Magic Mouse and the new iMac

I have a few questions regarding the 27" iMac:
1. Does the magic mouse only allows has two buttons + the gestures? I mean is there a way to get expose activated? The old mighty mouse had buttons on the site + the scroll was clickable.
2.How many bits are the 27" displays 6, 8 or more bits?
3. Is each USB ports on independent bus?
Thanks

The new mighty mouse has gestures as in the web site but lots of people are asking whats with a third button or expose? I only recently learnt through Apple's podcast hot tips that you can use the control, option (ALT) or command  key with a mouse click to make a shortcut. If you go into system preferences and then expose you will see the possibility to show all windows with the mouse using the right click. Normally this would mean losing this function all together for normal use. If you press for example the control key and then click on the pull down menu next to the second key is the symbol for the control key ^. This means that this function will only work when you press the control key and the second mouse button (i.e. ^ and right click). This will solve a lot of problems. You can then for example for Show desktop use the combination Option + Right click?
I hope this helps. Please pass this tip on as it took me a while to figure it out but when it did I thought that this will be a big problem for a lot of people who were used to to old mighty "crappy ball" mouse. A hot tip!
regards
Miles

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