• smallaubergine
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    The purpose is they don’t want users to leave the mouse permanently plugged in. That would leave an ugly wire to their beautiful wireless product. in my opinion the only pointing device apple ever got right was the trackpad. Their mice have been absolute crap since the iMac g3 hockey puck mouse days. During the G4 era they had that transparent pill looking mouse, then the pill with the ball scroller that would collect hair. Then magic mouse and now this. Consistently bad since the early 2000s is actually quite impressive.

    • AggressivelyPassive
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      But why not add at least something resembling a reasonable charging option? Like a QI mat, a magnetic holder/charger, etc.

      You could even add extremely low power charging to the flanks of the keyboard, so that it charges by being close to the keyboard.

      • @hansl
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        Just QI charging support (MagSafe) would be terrific. I don’t know if the footprint would allow it, but it would be so easy with all the phone wireless chargers out there. Just drop it on for lunch break instead of plugging it in.

        I don’t mind the cable, I charge it about once a month for lunch break. But that would be a game changer.

    • @lordnikon
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      Desktops in general don’t make sense for apple. it would only make sense if they were a tech company but they are not they are a Luxury Fashion company. it’s not about what you do with your computer it’s how you look doing it. Apple has more in common with Louis Vuitton than HP

    • gregorum
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      1 year ago

      Leaving at permanently plugged in would  destroy the battery life. That’s why.

      • @[email protected]
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        Pure copium right there.

        Apple makes 3nm CPUs but hasn’t tackled the challenge of turning off charging when the battery is full.

        • gregorum
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          01 year ago

          They were designed about 10 years apart. These 2 things are not the same.