Re: magic mouse

Marc Heusser wrote:

> With the newer NiMH rechargeable batteries that have a low
> self-discharge rate,


YOu still need to keep 2 sets of batteries for your mouse (one inside
the mouse, and one always charged, ready to be used when the nouse
batteries are drained).

And more importantly, you will have a period where mouse starts to be
unresponsive because batteries are being drained and you need to decide
if it is time to change them or not.

I much rather have a wired mouse.

In article <0061c956$0$1582$>,
JF Mezei <> wrote:

> Marc Heusser wrote:
>
> > With the newer NiMH rechargeable batteries that have a low
> > self-discharge rate,
>
>
> YOu still need to keep 2 sets of batteries for your mouse (one inside
> the mouse, and one always charged, ready to be used when the nouse
> batteries are drained).

Sure, but they are not specific to the mouse, I just keep a few charged
batteries all the time for the various gadgets.

> And more importantly, you will have a period where mouse starts to be
> unresponsive because batteries are being drained and you need to decide
> if it is time to change them or not.

Not that I noticed up to now - the computer will does tell me when it's
time.

> I much rather have a wired mouse.

That's perfectly fine - and it is still available, and may always be.

I just wanted to show that non-rechargeable batteries can be completely
eliminated, and that then using rechargeabel batteries in gadgets is
fine from an environmental perspective as well as very practical.

Marc

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In article <copespaz->,
MC <> wrote:

> In article <michelle->,
> Michelle Steiner <> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger->,
> > Jolly Roger <> wrote:
> >
> > > > it's only reversed *if* they come out with a wired magic mouse at a
> > > > later time, and if i had to guess, i'd say they aren't going to do
> > > > that. all their computers have bluetooth now and wireless is 'cooler'
> > > > plus there is one less usb port to put on the box.
> > >
> > > That's what worries me.
> >
> > The current iMac has one more USB port (and one less FireWire port) than my
> > Early 2007 iMac.
>
> Mac has long advocated - and put into practice - the notion that they
> should force development in certain directions by adding and subtracting
> features and ways of doing things.
>
> Anyone miss the 3.5" floppy drive? I doubt it. But do you remember the
> kerfuffle it caused when Mac shipped machines without them? They hung on
> in PCs a *lot* longer, but eventually the floppy went the way of the
> dodo with PCs as well.

The sad thing is that they also seem to be dropping numeric keypads from
keyboards. Even if you don't want them for VT100 emulation purposes,
they are still very useful for numeric data entry.

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Paul Sture