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| [* black] Thirty years of progress has brought some impressive changes to the input peripherals. Keyboards and mice are now wireless, thinner, and comprised mainly of sturdy, non-yellowing metal. | |
| [* black] And we now have arrow keys! In typical Apple fashion, they ditched the arrows on the original Mac to force people to use the mouse, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)#History|strange new accessory|new_window=true] at the time. | |
| - | [* icon_note] Cult of Mac adds: This trend-setting streak continues. Apple jetissoned SCSI and serial ports with the release of the first iMac in 1998, hastening the acceptance of USB, a brand-new interconnect technology. ''[http://youtu.be/VzLXYENyJMQ|Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.|new_window=true]'' |
| + | [* icon_note] ***Cult of Mac adds:*** This trend-setting streak continues. Apple jetissoned SCSI and serial ports with the release of the first iMac in 1998, hastening the acceptance of USB, a brand-new interconnect technology. ''[http://youtu.be/VzLXYENyJMQ|Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.|new_window=true]'' |
| [* black] Here's a side-by-side comparison of a single button [link|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqiDu1BQXY&feature=youtu.be&t=1m10s|voice command peripheral|new_window=true] and a magic-based, gesture-capable, wireless input device. | |
| [* black] Okay technically that boxy one is an Apple Mouse II, denoted by the Model Number M0100. It utilizes a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature|D-subminiature serial connector] (DB-9 to be exact). The spacey egg is a [guide|1240|Magic Mouse]. |