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07-11-2007, 02:26 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Video Professional, Mostly Melbourne, but work all over Australia
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a better mouse than a mighty mouse?
us.kensington.com/html/13880.html
Heads up about an exciting new mouse that looks like it would suit Macs. Why?
1. Aluminium colour.
2. Hybrid mouse and trackball in one!
3. Bluetooth without USB dongle.
Seems real nice and I know what I'll be getting if my Mighty Mouse ever packs up. Just don't know when it will become available in Australia. Does anybody know if anywhere in Australia is selling these? Has anybody used them?
I for one am sick of the mighty mouse, I have had three in 2 years, they all die with no amount of cleaning to bring the scroll ball back to life  |
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07-11-2007, 02:33 PM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Will probably be crap, look at it - it's flat. It's not much worse than the bar of soap we have at the moment, but still, for ergonomics, that Kenginston mouse leaves a lot to be desired.
I do like the big trackball/scroll wheel on it.
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07-11-2007, 02:38 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Video Professional, Mostly Melbourne, but work all over Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by decryption
Will probably be crap, look at it - it's flat. It's not much worse than the bar of soap we have at the moment, but still, for ergonomics, that Kenginston mouse leaves a lot to be desired.
I do like the big trackball/scroll wheel on it.
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IN my book it cant be any worse than the mighty mouse which isnt that mighty! |
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07-11-2007, 02:39 PM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jpicard
IN my book it cant be any worse than the mighty mouse which isnt that mighty!
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The mighty mouse is shit - I'll give you that, however, I get the feeling the Kensington mouse is going to be a pain (literally) to use as it's low profile and flat. |
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07-11-2007, 02:44 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Video Professional, Mostly Melbourne, but work all over Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by decryption
The mighty mouse is shit - I'll give you that, however, I get the feeling the Kensington mouse is going to be a pain (literally) to use as it's low profile and flat.
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COULD BE, I will wait till I can see and use one in person |
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07-11-2007, 02:52 PM
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Widgeteer
Group: Forum Leaders
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I'm very glad to see a 360 scroller on other mice though.
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07-11-2007, 03:02 PM
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For British Eyes Only
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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I've never had worries with the MM - its much better than the dell POS i'm using at work
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07-11-2007, 03:08 PM
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Save Palestine!
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Sunshine Coast
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At Officeworks last week we receipted delivery of the new Logitech MX Air mouse. Snazzy looking thing...
but at a whopping $269, a little expensive! |
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07-11-2007, 03:20 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Nah, too many colours/gradations of grey sort of thing.
I think Apple should replace the scroll ball with a 360-degree dust-buildup-free trackpad in that spot (like on a laptop). Then I'd be happy.
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07-11-2007, 03:45 PM
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MacTalk Podcaster
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goodbye
At Officeworks last week we receipted delivery of the new Logitech MX Air mouse. Snazzy looking thing...
but at a whopping $269, a little expensive! |
"Elevate the power of Windows Vista!"
Probably a "no sale" here on MTAU in that case  |
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07-11-2007, 03:51 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Near Norwood, Adelaide
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Logitech G7 FTW. Best mouse I've ever owned.
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07-11-2007, 04:38 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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It will probably be better than the mighty mouse, but it looks crap. I'm in love with my logitech G9.
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07-11-2007, 04:41 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Brisbane
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mjankor
Logitech G7 FTW. Best mouse I've ever owned.
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Good hardware; crap software
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C2D MBP 2.4 Ghz, C2D MBP 2.2 Ghz, 1st Gen iPod mini 4 GB, 1st Gen iPod nano 2 GB, 5th Gen iPod 80 GB
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07-11-2007, 04:45 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Corowa NSW Heart of the mighty Murray!
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RSI safeguard
Quote:
Originally Posted by decryption
Will probably be crap, look at it - it's flat. It's not much worse than the bar of soap we have at the moment, but still, for ergonomics, that Kenginston mouse leaves a lot to be desired.
I do like the big trackball/scroll wheel on it.
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I'm using a Kensington, works great. Scroll wheel is ingenious, and the large ball makes scanning easy and quick. The unit comes with a wrist rest, and I haven't found any RSI impact at all - as a matter of fact that is why I changed from the MM, or any mouse for that matter. I have a PC as well, but Kensington don't provide drivers for Windows, otherwise I'd buy another. |
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07-11-2007, 04:56 PM
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Inactive
Group: Inactive
Location: SA, 5174
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I can't see why Apple have just not replaced the flaky scroll nipple with a mini trackpad. It'd be almost perfect.
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