the BetterTouchTool utility. Thanks! 🙂
 
Took me a week to get use to mine (use it for traveling) and love it.

"A Better Touch Tool" is a necessity for any Magic Mouse.
 
I've had one for about a month now and have liked it up until yesterday when it changed to love it since discovering bettertouchtool. It gives me a the features I was missing from my old mouse and some new functions also. One thing I greatly missed was having expose and spaces mapped to side mouse buttons I had with my old wired mouse. Now I've set it to do expose with a three finger tap and spaces with a four finger tap but there are tons of functions you can map in a lot of ways.

That app also adds a snap function for windows much like windows 7 has. IMO its a mouse worth getting.
 
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