“But it looks bad and could be bad for the battery!”
Every other wireless mouse has it in the front, Apple has no valid reason to leave it at the bottom.
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Mad_Punda@feddit.org 2 weeks agoI read someone else musing that they must have thought that keeping it plugged in all the time would be bad, so the made it impossible to use the mouse while plugged in. Seems plausible. I suppose it would degrade the battery? Or the cord drag would be bad?
deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 2 weeks ago
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
The fact that everyone hasn’t taken on this design trend just shows how stupid it is.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They also take on stupid design trends, like removing the headphone jack.
This one is just several degrees more stupid.
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On the battery, they should have been able to do whatever they thought best in the battery management system, in that case.
Simple answer is easiest, that they are obsessed with the “clean” minimalist look and want to abolish every visible port and buttin they can.
Surprised though that the mouse didn’t do the magsafe thing.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
The design forces the user to use it wirelessly. Apple just wants their products to look better, meaning NO CORDS EVER. It’s entirely about aesthetic.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They should have just released a mouse pad that can charge the mouse wirelessly then.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If I worked at Apple, I’d hire you right here, right now.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
$7.000
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
im surprised they haven’t done this tbh
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Apparently Logitech does have this out now, so I wonder if they patented the “concept” and it will be another 20 years before anyone can do it. Assuming that someone else didn’t already do it 20 years ago and that patented already ran out.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Their trackpad can and does work via USB so ???
I have one of their trackpads and it works great with Ubuntu over USB but not over Bluetooth for some reason. (It connects, but Ubuntu doesn’t handle it well.)
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
It’s literally just the same body as the OG Magic Mouse, which had a bay for a pair of AAs underneath. All they did was remove the bay, put a rechargeable battery in there, and a socket to charge it. It takes a couple of minutes to give it 9 hours of juice.
There’s no grand conspiracy.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’ve said too much they’re coming for me they know they know they know
reddig33@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If that’s the case, then why does the wireless keyboard have the port on the back?