Given that Apple was the first home computer maker to offer mice, it's odd how they've lagged behind pretty much ever since. e.g. For a brief while they sold perfectly round "puck" mice that you had to look at to orient every time you grasped them (These are the worst mice I've ever used.). If you didn't grasp them just right, X and Y would become a nausea-inducing mix of XY and YX. It also took Apple decades to finally admit that, yes, at least some users would like more than one button on their mouse. Who else honestly thought that they'd have moved the charging port on their current mice by now?
It's been the same since the 90's. If you buy a mac, the first thing you should do is replace the mouse.
They haven’t lagged behind, they started designing around a trackpad which has more gesture affordances and is consistent with their other devices. I use their Magic Trackpad and prefer it over a mouse
I disagree, but you know having different preferences is fine. I think the trackpad of the macbook is the worst trackpad I've ever used, typing from an m1 mbp right now and wish it had distinct right & left mouse buttons.
But the nice thing is you can buy a variety of form factors that suit your needs. Unless its Apple, in which you get basically one thing take it or leave it.
The mouse could still be useful though. Apple mouse is just horrible in most regards, and no trackpad can offset this fact, despite being a head and a half above any competition.
> Who else honestly thought that they'd have moved the charging port on their current mice by now?
I remeber that hullaballo a few years ago, when they introduced a mouse with the charging port on the bottom, so you couldn't charge it and use it at the same time.
It's been the same since the 90's. If you buy a mac, the first thing you should do is replace the mouse.