The Apple thread

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:31 pm 0

I had to rip mine apart too. It clogs up frequently and is generally a complete pain in the arse.

Muphex · Post by **Muphex** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:45 pm 0

kalmar wrote:I had to rip mine apart too. It clogs up frequently and is generally a complete pain in the arse.

See my edit on the previous page......used to be available from maplins it's switch cleaner designed to clean switches in circuits so shouldn't (usual disclaimer) do any damage I'm thinking....does the trick though.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:51 pm 0

Muphex wrote:
kalmar wrote:I had to rip mine apart too. It clogs up frequently and is generally a complete pain in the arse.
See my edit on the previous page......used to be available from maplins it's switch cleaner designed to clean switches in circuits so shouldn't (usual disclaimer) do any damage I'm thinking....does the trick though.

Hmm, I do have various servisols and the likes, but my experience is that while it's very good for cleaning contacts, it will eat or discolour all sorts of plastics, often including the ones holding the contacts

Based on your experience I might give it a try, but which sort was it exactly?

I can live with cleaning it mechanically to be honest, but the stupid form-over-function disposable design will continue to piss me off as long as I continue to use it, tbh

Muphex · Post by **Muphex** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:14 pm 0

It's the only one I have was bought from a music shop for cleaning 1/4 jacks on synths guitars etc, Never had a problem with discolouration or melting of plastic and it has been applied and dripped on just about all my plastic synths, so fingers crossed on that it won't do anything to the mighty mouse (besides I just put enough on a sock to dampen it and carefully applied it just to the wheel). Anyway it was Servisol Super 10.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:25 pm 0

Muphex wrote:How exactly o you clean it short of ripping it apart my wheel gave up the ghost within about a month and hasn't worked since and taking it apart looks like a nightmare?

*edit* Touch of super servicol on a sock did the job.....great!

Usually I just use water on a washcloth. Turn the mouse upside down on it, and rub it up/down/left/right for a few seconds. Repeat with a dry part of the washcloth, and boom, it works again.

Apple actually has a KB article on how to clean it:

How to clean your Mighty Mouse

With a Quicktime video, I might add. I guess that's what you get for spending $60 on it.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:21 pm 0

Apple Store's down...just thought I'd let you know...

Muphex · Post by **Muphex** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:52 pm 0

Huzzah!

Let the fervent speculation begin! I want my Touchbookpro with wireless mind to midi interface now please!

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:57 pm 0

Well, Intel announced their new chips yesterday:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08 ... nm_mobile/

Can't be too much of a leap of imagination to connect the two...

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:15 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:Well, Intel announced their new chips yesterday:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08 ... nm_mobile/

Can't be too much of a leap of imagination to connect the two...

Mac World is next week, I think they will leave announcing new products
until then. Apple does not do stealth updates very often, but let us hope
I am wrong and an xMac turns up in the next hour or so.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:59 pm 0

Hey Rik your day is here.

New Mac Pros, new X Serves as well.

gravy · Post by **gravy** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:00 pm 0

Om nom nom nom

he standard 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,799 (US), includes:

- two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses;
- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory;
- 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- 16x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
- two PCI Express 2.0 slots and two PCI Express slots;
- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; and
- ships with Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:04 pm 0

gravy wrote:Om nom nom nom

standard 8-core Mac Pro

Standard 8-core Mac Pro.

So obviously new processors is not a big enough deal for next week. Cool.

Post by **RiK** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:15 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:Hey Rik your day is here.

New Mac Pros, new X Serves as well.

I know, I have a big

Just waiting for the store to come back up so I can see how much it's going to hurt!

I'll prolly got for a mid-range clock speed, the price premium on the top ones is always silly, guess I'll probably get the better gfx card though. Silly not to.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:35 pm 0

8-core, 3GHz Mac Pro is truly spooge-worthy...let's see what they do with the Macbook Pro next week.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:37 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:8-core, 3GHz Mac Pro is truly spooge-worthy...let's see what they do with the Macbook Pro next week.

No they are saving the Steve note for the xMac.