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Apple Mouse Review
« on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:10:01 »
APPLE MOUSE REVIEW
BY MICROSOFT WINDOWS

So today, I decided to review a computer mouse made by Apple Inc. Here it is.
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Unfortunately, the ball inside of it got lost because its protective ring cover fell out.
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But that didn't stop me! By sticking my finger inside the mouse, I was able to control the rollers in it, move the cursor around the screen, and start up Microsoft Word, where I was able to use my RARE vintage custom Apple keyboard to type a brief message about the mouse.
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Overall, my experience with the Apple mouse was noticeably less than pleasant. If Apple's engineers were better, they would include a spare click button on the bottom of the mouse in case the crappy retaining ring failed and the ball fell out of it. That way, I would not have to turn the mouse over every time I had to click. The mouse would also work much better with a ball in it.

Overall, I would rate this among the absolute worst of my mouse experiences. But there is a moral to this story--if Apple's mice are this terrible, how are their computers? This mouse experience provides good reason to never purchase an Apple product, as it was ugly, dirty, and provided poor functionality. That, my friends, is yet another good reason to switch to Windows today!
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:11:51 »
Nice write up!!

It's always nice when there are pictures then the words are less impotent.

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:12:36 »
Excellent review.

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« Reply #3 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:13:01 »
Thank god you posted this now. I was just on the fence about purchasing one of these. I will NEVER buy an Apple product now that I can see their quality is completely subpar.

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:20:57 »
I dont get it

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 16:33:28 »
omg. Really appreciated the review. I used to have one of those. It's so true about the missing mouse button.

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 02 August 2013, 22:35:27 »
Brilliant review

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 03 August 2013, 11:49:31 »
Excellent review.

My favourite here so far.

I am glad to hear your positive feedback to my gloriously written review. Perhaps I will follow it with another one in the coming weeks.
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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 03 August 2013, 17:52:06 »
Yes. Best ever.

Having the possibility to stick your finger in is actually a feature.
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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 04 August 2013, 22:05:24 »
The review along with your signature line - awesome!! ~ (I'm really new here)

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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 04 August 2013, 22:40:01 »
You should try a hockey puck mouse!
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 05 August 2013, 02:03:52 »
I actually used one of these mice for about a year when I owned a Centris.  I actually liked it.  I was 9 or 10 though, my hands were much smaller.
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 05 August 2013, 02:06:20 »
I actually used one of these mice for about a year when I owned a Centris.  I actually liked it.  I was 9 or 10 though, my hands were much smaller.

The one that is the subject of this "review"?

I think I still have one of those lying around at home.

With its ball intact.
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 05 August 2013, 03:06:28 »
I actually used one of these mice for about a year when I owned a Centris.  I actually liked it.  I was 9 or 10 though, my hands were much smaller.

The one that is the subject of this "review"?

Yup.
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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 05 August 2013, 13:30:31 »
I got this mouse with a vintage Apple board I bought awhile back.  It's actually the only mouse I own at the moment.
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« Reply #19 on: Tue, 06 August 2013, 00:11:59 »
 :blank: do you need the ball for the mouse? i think i still have one in my garage

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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 06 August 2013, 06:17:53 »
:blank: do you need the ball for the mouse? i think i still have one in my garage

A few years ago I came across a lot of dumped Apple Mice in a trash dumpster.  People usually just drop stuff into business dumpsters because it's handy and doesn't cost them anything.

Anyway I opened up each rodent and removed the ball because they made excellent sling shot ammo.  What's so beautiful about the Apple Mouse Balls they were coated in grey rubber like material that seems to adhere to any surface without losing grip.

I managed to extract about 47 of them but later that afternoon slung them into moving trucks and cars along the Great Eastern Highway.  Sweet memories and yes I was once a problem child.
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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 06 August 2013, 08:33:46 »
I just wanted to say THANK YOU.

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« Reply #22 on: Tue, 06 August 2013, 10:06:29 »
:blank: do you need the ball for the mouse? i think i still have one in my garage

A few years ago I came across a lot of dumped Apple Mice in a trash dumpster.  People usually just drop stuff into business dumpsters because it's handy and doesn't cost them anything.

Anyway I opened up each rodent and removed the ball because they made excellent sling shot ammo.  What's so beautiful about the Apple Mouse Balls they were coated in grey rubber like material that seems to adhere to any surface without losing grip.

I managed to extract about 47 of them but later that afternoon slung them into moving trucks and cars along the Great Eastern Highway.  Sweet memories and yes I was once a problem child.

I miss those days.
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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 07 August 2013, 18:12:18 »
I just wanted to say THANK YOU.

Keeping up with current technology is so hard these days.

People like you make it easy to keep up with the latest and greatest.

Thanks.

Thanks! I find it to be very important to keep up with technology as well. That's why I figured I'd warn you all to not buy the Apple mouse!
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« Reply #24 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 08:14:10 »
I just wanted to say THANK YOU.

Keeping up with current technology is so hard these days.

People like you make it easy to keep up with the latest and greatest.

Thanks.

Thanks! I find it to be very important to keep up with technology as well. That's why I figured I'd warn you all to not buy the Apple mouse!

Where do you recommend as a good place to go to keep up with technology nowadays?

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« Reply #25 on: Thu, 08 August 2013, 08:41:56 »
I just wanted to say THANK YOU.

Keeping up with current technology is so hard these days.

