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> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:43:58 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-4E1794.15435824122
...@news.individual.net>):
>> In article <adGdnSXHcYkQPM_UnZ2dnUVZ_gadn...@giganews.com>,
>> Tim Lance <see....@bottom.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:59:49 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <jollyroger-460A46.12594924122...@news.individual.net>):
>>>> In article <PqidndoNBM8zGM_UnZ2dnUVZ_ofin...@giganews.com>,
>>>> Tim Lance <see....@bottom.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:25:29 -0600, Tim Lance wrote
>>>>> (in article <5aydnRVc-vJE7dDUnZ2dnUVZ_hKdn...@giganews.com>):
>>>>>> Any one use one of these?
>>>>>> JR. Might be the one. Trackball works just as a 360-degree scroller in
>>>>>> "mouse
>>>>>> mode" and then can be switched to "trackball mode" for full-blown
>>>>>> trackball
>>>>>> functionality (i.e. trackball controls pointer).
>>>>>> http://us.kensington.com/html/13880.html
>>>>> And then there's this:
>>>>> <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10127746-
>>>>> 37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-5>
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/a72k4l
>>>> God... If there's any legitimacy to this one, I sure hope Apple doesn't
>>>> keep the brain-dead right-click detection technology the current Mighty
>>>> mouse uses...
>>> The right-click action was the first thing I noticed in my new MM. No
>>> confusion with the left-click at all. I have small hands and that was an
>>> ongoing issue, having gotten worse over time actually. Also, the damn side
>>> pressure "buttons" that make Button 4 are easier. I have no idea how
>>> variable
>>> production is but I do recall others in our groups here noting the
>>> improvement.
>>> Why not put your current MM away for a rainy day and buy yourself a
>>> Christmas/whatever present of a new one? ; )
>> You really think they fixed this in later revisions? If that's truly the
>> case, I'm definitely inclined to do what you suggest!
>> When did you buy yours?
>> I'm curious... My Mighty Mouse has this on the bottom:
>> Designed by Apple in California
>> Assembled in Malaysia
>> Model No.: A1152 EMC No.: 2058
>> What's your new one say?
> Model A1197
> nothing with EMC
> Just bought this one 2 days ago. No promises on "fixing" the right-click --
> just my personal experience which is better than than my old one, which was
> also A1197 but also no EMC info. Best I can tell it was at least 3 years old.
> I got it a year before I got before I got my first MacBook Pro which was
> summer of 2006. So I got my old MM around fall of 2005.
Mine is the same as JR's, and I got it last April with my iMac.
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