History of the Mouse

Did you know the first computer mouse looked like a wooden box with pizza cutters attached to it? How did we get from that to the laser-based RGB mice we know and love today?

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Intro Theme: Showdown by F.O.O.L from Monstercat - Best of 2016

[Banties]

I can relate to this because I use a mouse

[quang]

Believe or not, my school still use a ball mouse with a monitor older than my teacher age

[discoball]

5:30 you really had to choose that mousepad for the explanation...

[Ghost_PM]

When the scroll wheel came out we called it the clitoris.

Damn I'm old.

[KurNorock]

The very first mouse had a braided cord.

Noice

[LegioXXI]

'member when people claimed the "end of the mouse" with the introduction of touch screen (especially after the iPad) and voice control? Still waiting.... :D

[nikanj]

Who here is old enough to remember having to remove the ball of a mouse to clear all the gunk off the axle every month or so?

[nitish.anand]

Back when balls were not always associated with genitals.

[TximYT]

This guy sounds like he’s gonna sell me a car

[zeikjt]

Xerox was such a pioneer back in those days, absolute legends.

[sebastianerivesmejia]

Sadly, apple turned from a tech revolution company to a premium expensive company.

[johngavin]

Bill English died today. He helped build the first prototype of the mouse as we know it today. RIP.

[Dogboy]

9 minute Techquickie.
3 minute Linustechtips.
Anyone else see a problem here?

[brick_fan]

3:25 Thats still better than my setup 😐

[yajurphullera]

I feel bad for Xerox. They could have been a great software company.

[Strodie]

3:20 You should have mentioned that Apple first used the mouse in the Apple Lisa, which predated the original Macintosh (and the original Microsoft Mouse).

[barrelofjim]

1:03 Those are some odd looking horses.

[aaroninhere]

Ahhh, the ball were the old days. No, I didn't forget "good".

[goodoc]

now you should do a video called: History of the Mouse (animal edition)

[five]

Wait, is Linus wearing a Jibo shirt?
Are you being held hostage, Linus?