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Unpopular opinion, but I like the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard!

I try other Mouses but always return to the Apple products.

Trying to get other Mouses to have the same acceleration and tracking as you he Magic Mouse eludes me!

The thing with the Magic Mouse is the touch sensor on top! Being able to swipe and scroll horizontally and vertically is so ingrained that I miss it when switching.

Adding a TouchID sensor to the side of the Apple Magic Mouse would be super useful!

I don’t have a Magic Keyboard with TouchID yet, so I’m constantly reaching over to MacBook keyboard. I feel like if my thumb could just connect with the TouchID sensor on the side of a Magic Mouse, there’s be a lot less friction in the security UI!

I’m inspired to also try a trackpad given the enthusiasm shown in the comments here!

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The magic keyboard is ok. The layout is subpar and it lacks a tiny bit of travel for a thin-style keyboard (.2 mm extra would do it I think), but overall it is nicely built, reliable and easy to clean. Going to that from a thinkpad keyboard was a bit rough though. I wonder if people who love it have ever used a good keyboard.

The magic mouse is the worst mouse I have used so far, precisely because of the touch area. I tried for a while to adapt to it and developed severe RSI. I event went through the “I must be holding it wrong” pattern like the apple fanboy I am, to no avail. I suspect it comes down to me having the wrong shape of hand. Luckily logitech makes some excellent mice, and I can map the thumb buttons to the gestures I used most on the magic mouse.

> Unpopular opinion, but I like the Magic Mouse

I've always liked the Magic Mouse.

> The thing with the Magic Mouse is the touch sensor on top! Being able to swipe and scroll horizontally and vertically

This is such an underrated feature; I use it constantly.

But there's more it can do; Better Touch Tool lets you configure gestures to your heart's content [1].

[1]: https://folivora.ai

I'll check it out, thanks!

The only problems I had with magic mouse:

- you can't rest your fingers on it. When you use it, you have to keep your finger(s) raised

- if an app/game uses middle button, you can't use that

> - you can't rest your fingers on it. When you use it, you have to keep your finger(s) raised

I rest my fingers on the surface all the time and it's fine?

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I'm also one of the dozen that like the Magic Mouse; in fact I have the first gen one that takes AA batteries, and it's still working perfectly. It's now the oldest mouse I've owned and used. Prior to it I think I had an early model of the wired optical IntelliMouse.

I remember it triggering unwanted clicks/taps when I was resting my fingers on it.

This is true!

I do rest my index finger on the edge, and I do sometimes get a false micro/jerky scroll movement!

Can’t you configure a two finger click to register as “middle”?

IIRC you can and also IIRC it didn't work well with click-and-drag and scroll. But this was quite some time ago

Trackpads SOTA, Keyboards OK, Mouse is PITA

Yeah... Your opinion is unpopular

(Sorry, but I can't stand Apple hardware... I find it very crappy)

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