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>The input device, dubbed the Magic Mouse 2, would look to users exactly like the previous model....

>But one thing was totally unacceptable.

>The mouse didn’t sound right.

Yes, everyone loves the Magic Mouse so much, nothing else could be improved in version 2, except for the sound, that has to be perfect, in a mouse.

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Well, I do love the Magic Mouse so much. It's the best Mouse I've had -- from a history of crappy Apple (and earlier PC) mice, which includes SUN Spark's optical mice (which required a special mousepad) when nobody on their PC had optical mice yet...

Especially Apple's older mouse (with the too easy to jam with dirt wheel/ball) I really hated...

The Mighty Mouse is the old one, which they still sell for $49! I like the idea of the ball better than a scroll wheel, but they clog after a week and are never the same again.

Oh yeah. Completely agree there… the Mighty Mouse was horrible. After using mine for about a year, the trackball in it got so jammed with dirt that scrolling was a huge pain.

I mean, that's kind of the point. It's a tiny detail that nobody else would focus on, according to the narrative.

Not that I think it matters myself.

I'm not missing that point. What I find highly amusing is that no one I know, including myself, will be able to hold the mouse long enough to appreciate the new sound. I could be in an isolated world of DeathAdders and Zowie addicts, but this also includes my coworkers and parents.

I've worked with plenty of people who liked the Magic Mouse. I don't think it's a matter of missing the trees for the forest, I think you're just not who Apple worries about when they update the Magic Mouse. They typically make design decisions with an appreciation that not everyone will like it.

Yeah, I understand they choose symmetry and geometric simplicity over ergonomics, and the mouse isn't intended to fit into the hand and be comfortable to hold. It's still amusing that they tell everyone that the beautiful log is a perfect forest :)

Also it's hard to know if it is upside down until the cursor moves on the screen. This was so confusing to my youngest child we got an inexpensive wired mouse.

>Not that I think it matters myself.

And if it had come out tons would be screaming in forums about Apple's "noise making mouse" (if the click was that bad).

Like they did for the Laptops whose CPUs "whined" circa 2006 etc (which you would have to pay real attention to even hear).

> Like they did for the Laptops whose CPUs "whined" circa 2006 etc (which you would have to pay real attention to even hear).

My old Dell laptop's whine,[1] drove me insane in quiet rooms and was one reason I switched to Macs.

[1] I think it had something to do with the PSU when the CPU throttled down to a lower-power state.

I thought everyone loved the Apple BT keyboard universally and the Magic Mouse v1 was divisive?

I do love my Apple keyboards, trackpads, but I could never hold their mice.

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