e45 – Mice

From solid steel balls to unusable hockey pucks to sleek pieces of sushi, we cover all of Apple's mouse designs. And we couldn't stop there, so we threw in some trackpads and third-party pointers for good measure. 🐭

Followup

• G4 Cube
  • yes, it has a handle
  • "Behold the G4 Cube, Apple's most epic computer ever"
• iMac carrying case
  • buy one on Amazon!

I’ve had enough internet today… pic.twitter.com/c9O6ck4KC0

— Alex Vanderzon (@alexvanderzon) August 18, 2016

• Patrick Blampied's iOS Macintosh Portable
  • demo video

@simple_beep @gruber love this ep. Still using an iOS Mac Portable daily for writing. Same alps as the good AEK II. pic.twitter.com/G05qVCO0vA

— Patrick Blampied (@patrickblampied) August 15, 2016

• lead-acid batteries
  • Mac Portable battery weighed ~2 pounds
  • PowerBook 100 had one too [manual pdf]

Mouse history

• previously: e6 – Keyboards
• elsewhere: 512px on Apple mice
• elsewhere: Apple Mouse Museum
• interview about the first mouse
• Douglas Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos"
• Xerox Alto mouse

Apple mice

• Macintosh Mouse
  • DE-9 connector
  • 1983 Microsoft Mouse
• Apple Desktop Bus mouse
• ADB Mouse II
  • TopoGigio
  • Snow White design
• Apple USB Mouse
  • it was not well-loved.
• Apple Pro Mouse
  • Macworld 2000 introduction
• Mighty Mouse
  • trademark dispute
• Magic Mouse
  • didn't sound right!
  • foam hack

…and trackpads

• "How to refer to the pointer thing on laptop keyboards"
• Cirque GlidePoint
• PowerBook 500
• trackpad tapping trick
• Multi-Touch
• Force Touch
• rumored iPhone Force Touch home button

Third-party mice

• Kensington Turbo Mouse [WayBack]
• JoyPort ADB [WayBack]
• MacMice The Mouse BT
  • MacMice's dodgy history
• Kensington StudioMouse [WayBack]
• Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse
• Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse

Kensington Turbo Mouse

Kensington StudioMouse
MacMice The Mouse BT