The Magic Keyboard, Trackpad and Mouse now use USB-C!
The Magic Keyboard, Trackpad and Mouse now use USB-C!
Let's go! This is a moment for the history books!
EDIT: Added Trackpad to the title
Here's a hot take: The magic mouse is actually really nice. I worked in a lab with new iMacs and magic mice, and the gestures just felt great. If it wasn't a part of such a closed ecosystem, I would have one myself.
First they pioneered USB-C-charging for phones, and now they invent USB-C-charging for peripherals! Mind blown, truly visionary stuff from Apple.
And they still put the port on the bottom where you can't charge and use it at the same time. Garbage.
That's because apple wants to form an abusive relationship with you where you try to justify all the dumb shit they do because you build it into your ego identity.
It's garbage to begin with. You can't right click with both fingers resting on the mouse. Shit design through and through, it's equally functional right side up or upside down.
Meh. I got one for free from a job's tech allowance, and it's never really a problem. It charges fast and the OS warns you early enough to plug it in on a lunch break or at the end of the day well before it runs out. Not ideal but def not garbage. Honestly, I get more frustrated with noise canceling headphones and keyboards dying at inconvenient times than I ever do the mouse.
I dont use it daily, but it is a pretty good mouse for my laptop bag. Charge holds a long time for once/week use. If it's dead when I get to the coffee shop or wherever I'm working, itll be usable in 15 mins or less anyway. It also works nicely with Linux out of the box, which is a rarity among Bluetooth mice (in my experience).
The other elephant in the room: not having multitasking gestures on a mouse when using macOS is a serious drawback for any other mouse out there, so there is a reason people are willing to put up with the annoyance (if they ever get annoyed in the first place)
I got one too, my big problem with the mouse is that when it's upside down like that it just wobbles all over the place and invariably falls off the table. It's like a cat magnet, they can't resist pushing it.
Anyway it's an awful mouse, I hate that kind of not really buttons thing that they've got going on.
So the mouse charges the same way, just USB C? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Even though it is quite a minor issue, it still looks dumb charging "dead-bug" style.
It's ridiculous 😂
The Logitech MX Master is the best productivity mouse ever. Apple apparently has no desire to compete with it.
i bought one and ended up going back to my magic mouse. i use mostly magic mice, but i did finally figure out why i have such a strange mouse preference. it's the weight. so i bought a really lightweight razer mouse, and i enjoy using that.
it also charges on the bottom!
Honestly seems like it'd be a rough fight with stuff like the mx master on market already. Not worth the effort. Edit: I may finally jump from my g700s to a mx master soon
Here here!
Best mouse I've ever had. Lasted 10+ years. Just can't justify $100 for a new one
I bought an MX3 on a sale when leaving one job that wanted the mouse back and coming to one that didn’t offer one (or maybe I simply wasn’t patient enough?). The next job had an MX2S from a previous employee in the box with factory sealed cheapo mice. Easy choice to go for the used MX. Now I have two! But sometimes I get confused when they’re accidentally in the same place 😅 also love the three channels for pairing to different devices. Even comes in handy on the iPad once in a while.
Same here. Excellent mouse. The rubber on the scroll wheel is getting a bit worn now.
Are you sure this is new? I'd swear all the M-series iMacs I've ordered for work over the last few years recharged the keyboard and mouse through USB-C