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Magic Mouse doubles Apple's mouse market share

by Michael Grothaus (RSS feed) on Dec 29th, 2009

AppleInsider is reporting that in only eight weeks since its release, the Magic Mouse has helped Apple double its mouse market share. NPD Group sales data shows Apple garnered over 10% of the mouse market in November.

I can personally attest to how popular the mouse is. I ordered one from Apple's online store two weeks before Christmas. The ship time showed 2-3 days. This never changed until just a few days before Christmas when Apple changed the shipping time to "On or after January 4th". Runs to three Apple Stores and four Best Buys didn't do me any better – all were sold out of the Magic Mouse.

The NPD sales data included only standalone sales of the $69 Magic Mouse. "The figures did not include the bundled Magic Mouse that comes with each 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac.

For those keeping track, here are the top five mouse vendors in the US for November 2009:

I'm anxiously waiting for my Magic Mouse to arrive on January 4th. What about you guys and gals? Do you use one? Tell us in the comments!

Tags: magic mouse, MagicMouse, mice, mouse, npd, npd group, NpdGroup

Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, Peripherals, Odds and ends, Apple

Nothing was stirring, not even these mice

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Dec 25th, 2009

Wired's Gadget Lab points to this great Flickr gallery by raneko of Apple mice throughout the years, from the blocky one-button behemoths of years past up to the smooth and slick Mighty and Magic mice of today. Laid all in a row like that, it's interesting to see just how much care went into the look of these things, and how the different iterations, across years of work, built upon the basic idea. Wired says that Apple mice have never been its strong point, and they're pretty right about that -- even the current mouse, while beautiful and well-designed, doesn't have the functionality or ergonomic design that you'll find in most other brands of mice.

But nevertheless, these still look great, and for the Apple fan, they'll probably bring back a flood of memories all the way back to the Macintosh. Great gallery.

Tags: design, ergonomics, flickr, form-factor, functionality, gadget-lab, gallery, iterations, magic-mouse, memories, mice, mighty-mouse, pictures

Filed under: Hardware, Humor, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends

Your mighty mice!

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Mar 22nd, 2006



Yesterday, we linked to an image that showed up on Flickr that seemed to be the red, glowing visage of a mouse as generated by the light on the underside of an Apple Mighty Mouse. Whether or not Apple intended for their mice to put on this little display is really irrelevant, as it's just fun to show people ("Hey, want to see my mouse's mouse?"). A number of you sent in pictures of your own mice generating the little guy (apparently it works with the older Apple Pro Mice, too). Thanks to Zach, Jason, Jonathan and Gary.

We're happy to receive more, so feel free to link to an image of your own mouse's...um...inner mouse.*

*Kids, do not say "mouse" this many times at home. I am a professional.

Tags: apple pro mouse, AppleProMouse, easter egg, EasterEgg, mice, mighty mouse, MightyMouse, mouse

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