Overview mouse Apple Magic Mouse

Package Contents:

• Mouse
• Two batteries Energizer
• User

Before writing a review of each technology from Apple, I become agitated. It is very difficult to resist the creations of the team known worldwide for Mr. Jobs and not jump into the abyss of praise, "to buy", "should give up everything and change", "This is brilliant!", "As we had not seen before! . Each piece is like a candy wrapper, and the problem of the browser seems to be simple - to carefully remove the cellophane, to taste, to report to the reader. Unfortunately, sometimes about sweets from Apple want to write, without removing the wrapper, not getting to the point, not trying to carefully. Fortunately, most of the candy from Apple do not cheat, and inscriptions on the cover can be trusted completely. For even more fortunately for readers, writer of the mouse treated with great prejudice. Experience in the use of Mighty Mouse in a pair with a variety of laptops has shown that it does not replace smart touchpad for "Macbook" and sometimes behaves strange and certainly not worth the money that ask for it in Russia. To argue on this subject can be long, but I made for myself a year ago, a simple conclusion: best mouse for notebooks and computers Apple makes the company Logitech (as for any other laptops and computers). And it is with this in mind, keeping it in my head, I conducted tests of a new robot called Magic Mouse. Magical Mouse. Enthusiastically adopted by the press, consumers, fans and sympathizers. Well, let's talk about it.

Design, construction

First you have to say about the packaging, we have the most rabid minimalist, it's easier just nowhere. Plastic box, on the one hand it keeps the sticker, a mouse, too, holds a strip of adhesive tape. Ingenious, simple, call it whatever you like. In the box, in addition to the mouse, there is only instruction, the batteries are already in the compartment, traditionally used for the Apple batteries Energizer AA size (in other words, finger). The mouse itself, of course, makes an impression. The upper part of the milky white smooth plastic, company logo, "rests" in your hand, certainly has been done to ensure that you do not confuse side. Indeed, when viewed from above to say where the button is impossible if the logo was not there. The mouse is thin, fairly heavy, due to the form and correctly chosen weight well in the hand, thumb rests exactly where it is necessary. I gave a try to arm people with different hands, uncomfortable it did not name any. Maybe not lied. Your humble servant is very sensitive to the mouse, because this thing is used on a daily basis and, in addition to beauty, to be incredibly comfortable, not cause any discomfort or nervosa. So, if you talk about the Magic Mouse, then there issues in ergonomics no. In one hand she is fine.

The lower part is made of aluminum, let's see what there is. First, the switch we are familiar with the iPod shape, slightly above - the light indicator, period. Lights twinkle in greenbacks while the tower is turned on. In addition, the state will tell us and the green area under the switch when it is set to OFF, this area is black. Secondly, the lower is the battery compartment latch, shift it over, the lid pops up, it remains only to remove it. No messing around with poddevaniem nails.

As a result, this mouse is nice, well made, fits the hand, of course, her appearance perfectly with PCs and laptops Apple. Minimal packing is also pleased.

The sample on the surfaces

I specifically did not say in the head office about the design of one of the features of the manipulator. Left and right of the battery compartment are plastic strips. Rather, it is a very clever stuff, if a nail to pin down, it remains to trace, it can easily wipe afterwards. They seemed to be somewhat blurred. Why are they here? The answer is simple - to mouse body was elevated above the surface, be it a table, sofa or anything else. I have worked with the Magic Mouse on different surfaces and I want to tell you about the results. Yes, first I will explain what I'm getting at: these very plastic "guides" I alerted. It's one thing when you're at the table. But what if you moved the bed, and her shawl? In general, I would like to acquaint you with the results. Rated "5" means that the strip does not affect the speed and ease of interaction. Well, while the estimates below five, of course, mean more. So:

• Wooden table - 5
• At the kitchen table, tablecloth cotton - 4
• Fleecy blanket - between 4 and 3-minus with a plus
• Plain sofa, smooth fabric - 5

My battle Mouse Logitech V500 behaves the same on any surface. It is true that in my life I do not use it while lying on the floor or bed, usually, or table or sofa, and now Magic Mouse himself shows very well.But such an experiment worth to spend, right?

Connection

Everything is simple: mice need to include, and then open the "Settings", select "Mouse" and all. Starts searching for a few seconds, you can use your new handler. But that's just wait, where's the promised Multipoint, scrolling and all that? It's simple: you need to install the Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0. Generally, the instruction is written as: «To use your Magic Mouse and its full range of features, update your Mac to Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later and install the Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0; or update to Mac OS X version 10.6 .2 or later ».

Once you have connected the mouse, you need to go to "Settings", select "Software Update" and then begin downloading the above software, the file has a size of about 70 MB, so do not upgrade with EDGE. Then, the installation, reboot the system, and now some are available to all other functions. Here they are:

• Scrolling, all exactly the same way as with the touchpad laptops Apple, only you can scroll through a page in the browser list or even one finger. You swipe your finger over the surface of the mouse, depending on the traffic changes and scrolling speed. Just like a wheel, but here nothing else to turn.
• Slide your finger left or right in Safari, you can use to navigate. And here the analogy with the touchpad, the same functionality. It is very convenient - have followed a link, look, just moving the finger back to the previous page. In the Mail so you can move from letter to letter in iPhoto - from album to album or photos to the photo.
• There is a very strange feature that lets you zoom. But here it is implemented rather strange: we press Control (or another button, you can change the settings), hold your finger on the mouse - the display is approaching. Say, here you are reading a newspaper and can not make out what was in the photos - take and hold her close to her eyes. That is roughly the same effect. I do not think that I will use this opportunity at all.
• It should be understood that the additional buttons, as Mighty Mouse, not here. Granted, they are there to help - you can quickly navigate to the desktop or to Expose. To me, setting "Active corners" means the OS (we are about MacOS) completely replaces those same buttons. For those who did not use the "poppies", explain: you can customize the action when connecting a mouse to a particular corner of the screen. For example, I configured as follows: upper left corner swerving all applications and opens the desktop, the bottom left shows thumbnails of all running applications (Expose), upper right window shows the programs (for example, open a page in Safari), the lower right corner is responsible for running screensavers . Do the buttons on a mouse in the presence of such functionality? I - no. Hot corners - more than adequate replacement.

