Apple Mighty Mouse (wireless)

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• 8 stars

  finally...

  by urpwnd on July 26, 2006

  Pros: bluetooth, laser mouse, multiple buttons, only *requires* one battery (but can use 2)

  Cons: side buttons still share function and are somewhat hard to press, tad expensive.

  Summary: overall, this seems to be an awesome mouse so far (had it for a few hours now). it improves upon the previous mighty mouse by implementing bluetooth for the wireless, ...

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  Summary: overall, this seems to be an awesome mouse so far (had it for a few hours now). it improves upon the previous mighty mouse by implementing bluetooth for the wireless, and a laser-based sensor (compared to the previous optical one in the wired mighty mouse). you can run it off one battery (to save weight) or two to have the runtime as long as possible. it's simple to turn on and off by merely sliding the laser sensor cover, and even with two batteries in it, is quite lightweight. it tracks well and slides smoothly on any reasonable surface as well. it is a bit expensive though, at US$69. however, compared to other bluetooth mice, i think it's a reasonable amount for a first-party peripheral.

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  6 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  On the right track

  by djcobb44 on August 1, 2006

  Pros: Easy to set up and customize on a Mac

  Cons: Awkward placement of side buttons

  Summary: Since when has cnet.com cared about cross platform compatibility??? I never see Windows only software/hardware get a lowered review score because there wasn't a Mac version.

  Summary: Since when has cnet.com cared about cross platform compatibility??? I never see Windows only software/hardware get a lowered review score because there wasn't a Mac version.

  6 out of 7 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Best mouse I've ever owned.

  by ckuehne134 on August 1, 2006

  Pros: Great functionality, Beautiful design!

  Cons: Side buttons need a little more pressure than I'd like.

  Summary: I bought mine the first day they were in stock at my local Apple Store. Best mouse I've ever owned. I love the 360 degree control of the scroll ...

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  Summary: I bought mine the first day they were in stock at my local Apple Store. Best mouse I've ever owned. I love the 360 degree control of the scroll ball and the new screen zoom function. Not to mention that it's absolutely beautiful, and I finally have a mouse that looks as nice as the rest of my setup.

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  4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Nice form, HORRENDOUS tracking

  by surgrads on November 7, 2006

  Pros: beautiful form factor, wireless, 360 degree scrolling wheel

  Cons: the laser doesn't track well and the bluetooth lags

  Summary: Maybe the one I received is defective, but I find it almost impossible to believe that this thing got such great reviews. It arrived with my new macpro dual core ...

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  Summary: Maybe the one I received is defective, but I find it almost impossible to believe that this thing got such great reviews. It arrived with my new macpro dual core yesterday and i'm in utter disbelief at the incompetency of this mouse. The laser doesn't pick up or track well even on my mousepad, desk, and countertop. The mouse I used to have on my old Commodore Amiga seriously tracks better than this thing. I plugged in my old USB optical mouse from my laptop and it is MUCH quicker and precise in comparison. Using this mouse is just pure frustrating and almost becoming infuriating.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Very nice, just disappointed this didn't come out sooner

  by mwknowles92 on August 5, 2006

  Pros: Great battery life, very responsive, works perfectly with my mac

  Cons: none that i could find

  Summary: For only using two AA batteries, this thing gets great battery life. The scroll wheel is a little small but after a couple minutes of use, I got used to ...

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  Summary: For only using two AA batteries, this thing gets great battery life. The scroll wheel is a little small but after a couple minutes of use, I got used to it and found it very useful. The customizability options on this mouse are perfect for use with my macintosh. Apparently it doesn't use optical tracking, something about lasers....but anyways, I found it to be more responsive than what apple says, and apple says it's pretty dang good

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  Worst mouse I've ever used.

  by ATC Dude on January 3, 2007

  Pros: Tracks well on most surfaces, can be run on one battery, Bluetooth

  Cons: Right-click stops working after about 10 - 15 minutes, impossible to keep trackball clean enough, side buttons must be squeezed too hard to open Expose, power switch is poorly designed

  Summary: Why is it that I feel like I have to research every single piece of hardware Apple makes before I buy it? Oh yeah, it's because they continue to ...

