I can't believe it's September and I still can't purchase the Optical Mouse with out buying a New iMac...... I can goto a store and look and touch it but I can't buy it.... I guess I will have to wait until Apple will finally ships it probably around next years MacWorld 2001.

[pastusza]

You can order one from the Apple store right now. I have a friend who just received his a couple of days ago.

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[cteselle]

IMHO, If I were you since I have had the oportunity to use both the new Apple optical mouse and the Micro$oft Intellimouse Explorer, I would go with the Intellimouse.

5 buttons and a wheel. Much more user friendly than the 1 button Apple mouse.

Whichever one you do decide to go with, once you go optical, there is no going back!

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[This message has been edited by cteselle (edited 09-22-2000).]

[Adam Silver]

It isn't five buttons and a wheel, it's five buttons including a wheel. The wheel is the third button.

[dante]

MaestroFuzz, I ordered my Pro Mouse, from the Apple Store in Australia, at the end of July.
I got it two weeks later.

[kaceygones]

I thought that these message boards were to help each other and share knowledge, etc. So, at the risk of being ridiculed and chewed out by one $ertain member, what does IMHO mean?

Long way to go....
kacey

[Stogieman]

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion

cteselle wrote:
"5 buttons and a wheel. Much more user friendly than the 1 button Apple mouse."

Not if your a left handed user. Also it's very easy to accidently press the button that rests by the thumb. My choice for a multi-button optical mouse w/ scroll wheel is Logitech's Opitical Wheel Mouse. It's cheaper than what Micro$oft and Apple offer.

[kaceygones]

thanks.

[RWoelk]

IMHO... is a bit of a misnomer if you ask me. Say what you will, but few people's opinions expressed here are anything but humble



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I got my ProMouse from Apple 3 weeks ago (I live in Paris). It's good, but can be fussy about the surface it works on.

My desk has a slightly metalic shiny surface and it does not like it at all, keeps skiping an is very jerky. So I am using a mouse mat with mine.

The problem is that I live in Canada.....right beside the USA......but it will take months before we see one.

[wlonh]

"In stark contrast to its much-maligned 'hockey puck' predecessor, Apple's new mouse is a thing of beauty Ð it looks and feels like a sleek crystal paperweight. It's also an example of clearheaded engineering. Rather than fall victim to geek chic and add a half dozen programmable buttons and a couple of scroll wheels, Apple has kept its one-button mouse simple and intuitive Ð just what the average computer user wants."

taken from 'The Standard'

NOTE that it says "AVERAGE COMPUTER USER" and not you 'gamers' and 'power users' out there, you are the minority... you are not average and there are mouse models for you which you can buy to suit your extraordinary needs...