Apple updates iMac line, releases Magic Trackpad

Is it just me?

Track pads never feel and look as accurate as mice, this does not seem like a great idea. I think the reason Apple is going away from mice, though is because their mice are also very inaccurate and clunky to use. I constantly bring a mouse with to the computer lab at my college...I'm not pitching a single competitor, basically any mouse (MS, or Logitec, or HP or several others) that I have used feel and react better than Apple's. Instead of going away from mice, develop a better one!

To finish my rant--our lab changed to all those super sleek looking keyboards (also in the photo). Worse keyboard ever! It's flat, has stiff unresponsive keys, not ergonomic and for men (there were 8 men in my class who all complained) the key spacing is tight.

I get the well designed look, but what happened to function?

good keyboard

I am concerned about Jamie's remarks about the Apple keyboards. I have been touch typing since the early 1960s, and have used about 35 keyboards of every sort with all sorts of computers from the Pet and Amstrad to my present Macs, and am really enjoying typing with the new aluminium and white plastic job, which I find quicker and more comfortable than any other. I rather agree about the magic mouse: it is better if you keep cleaning the scroll wheel with a very little spirit on a lint free cloth, but not a great success.

Inaccurate Apple mouse?

The point about the Apple scroll-ball on the Mighty Mouse is true, but the new Magic Mouse is fantasticly quick and accurate. The person talking about the Apple mouse being inaccurate should go to their settings and change the speed of the mouse. If left on the default, the mouse can seem very slow.

I use a new iMAC and I have constantly wished for a trackpad for certain programs. I will be going out to get one soon, but will use it in tandem with my Magic Mouse.

Inaccurate Apple mouse?

The point about the Apple scroll-ball on the Mighty Mouse is true, but the new Magic Mouse is fantasticly quick and accurate. The person talking about the Apple mouse being inaccurate should go to their settings and change the speed of the mouse. If left on the default, the mouse can seem very slow.

I use a new iMAC and I have constantly wished for a trackpad for certain programs. I will be going out to get one soon, but will use it in tandem with my Magic Mouse.