Magic Mouse – Runs For Four Months? Try Three Weeks

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Magic Mouse – Runs For Four Months? Try Three Weeks

Posted on 22 November 2009 by Dan Cohen

When the Magic Mouse came our last month I was rather excited. Finally Apple had brought some of the multi-touch magic I had grown to love to the iMac. Yeah! Elana picked one up hours after they were available, and I found that while far from perfect, It was a pretty nice accessory. I have grown more fond of it in the last three weeks.

One thing about it truly amazed me. It was reported to get up to four months of battery life!!

Well I don’t know about you but…

…as I count it, October 29th (purchase date) to today (November 22) falls more than a bit short of four months. Heck it isn’t even ONE MONTH.

I expect manufacturers to overstate their run-time when announcing new devices, but one month instead of four? That’s not even in the same ballpark.

Funny thing is, I don’t even see the four month claim over on Apple’s Store any longer.

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Dan Cohen - who has written 2791 posts on Gear Diary.

Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. +Dan Cohen

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http://twitter.com/appleguy1000/status/5947598519 Gagan
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http://twitter.com/kaykun/status/5948017672 Kenton Fong
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Joel McLaughlin
I wonder if four months is the time for people who don’t use their computer??
http://twitter.com/gadgetfreaks/status/5948955213 Gadget Freaks
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http://www.geardiary.com Douglas Moran
Exactly; you leave it sitting on your desk for four months, and that’s how long it takes for the battery to run down. Don’t you know you’re not actually supposed to *use* the device, Dan?
Dan Cohen
Damn, I knew I was doing something wrong. Thanks for clearing it up guys.
My next question- will that work for cars and notebooks too???
http://www.geardiary.com Michael Anderson
I really didn’t overly love the Magic Mouse when I tried it yesterday at the Apple Store – and to confirm it does NOT solve the simul-click issue with the Mighty Mouse …looks like a ‘real’ mouse is still needed.
http://twitter.com/fotochaos/status/5954233968 Foto Chaos
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