In a move sure to spark tons of heated "toldja so" debates, Apple has released a new mouse, Yahoo reports. Aptly named Mighty Mouse, it got a touch-sensitive top shell which works like left/right buttons, a pair of force-sensing side buttons, and a 360-degree scroll button which doubles as the third button. 
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Member since:2005-06-29
My thoughts exactly:
Does it run the ps/2 protocol? Otherwise... forget it, it's crap 
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It looks very cool, I don't know if I'd quite shell out $50 for it though. I mean, my mx510 was $30 (once the 518 hit the market).
I also wonder what the optical resolution on it is.
Member since:If Apple have released the hardware instructions it will be supported by the linux kernal, otherwise a wrapper could be used.
Hardware is never designed with the linux kernal in mind, its only if the hardware company release specifications that any non-windows/mac Os can use the device.
Member since:2005-07-06
From the Apple website:
Mighty Mouse uses the standard, multibutton mouse driver included in the Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems and plugs into any USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port.
So, my guess is that it works using the standard HID protocol, thus it should work just fine in Linux.
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2005-07-06
Looks very good, apple-style. Question is: does it work with Linux' USB mouse drivers?