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Apple is pushing ahead of its comptetion and doing something truly revolutionary! A two button mouse!

"But I thought two button mice were just science fiction?"

Not anymore! Apple is ready to lead the way into a new era of computing.

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http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=951

"Jaws will drop," said one insider.

$69? do you get a hooker with that?

Isn't the average PC mouse up to 3-5 buttons now? And you can get them for what...$20 at the most?

I believe my current Logitech 3-Button-wheel-corded-Mouse was 12€ about 1 year ago ^-^.
but a 2 button mouse became really really rare, I believe its hard to find one that works with WinXP (meanings its not a serial mouse ^^).

I've got a four button mouse, five if you include the scroll wheel. Oh how I love the scroll wheel, it makes life so much easier. :P

i'm a cheap bastard myself... $8 for mine, and it's been perfect for the last 2 years or so...

i currently want to get a microsoft wireless desktop elite mouse.... they are nice, and it comes with the mouse charger also, so you don't have to change the batteries :)

what has the world come to. now even mices have to be charged :lol:
mine just needs some cheeezz :)

TWO BUTTONS?! That's INSANE!

So much of what makes Apple great is their original style; and a vital part of that being the inconvient, one button mouse. I don't know what this will do to Apple as a company.

One button is fine, until you start using applications that actually use all three buttons. Then all the extra keys you have to press to emulate the buttons that aren't there gets to be a bit much. I think that it could help out in the long run, but on the other hand I haven't ever heard my family complain about only having one button and I doubt they would use right clicks anyways...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but any buttons over three are just macros. Is it really that great to have more than three? I would think they would ether get accadently clicked or not clicked at all, but that's just me!

Soon there will be a mouse with an integrated keyboard and hard disk. Of course, you'll have to pay extra for the software.

Damn computers.

phetus wrote:So much of what makes Apple great is their original style; and a vital part of that being the inconvient, one button mouse. I don't know what this will do to Apple as a company.

true, for retards who buy macs because they look nice. But there are people who actually USE macs, and are extremely happy to have a more-than-one-button mouse ;]

yeah it must be a pain in the ass using a one button mouse >.<

well... I got the mighty mouse from a friend... Useful little piece of sh*t. You can see it at www.apple.com - they blast you with the mouse right away. The scroll is really cool, goes horizontal, vertical, diagonal... I hope it'll work for a long time.