What can I say after a few days of use? At first it seemed to me that the Magic Mouse in a pair with a laptop is not much need, yet the touchpad has not disappeared anywhere. However, in some cases, the magic mouse is much more suitable for work, for example, when you're at the table, not on the couch. With Magic Mouse really comfortable "sit on the Internet, work with documents, photographs, to her very quickly get used to it. But there is an important point: if you try to connect it to your computer based on Windows, then all the "chips" are lost, and before you is just a two-button mouse, and without Multitouch scrolling. Accordingly, to buy it for use with the "WINDOWS" is not worth a thing for the owners of the MacBook and iMac.

To pair with another computer or laptop-based Mac OS you need to go into the settings, remove the mouse, then turn it on and detected by a new device.

Buttons

Mouse can be used as a two-or one-button, it all depends on your habits to work with MacOS. I like it better when there are two buttons, actually, that's what I set up the Magic Mouse.Clicking on different parts of the mouse is a good thing different about me for samples clicked on the desktop "left" and "right" button almost to cloud the mind - all right, not wrong. Very good. Sam "click" clear, you can call it even savory.

DPI and all that

The Apple does not like language of numbers, here and find information about DPI is not possible. But you can enjoy the official language of the press release: "Mouse Magic Mouse uses laser tracking technology effectively, which greatly exceeds the optical modules in sensitivity and response to various surfaces. This means that the mouse will work well almost everywhere: on the table in the cafe, and home office. Mouse pad you will not need. " About the rugs I have said above with regard to speed, then it is perfectly acceptable. On several forums I've seen complaints about the speed, in one case they solved simple - the user suggested in the settings to set a higher speed, which eliminated the problem. In another case, when using your MacBook, it did not help - still the cursor is moved slowly. But here we must take into account the point that everyone has different needs and requirements. I tried the Magic Mouse with MacBook Pro 17, MacBook Air, the speed of no claims. You can watch the video, everything more clearly.

Hours

Check the battery level you can go to "Settings" and selecting the "Mouse". On the official website there is no information about how long can work Magic Mouse, I still have nothing to say, the charge is currently 92 per cent for a few days has not changed.

Conclusions

Get the Magic Mouse in two ways - either to buy a new iMac, it is included in the kit, or purchase it separately. Official sales not yet begun, but you can buy it, is only to prepare more than four thousand rubles. As practice shows, wishing is a huge number, it appears that all owners of Apple computers and laptops and even though a conspiracy without any tests, tests are ready to spend their money.

You have to understand that Apple sit very shrewd businessmen and they are primarily engaged in the business (captain obvious). That is, they do not engage in any nonsense. In this mouse is not familiar to us all-wheel drive, no extra buttons, no coasters for charging, no weights to set the desired weight, there is no screen to display additional information, there is no any special finishes or legendary stories (such as a Razer). There is something quite new, by and large, Magic Mouse - it's passed on to the outside touchpad laptops Apple, about his remarkable performance, usability, I have said many times. For the company it is important to emphasize leadership in technology multipoint, and that was done. This item first. Item the second - any relatively inexpensive product, companies often enjoys a rabid demand, and not only on the parent market. For example, this iPod Shuffle, Nano, AirPort, «socks" for players and stuff. And here we see a whole new mouse, and even such unusual in the U.S. it costs about seventy dollars, and it is difficult to imagine how many Magic Mouse gets going in November and December. I think that is very, very much. The third point - in my opinion, a good reason Apple decided to make the product suitable only for laptops, and computer companies. As described above, you can easily use the Magic Mouse in a pair with a laptop based on Windows, but the most important functionality of a mouse is in this case lacks. Why so? The reason, I think, is simple - "svitcherstvo" as a phenomenon has already outgrown itself, and Apple is increasingly will not think about those who use other operating systems. Want a magic mouse? Buy a "MacBook". You can laugh at this logic, but first let us remember the thousands of consumers have tried first iPod, and then smoothly peresevshih on Mac OS.Little things are important, but still some.

Conclusion - for me, so Magic Mouse mouse a hundred times better than the Mighty Mouse. It is convenient to use, though not on all surfaces, but this is the third. I liked the implementation of the scroll that previously did with the wheel, forget the first day of use. Ability to zoom in on a pair of motions, easy and intuitive scrolling - everything is there. But only if you have a MacBook or iMac. You can not forget about product design, promised a long time from the two batteries, quick connectivity and easy setup. I can only recommend the magic mouse, if and when you burned with the Mighty Mouse, it's another reason to try something new and much better.

PS Of course, this raises the question: why spend money on a mouse, if I have a MacBook Pro with an excellent touch pad, I was completely satisfied? That's the question I can not answer, there is already come into play Magic Apple, when the mind you realize that it does not seem to particularly want, but why not? Naturally, the company realized this when he developed a new toy for the "makovodov" of all stripes. Already on that I like to get rid of the excess around, so I then reach for a wallet. Marketing Magic in the worst of its manifestation. A great gift for a holiday, but only for "makovodov.

PPS If you have a very strong lights, and still want to do on his Magic Mouse sort of extra buttons, check out one of the ways. Try at your own risk, I would do it did not.

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