Even Apple calls it a four button mouse. Mike
On 10/25/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >mice... But like the other poster asked, how do you define the last > several > >years? > > August 2005 makes it just a bit longer than a "couple" of years. Hence, > "several." > > >And it has 4 buttons, not 5... > > 1) Primary button (usually left) > 2) Secondary button (usually right) > 3) The "pea" (scroll ball) > 4) Left base > 5) Right base > > #4 and #5 must be pressed together (squeezed), but are separate buttons. > You might want to call it a 4-function, 5-button mouse, but that would be > silly. > > >One thing I was > >surprised to see was that Apple was selling other brands of mice from > >their site. Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but I haven't > >notice in the past their willingness to expand beyond their own > > You really should get out more. Apple sells a lot of stuff from other > companies and they usually pick the best from what is available. You > should go to an Apple Store and get drunk on all the possibilities. Their > prices are reasonable too, especially in light of the high level of > service they offer. This has been true for *many* years. > > After going to an Apple Store, the experience of going to a PC superstore > feels like going to a third-world bazaar selling piles of first-world > rejects. > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
