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From: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: aerodynamic mice
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Date: 3 May 89 22:30:39 GMT
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In article <8905012334.aa04101@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET writes:
>APPLE HAS KILLED THE MOUSE!
>
>I just got 5 IIGS computers, and 1 ugh..SE.  All of them had this piece of
>lightweight plastic with a black ball inside of them that seemed to be created
>from a new and improved hollow, black, lightweight, indestructable, chemical
>derivative, of the old mouse ball.  The things that were
>masquerading as mice.seem to be a new idea in how to control the mouse.

Apple actually did this some time ago. My group at work bought a few
Mac IIs a while back, and they all had the "new and improved" mouse.
What struck me was the old mice were made here in the USA (see the
underside of any one). The new mice are made in Korea or Tiawan (I
forget which).

Personally, I can't stand the new mice. If you hold it just right, the
ball magically lifts off the work surface, and sliding the mouse does
nothing to the poitner. Also, because they have almost no weight, they
don't quite feel as satisfying.

Now the big question: since the new mice probably cost Apple about one
tenth of what they used to cost, will that cost reduction be forwarded
to the consumers? I think not.


Dave Whitney	A junior in Computer Science at MIT
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