Comments on: The funniest thing Steve Jobs ever said

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:50:49 +0000

That mouse was a gift! To third-party hardware vendors, that is. It’s a nice keepsake (I still have mine…), but you can’t use it for long, so you have to go out and buy a mouse from someone else. It wasn’t a week before I bought my first logitech mouse; it was awesome!

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:26:32 +0000

Apparently it still affects your typing.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:39:31 +0000

Hardware reviewers tend to be men with big hands and/or horribly Monk-like in their aversion to the unfamiliar (e.g. the Mac). Those with small hands appreciated the round mouse design, as did those who understood the proper way to hold the mouse and click the button. My wife had tiny hands, and she loved the round mouse. I have stiffness in the last joint of my index finger from a quarter century of mousing. The round mouse was intended to fit in the hollow of your hand, allowing you to click the one button with the pad at the base of your fingers.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:05:17 +0000

it game me hand cramps

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:54:21 +0000

Never understood what the problem was.

I used to touch the cord to know which way was up. No problem.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:43:43 +0000

I loved that mouse. small, interesting, not unlike many mice made today for laptops. Was a bit trick for the hamfisted though.

By: Dr. Macenstein

Dr. Macenstein — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:37:38 +0000

Florian, No, it's Ellen Feiss. -The Doc

By: darrell

darrell — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:28:32 +0000

using that for an hour deformed my hand into a claw

By: Florian Vanthuyne

Florian Vanthuyne — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:23:10 +0000

Is that your kid in the this-was-brough-to-you-by Macenstein ending?

Ow Steve ..

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:48:08 +0000

No, it’s that the puck mice weren’t well received, mostly due to the before-mentioned puck shape. The unusual shape made them hard to use for most users, and they were USB mice at a time when most mice used ADB connectors. The Doc’s making fun of the fact that Steve called it “The most wonderful mouse you’ve ever used.”