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Jan 12, 2011

Real Magic Mouse for Windows

Microsoft's Touch Mouse for Windows 7 is a lot like Apple's Magic Mouse: The top is a capacitive, multitouch sensor. The difference? The Touch Mouse was actually designed to be used by humans.

It's the best touch experience on Windows yet. No surprise, 'cause Microsoft's designed the Touch Mouse's drivers and software, which is what really ties everything together. The ergonomics are quite solid too—unlike the Magic Mouse, which is passable, but not great. As you can guess, the hatches dotted all over the mouse mark the touch area.

The list of gestures is quite familiar:

• One finger scrolls in any direction inside of a window
• Swiping your thumb up and down acts like the back and forward buttons common on Windows mice
• Two fingers to the left or right activates Aero Snap, pinning the selected window to the side; two fingers up or down minimizes or opens minimized windows
• Three fingers—wait for it—activates a Mac OS X Expose-like view, showing all of your windows in a neat grid.

It's a little pricey at $80 when it comes out in June, but for a taste of what touch should be like in Windows, it could be worth it.

16 comments:

Horuss said...

looking sweet

Pawawanpi said...

That sounds like a pretty good buy, too bad I'm still running vista though...

Anonfourtwenty said...

Looks epic!

MRanthrope said...

you fancy huh?

Max said...

This looks neat, i'd definitely splurge on it if I had the cash.

World of Zero said...

Sounds cool! I like my G15 though. It is awesome!

Major Mack said...

neato!

A Beer for the Shower said...

That list of gestures is vaguely erotic:)

mrecan said...

this one looks nice
gonna check it

BTN Hip Hop said...

hmmm i really want one, are there any other touch mouses on the market

Dorgee said...

Not my type ;)

Nokel said...

just $80? it's cheaper then any logitec mouse i've seen on the recent market? o_O

SuciƓ Sanchez said...

Slick rodent.

Bobby said...

I've wanted one of those for a while now.

Maybe I can get one if you don't forget to check and support often your local information hot-spot lifeformation.blogspot.com!

SDG said...

Looks interesting, but would definitely take some getting used to.

Mister Sharaf said...

want one