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Your mighty mice!

by Dave Caolo Mar 22nd 2006 at 8:00AM



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.

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VanHalenBR

My mouse is for the eMac 1.25Ghz the model is M5769 and this mouse show the same image, I think is not a something new , older White Apple mouse alredy have it

March 26 2006 at 11:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim Walpole

O.K., I'll grant you that the MM & Pro Mouse images look kinda Mousesque, but I've gotta tell you, there's a freaking MONKEY inside my Apple Wireless Mouse!!!!!!!
Check it out.
Sorry, no photos.

March 23 2006 at 7:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Frank

None of my three mice (Microsoft and Logitech) projects anything remotely similar to a mouse.

March 22 2006 at 6:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Deez

My starck mouse does almost the same thing. Nothing really too special but kinda cool.

March 22 2006 at 3:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
XIV

#11 : My logitech mouse doesn't to the same 'light image' then my MIghtyMouse.

I'd say that my logitech is giving me the same impression of #3 *gasp*

March 22 2006 at 12:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Martin

My apple mouse looks a bit like the Donnie Darko creature at some angles lol.

I think apple mice are actually made by logitech so maybe their mice do it do?

anyone got one?

March 22 2006 at 11:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
GmanMac

My Microsoft Intellimouse I use on my heathen box puts out a shape but it's not the same.

I'm more interested in why my mighty mouse randomly darts all around the screen. I read somewhere the mighty mouse is very sensitive to the surface it's used on. I use it on a glossy dark wood surface and a very light colored mouse pad and it does it. Just randomly flies off the screen and activates my hot corners. I turn the mouse pad over and use it on the grainy rubber felt and it stops. But then again it makes rapid scrolling pretty tough since I'm slogging over sticky rubber.

March 22 2006 at 10:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sluggo

All right, give Mephistophelian back his Ritalin.

March 22 2006 at 10:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

And then I read the second post. Please people it's not an Apple issue. It must be something about the optics required to make a working optical mouse.

March 22 2006 at 10:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

Has anyone with a NON-APPLE mouse checked that they do NOT get the pattern? It could be something common to all optical mice. My optical trackball doesn't have a big red beam so I can't test it.

March 22 2006 at 10:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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