I’m normally a big fan of Apple and their premium computer equipment. The quality and attention to detail is well worth it to me whenever I’m accused of paying the “Apple Tax” for my computers, phones, software, MP3 players, and the like.
But Apple’s new “Magic Mouse” has me rethinking that loyalty.
It’s a slick piece of technology. In a nutshell, Apple has managed to take their stubbornly supported one-button mouse philosophy and fuse it together with their multiple-gesture trackpad technology and create what might just be the perfect wireless mouse.
For just $69 you can have Apple’s techno pointer with its virtual right clicks, virtual scroll wheel, and multi-touch surface.
It is cool. It worked well in the 5 minutes I had to demo it. It is also hardly necessary.
It is a $69 party trick or, at best, a luxury version of a 25 year old idea.
I’ll happily take one. Doubt I’ll buy one though.