People like you make it easy to keep up with the latest and greatest.

Thanks.

Thanks! I find it to be very important to keep up with technology as well. That's why I figured I'd warn you all to not buy the Apple mouse!

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« Reply #26 on: Tue, 10 September 2013, 11:11:21 »
Hahaha I hadn't smiled all day and this review did the trick.
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« Reply #27 on: Tue, 10 September 2013, 13:21:11 »
Man I got to get me one of these!
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« Reply #28 on: Tue, 10 September 2013, 17:29:49 »
I found my one of these while moving house recently - its ball is still intact.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #29 on: Fri, 20 September 2013, 11:16:58 »
I found my one of these while moving house recently - its ball is still intact.

Wow you're lucky!
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« Reply #30 on: Fri, 20 September 2013, 11:22:33 »
Man I got to get me one of these!

If you get one, I'd also recommend looking into getting a matching keyboard to go with it. I have one for sale here with free shipping:
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« Reply #31 on: Fri, 20 September 2013, 22:14:23 »
Any discount if i buy the mouse and keyboard from you?

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« Reply #32 on: Sat, 21 September 2013, 01:35:53 »
I found my one of these while moving house recently - its ball is still intact.

Wow you're lucky!

Thank you.

I also found the Mac it belongs to - an ancient beige PowerMac 8400AV something running an ancient version of Mac OS, maybe around 6 or 7.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #33 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 16:13:02 »
System 6 is good. It'll run great off of an 800k floppy on a Mac Plus. Beats the hell out of that OSX crap they're making now.
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« Reply #34 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 16:13:31 »
Any discount if i buy the mouse and keyboard from you?

I'll give you a 3% discount on the Convenience Handling charge.
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #35 on: Mon, 30 September 2013, 19:13:44 »
System 6 is good. It'll run great off of an 800k floppy on a Mac Plus. Beats the hell out of that OSX crap they're making now.

I actually preferred OS 7.5 running on the 350/8600.  I loved that machine for more than 2 years of usage, which was the longest time in my life of owning a single PC, will never happen again unfortunately.

I tried to like OS 8 but always went back to the 7 series  :thumb: .

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« Reply #36 on: Tue, 01 October 2013, 07:21:54 »
I remember using one of those Apple mice/computer combo during my early years of elementary... We were forced to use Apple's horrible word processor before they licensed Microsoft's :(

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #37 on: Wed, 02 October 2013, 16:03:32 »
I remember using one of those Apple mice/computer combo during my early years of elementary... We were forced to use Apple's horrible word processor before they licensed Microsoft's :(

AND THAT'S NOT MICROSOFT OFFICE!

Believe it or not, that is Microsoft Word you see on that screen. I think it's Word 2.0 or something. It was released in 1989. It's real awful to use compared to Word 6.0.
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #38 on: Wed, 09 October 2013, 04:57:59 »
Wow ball mouse, memories lol

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« Reply #39 on: Wed, 09 October 2013, 05:24:27 »
We still have a few ball mouses at work, mainly on the servers.

Every now and again I do give the mouse balls a quick blow.
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #40 on: Wed, 09 October 2013, 06:18:40 »
Believe it or not, that is Microsoft Word you see on that screen. I think it's Word 2.0 or something. It was released in 1989. It's real awful to use compared to Word 6.0.

I still remember using the famous MAC only word processor "ClarisWorks 3.0" under 7.5.  Didn't have the money at that time to buy anything related to Microsoft because ClarisWorks was bundled for FREE on my PowerPC.

It was basically no more sophisticated than a basic typewriter, which served it's purpose back then.
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #41 on: Thu, 10 October 2013, 09:40:44 »
Back in the late 1990's we used ClarisWorks at the school where I worked. Then they changed the name to AppleWorks. Used Appleworks on Mac OS 9.2.2 for over 5 years. And then they upgraded them all to Mac OS X (Mega-Awful Crappy Old **** for Xtremedummies).
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #42 on: Fri, 11 October 2013, 21:42:26 »
Every now and again I do give the mouse balls a quick blow.

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« Reply #43 on: Fri, 11 October 2013, 23:04:00 »
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #44 on: Thu, 17 October 2013, 09:06:32 »
So funny I forgot to laugh. Sigh.....Mac users and their pathetic sense of humor...
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #45 on: Thu, 31 October 2013, 14:51:54 »
I still have one of these gems if anybody is interested.  All you have to do is pay shipping.   Apparently, people actually pay for these on Ebay.
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« Reply #46 on: Thu, 31 October 2013, 18:52:40 »
I still have one of these gems if anybody is interested.  All you have to do is pay shipping.   Apparently, people actually pay for these on Ebay.

I too still have mine, it surfaced while I was moving house recently along with the keyboard and original Mac.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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« Reply #47 on: Fri, 01 November 2013, 09:24:58 »
Is it a 68K mac? Those were always cool...I enjoy playing Checkers on mine.
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Re: Apple Mouse Review
« Reply #48 on: Fri, 01 November 2013, 11:58:47 »
I still have one of these gems if anybody is interested.  All you have to do is pay shipping.   Apparently, people actually pay for these on Ebay.

Awww yea! I have mine.  ;)
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« Reply #49 on: Sat, 02 November 2013, 00:37:16 »
Is it a 68K mac? Those were always cool...I enjoy playing Checkers on mine.

No, sorry, an early Power Mac 8500 or something like that.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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