Mouse Memories – 25 Years of the Mac Mouse

From 1984 to 2009

Ah, the classic Macintosh mouse. Just the sight of it brings me back to my parent’s basement in 1986… playing pirated and homemade games. Back then, the single button made no difference to me–it was what it was. Nowadays the single button takes a lot of flack in a multibutton world, but the simplicity and design brilliance of the single button can’t be denied.

From the 1984 brick to the new magic mouse, we’ve seen 25 years of the cute Macintosh input device. It’s become a symbol of the cult of Apple and the company’s staunch adherence to design AND function.

To help us all reminisce on the Mac mouse, we’ve found a new Flickr photostream of mouses through the last quarter decade. You can see more of my favourites after the break.

Macintosh Plus Mouse (1986)

From port to port: USB, ADB, DE-9

Through the years

[raneko's photostream via Core 77]