Mighty Mouse replacement? (Kensington SlimBlade)

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I will reiterate that I have been very pleased with Macally programable
mice.

Bill

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In article <adGdnSXHcYkQPM_UnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>,
Tim Lance <see.sig RemoveThis @bottom.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:59:49 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-460A46.12594924122008 RemoveThis @news.individual.net>):
>
> > In article <PqidndoNBM8zGM_UnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>,
> > Tim Lance <see.sig RemoveThis @bottom.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:25:29 -0600, Tim Lance wrote
> >> (in article <5aydnRVc-vJE7dDUnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>):
> >>
> >>> Any one use one of these?
> >>>
> >>> JR. Might be the one. Trackball works just as a 360-degree scroller in
> >>> "mouse
> >>
> >>> mode" and then can be switched to "trackball mode" for full-blown
> >>> trackball
> >>> functionality (i.e. trackball controls pointer).
> >>>
> >>> http://us.kensington.com/html/13880.html
> >>
> >> And then there's this:
> >>
> >> <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10127746-
> >> 37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5>
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/a72k4l
> >
> > God... If there's any legitimacy to this one, I sure hope Apple doesn't
> > keep the brain-dead right-click detection technology the current Mighty
> > mouse uses...
>
> The right-click action was the first thing I noticed in my new MM. No
> confusion with the left-click at all. I have small hands and that was an
> ongoing issue, having gotten worse over time actually. Also, the damn side
> pressure "buttons" that make Button 4 are easier. I have no idea how variable
> production is but I do recall others in our groups here noting the
> improvement.
>
> Why not put your current MM away for a rainy day and buy yourself a
> Christmas/whatever present of a new one? ; )

You really think they fixed this in later revisions? If that's truly the
case, I'm definitely inclined to do what you suggest!

When did you buy yours?

I'm curious... My Mighty Mouse has this on the bottom:

Designed by Apple in California
Assembled in Malaysia
Model No.: A1152 EMC No.: 2058

What's your new one say?

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In article <ZcOdnSNz7sLNT8_UnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d.RemoveThis@giganews.com>,
Tim Lance <see.sig.RemoveThis@bottom.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:43:58 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-4E1794.15435824122008.RemoveThis@news.individual.net>):
>
> > In article <adGdnSXHcYkQPM_UnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d.RemoveThis@giganews.com>,
> > Tim Lance <see.sig.RemoveThis@bottom.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Why not put your current MM away for a rainy day and buy yourself a
> >> Christmas/whatever present of a new one? ; )
> >
> > You really think they fixed this in later revisions? If that's truly the
> > case, I'm definitely inclined to do what you suggest!
> >
> > When did you buy yours?
> >
> > I'm curious... My Mighty Mouse has this on the bottom:
> >
> > Designed by Apple in California
> > Assembled in Malaysia
> > Model No.: A1152 EMC No.: 2058
> >
> > What's your new one say?
>
> Model A1197
>
> nothing with EMC
>
> Just bought this one 2 days ago. No promises on "fixing" the right-click --
> just my personal experience which is better than than my old one, which was
> also A1197 but also no EMC info. Best I can tell it was at least 3 years old.
> I got it a year before I got before I got my first MacBook Pro which was
> summer of 2006. So I got my old MM around fall of 2005.

Ok I'm intrigued! Thanks for the suggestion - it hadn't occurred to me
that Apple may have actually made revisions to the thing. In hind sight,
that's silly of me, because they do this all the time with most of their
stuff! I think I'll pay a visit to the Apple store and see if I can take
one for a spin.

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On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:41:51 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote (in article
<jollyroger-9B938D.03415124122008 RemoveThis @news.individual.net>):

> My mouse pad is aX-Ray Thunder 8 mouse pad, which is hard plastic rather
> than the typical padded cloth type most people use.

I'm another one that prefers a hard mouse pad. In my case that's one made by
Allsop. The exact model I have doesn't appear on the Allsop web site but the
"Cupertino" model they do feature at
<http://www.allsop.com/mousepads-and-wrist-rests/cupertino-mouse-pad> looks
to be similar.

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In article ZcOdnSNz7sLNT8_UnZ2dnUVZ_h6dnZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com, Tim Lance at
see.sig RemoveThis @bottom.com wrote on 12/24/08 7:22 PM:

> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:43:58 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-4E1794.15435824122008 RemoveThis @news.individual.net>):
>
>> In article <adGdnSXHcYkQPM_UnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>,
>> Tim Lance <see.sig RemoveThis @bottom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:59:49 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <jollyroger-460A46.12594924122008 RemoveThis @news.individual.net>):
>>>
>>>> In article <PqidndoNBM8zGM_UnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>,
>>>> Tim Lance <see.sig RemoveThis @bottom.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:25:29 -0600, Tim Lance wrote
>>>>> (in article <5aydnRVc-vJE7dDUnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d RemoveThis @giganews.com>):
>>>>>
>>>>>> Any one use one of these?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JR. Might be the one. Trackball works just as a 360-degree scroller in
>>>>>> "mouse
>>>>>
>>>>>> mode" and then can be switched to "trackball mode" for full-blown
>>>>>> trackball
>>>>>> functionality (i.e. trackball controls pointer).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://us.kensington.com/html/13880.html
>>>>>
>>>>> And then there's this:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10127746-
>>>>> 37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/a72k4l
>>>>
>>>> God... If there's any legitimacy to this one, I sure hope Apple doesn't
>>>> keep the brain-dead right-click detection technology the current Mighty
>>>> mouse uses...
>>>
>>> The right-click action was the first thing I noticed in my new MM. No
>>> confusion with the left-click at all. I have small hands and that was an
>>> ongoing issue, having gotten worse over time actually. Also, the damn side
>>> pressure "buttons" that make Button 4 are easier. I have no idea how
>>> variable
>>> production is but I do recall others in our groups here noting the
>>> improvement.
>>>
>>> Why not put your current MM away for a rainy day and buy yourself a
>>> Christmas/whatever present of a new one? ; )
>>
>> You really think they fixed this in later revisions? If that's truly the
>> case, I'm definitely inclined to do what you suggest!
>>
>> When did you buy yours?
>>
>> I'm curious... My Mighty Mouse has this on the bottom:
>>
>> Designed by Apple in California
>> Assembled in Malaysia
>> Model No.: A1152 EMC No.: 2058
>>
>> What's your new one say?
>>
>>
>
> Model A1197
>
> nothing with EMC
>
> Just bought this one 2 days ago. No promises on "fixing" the right-click --
> just my personal experience which is better than than my old one, which was
> also A1197 but also no EMC info. Best I can tell it was at least 3 years old.
> I got it a year before I got before I got my first MacBook Pro which was
> summer of 2006. So I got my old MM around fall of 2005.


Mine is the same as JR's, and I got it last April with my iMac.

PS: JR: The clean-it-with-a-cloth method doesn't seem to do much more that
using the clean-it-with-a-piece-of-paper approach.



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