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From: paul@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Paul Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New mouse design... WHY?!
Message-ID: <2312@mit-caf.MIT.EDU>
Date: 9 May 89 05:45:29 GMT
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Organization: Microsystems Technology Laboratories, MIT
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In article <2600@nmtsun.nmt.edu> weevil@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeff Eliasen) writes:
>
>When is Apple going to ship the Macintosh standard with optical mice? I
>- Jeffrey Eliasen
>- NewCo MexiTech

	Don't optical mice require a special gridded mousepad for the mouse
to reference?  I usually use a mouse pad, but I'm not sure that I want to
be forced to use one at all times.  It's nice to use a clean desktop for
mousing around when the pad isn't big enough.  I hope apple doesn't switch
to optical mice.
	If I am wrong in thinking that the special mousepad is required,
I retract my comment.  If it can be used on any flat surface I have no 
objection to Apple switching to it.


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