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From: jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu.engin.umich.edu (John F. Mansfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New mouse design... WHY?!
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Date: 8 May 89 17:11:00 GMT
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>I'm really curious why Apple redesigned the ADB mouse at all.  And, since
>they did, why did they do it this way?  They seem to have made a couple
>of minor improvements (involving the prevention of dirt buildup), but a
>couple of problems have been created, too.  And, while they were redesigning,
>why didn't they do a more thorough job?  I guess they didn't want to have
>to make a new case, just new innards and bottom.
>
>


My guess is they are now much cheaper to make.




John Mansfield
North Campus Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory 2455 Hayward, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48109-2143. 313-936-3352
Internet: jfm@ruddles.sprl.umich.edu or john_mansfield.um.cc.umich.edu