When you don’t know what’s going on with Apple, it’s perfectly reasonable to look over their product lineup and see what gaps might be filled. That, alas, can be a double-edge sword. Take the desktop lineup. Three models, but no affordable expandable model. The Mac Pro is simply too rich for most Mac users, and, […]

As I’ve made quite clear in recent years, the flat form factor pointing device has presented problems for me, particularly when Apple builds the product. While I do recall favorable encounters with the original Ergonomic Mouse of old, the hockey pock version that premiered with the iMac was a non-starter. Of course, that product came […]

Years ago, I actually believed that an Apple mouse was the bee’s knees. It was small, comfortable, or I believed it was at the time. I couldn’t understand why you needed multiple buttons, special software or how your hand could possibly cope with all those strange shapes and sizes. I remember actually ordering a semi-custom […]

Rather than refer you to my previous writings on the Apple Mighty Mouse, let me summarize: For an Apple mouse, it’s one of the best ever and in some respects a remarkably clever design. The standard software, which only gains all its features under 10.4.2, lets you use it as an ordinary single button mouse […]