From brick to Magic Mouse: 25 years of Apple mice
December 23rd, 2009 admin
Hard to believe that’s what a computer mouse used to look like on the inside. I still remember having to scrape the accumulated lint off that ball with an X-acto knife so I could smoothly work my 72-dpi Photoshop renderings. The photo is part of Flickr user raneko’s excellent ” 25 Years of Apple Mouse Evolution ” series, which ranges from the 1984 brick to the 2009 Magic Mouse. via cult of mac (more…)
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