There was a young man, and he loved a MOUSE. And the MOUSE loved the man. They were happy.

Everyday the man clicked the MOUSE, then he right clicked him, moved him around and around and clicked him some more… and the MOUSE performed his duties quietly, without complaining, moved, pointed, clicked… and the MOUSE was happy.

Then one day, after years of false attempts to create an adequate integration of a MOUSE into a laptop computer, Apple created the Multitouch Trackpad. The man touched the mouse less and less. The man was happy. The MOUSE got plenty of rest and he was happy too, but not so much.

When Apple (a CEO of a certain Internet media company, claims that Steve Jobs came from the future I tend to agree), created the Magic Mouse… Magic Multitouch pad on it’s back… sweet!

The man was back, playing with the MOUSE, like never before… petting him, tapping him gently, hacking him to enhance his capabilities… SO MUCH ATTENTION, who said that old mice can’t learn new tricks?! The MOUSE was very very happy. The man was happy, but he already knew that it’s a matter of time. The clouds of the gesturing interface was getting better…

And the end is here… Apple released the new Magic Trackpad. The MOUSE doesn’t know it yet, but his end is near. it’s just a matter of time. He shouldn’t be happy.

From Apple’s site:

Why should notebooks have all the fun?

Desktop users, your time has come. The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed to work with your Mac desktop computer. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love on the MacBook Pro. And it supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen. Swiping through pages online feels just like flipping through pages in a book or magazine. And inertial scrolling makes moving up and down a page more natural than ever. Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one on any Mac computer — even a notebook.