hello everybody and welcome to bull technology it's no secret that i like apple products but
when it comes to their mice i've always had a love hate relationship with apple's pointing devices
so today we'll explore the good and bad features of apple's famously strange mice
before we begin i should note that i have used macs for quite a long time but i've never owned or
used mice before apple's transition to optical technology so in this video we will sadly not
cover the infamous hockey puck mouse that shipped with the imac g3 with that out of
the way let's begin with the apple pro mouse this mouse was initially released in the year 2000 and
it would have initially gone with this excellent pro keyboard i received this mouse with my power
mac g5 several years ago and it's certainly a bizarre design the mouse is translucent
with a black center and it featured only one clicking button no scroll wheels right clicks or
programmable buttons with this mouse for the year 2000 this mouse certainly would have been ahead of
its time in both reliability and ease of use given that most mice of this era were ball mice but its
inability to right click and its lack of a scroll wheel really make this mouse feel very dated
not to mention the included cord is very flimsy the next mouse is one that i am all too familiar
with the mighty mouse this mouse was released in 2005 and it replaced the apple pro mouse
this mouse was molded from white plastic and it features an array of functionality
including left and right click buttons a scroll bar and programmable side buttons
it would have originally gone with this excellent apple keyboard this mouse also
had a wireless option that utilized double a batteries this was the first apple mouse that
i ever used it feels pretty small in the hands and the non-discernible left and right buttons
make clicking somewhat ambiguous not to mention the scroll ball was at times a bit awkward and
over time the scroll ball could actually suffer from debris building up in the mouse and this
would render the scrolling functionality almost useless i will say though that the programmable
mouse features in mac os are incredibly useful and this is especially true for the left and right
side buttons and while i definitely dislike the scroll bar at times when scrolling left to right
it becomes incredibly useful one example of this would be maneuvering through a video timeline
in final cut pro i've owned many mighty mice and usually with time they are pretty easy to get used
to but they are definitely very unconventional and it seems as if this is an area where apple
definitely takes form over function the next mouse i'd like to talk about is apple's first generation
magic mouse this mouse was exclusively wireless and it did this by utilizing double a batteries
it was released in 2009 and featured a glass top that integrated a tracking surface onto the top of
the mouse and this makes multi-finger gestures possible on this mouse my first big issue with
the first generation magic mouse is its use of double-a batteries the battery life is pretty good
but over time it becomes very expensive to constantly need to purchase new batteries
i also find the form factor of the mouse to be a bit small for my hands and what's even more
strange is it feels way too heavy for its small size i've also had many bluetooth connectivity
issues with this generation mouse and at times the mouse will simply disconnect from my computer
and this makes everyday usage very annoying while i do have many issues with the first generation
magic mouse there are plenty of things to like about this mouse the left and right clicking
buttons are satisfying and comfortable and the glass top tracking surface feels very good in the
hands what i really love about this mouse though is the multi-touch gesture support there are many
customization options and system preferences and using gestures is intuitive and time-saving
the final mouse i'd like to discuss is the magic mouse 2. this mouse was released in
2015 and is still used today the magic mouse 2 i have here shipped with my 2021 imac this
mouse was very similar to the previous generation the only noticeable difference was that it used
rechargeable batteries and didn't use double-a batteries it also featured better bluetooth
technology being that it shipped with bluetooth 3.0 i've been using this mouse for about a year
now and in a lot of ways it's much better than the previous generation with one big notable exception
it charges from the bottom i'm not going to defend the bizarre charging location but
what i will say is that the mouse has excellent battery life and it charges incredibly quickly
i've also had notably fewer connectivity issues overall this mouse is much better
than the previous generation and in some ways is also much worse so there you have it the good and
bad of my experience with apple's mice it feels like with every generation of mouse apple takes
one step forward and then one step backward never really giving us a perfected experience all
things considered the current magic mouse isn't terrible but it certainly lacks the fit and finish
of a lot of apple's other products i know this video is a bit different from my other videos
but i wanted to make a video on this topic after i was sitting at my desk last week waiting for
my mouse to charge anyway i hope this video was at least somewhat enjoyable so be sure
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