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  Summary: Why is it that I feel like I have to research every single piece of hardware Apple makes before I buy it? Oh yeah, it's because they continue to design and sell products like the wireless Mighty Mouse here. I got this mouse for Christmas from a relative, so I guess I'm stuck with it without a receipt.
  
  After configuring the mouse for right-click in System Preferences, it only functions properly for 10 - 15 minutes before reverting back to the primary click. There are a couple of threads about this problem on the Apple discussion boards, and it seems pretty widespread. A few people there mentioned having to return their mouse 3 times before getting one that right-click consistently. Some people are saying that all you have to do to get the right-click to work, is lift your finger off the left button first. This is not the problem. My Mighty Mouse will not right-click after 15 minutes regardless of whether no other part of my hand is touching the mouse, or not. It's a defect in design, in the software or both.
  
  Also, in my opinion, the side buttons that open Expose by default must be squeezed with too much force to be used comfortably. It should be a simple click on the side of the mouse, but it's not. You have to use quite a bit of force.
  
  The power switch is very difficult to switch on and off. There is only one little notch a switch that's flush with the rest of the body of the mouse making it next to impossible to get a decent grip on it. Clearly, Apple could have done a better job here.
  
  On the plus side, the mouse tracks well on almost any surface except maybe my dog. Bluetooth is nice because there's no extra USB adapters or anything.
  
  Bottom line, I am looking elsewhere for a Bluetooth mouse, and I recommend you do the same. It really takes the joy out of using my MacBook Pro and OS X. Apple really dropped the ball here.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 7 stars

  Why couldn't they have released this a year ago?

  by dazwan on August 9, 2006

  Pros: Scroll Ball is excellent and I just love the minimalist design

  Cons: My hand hurts after a while due to the shape.

  Summary: I've been waiting for the wireless mighty mouse to come out ever since the wired version was launched.
  
  In terms of useability it's excellent. The scroll-ball is far
  
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  Summary: I've been waiting for the wireless mighty mouse to come out ever since the wired version was launched.
  
  In terms of useability it's excellent. The scroll-ball is far better than any wheel (I use a trackball with my desktop, so balls are the natural choice IMO). I've heard the ball get's gunked up quite easily on the wired mighty mouse, I'll just have to wait and see just how bad it gets with mine. I especially like the control-scroll zooming on my Mac, for those who don't know, it zooms the entire desktop rather than just the text (much like a magnifying glass).
  
  The only major gripe I have about all apple mice is the shape. For me it's not very ergonomic and after about 10mins of use I start to get very bad pain in my hand and wrist (hence the use of a trackball most of the time). My logitech V270 is far better in this respect, but lacks so much in comparison.
  
  Overall I like this mouse and the ability to scroll in all directions is a godsend. Just make it a bit more ergonomic and you'll have an excellent product.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Windows....

  by fatkid98 on July 28, 2006

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  Summary: I posted this as a comment to the first post....sorry....anyway, I noticed on the specs, according to Apple's web site, that Windows Xp is not supported. Does ...

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  Summary: I posted this as a comment to the first post....sorry....anyway, I noticed on the specs, according to Apple's web site, that Windows Xp is not supported. Does anyone know if it will be suppoted in Windows, as long as it's running on a new Mac?

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  2 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  Pretty but insufficiently engineered for daily use

  by cbmtrx on November 5, 2008

  Pros: It's an attractive glob of white, shiny plastic.

  Cons: 1. Within 6 months the scroll ball will need to be cleaned. It can't be cleaned because the mouse can't be opened. So the mouse will fail.
  2. The side buttons are an exercise in futility; these are not actually usable in any real sense of the word.

  Summary: While Apple might like to believe--or us to believe--that their design philosophy is "form follows function", the evidence suggests the contrary--that the function of their products too often follows the ...

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  Summary: While Apple might like to believe--or us to believe--that their design philosophy is "form follows function", the evidence suggests the contrary--that the function of their products too often follows the arbitrary forms of their designs.
  
  The Apple Mighty Mouse is attractive, no question, but it's patently unusable.
  
  The greatest design flaw, however, is in the hubris of its design: A mouse scroll wheel WILL become dirty over time, and this necessitates cleaning it. But the Mighty Mouse cannot be opened, and therefore cannot be cleaned, and so it cannot be used, and fails as a product design.
  
  I'm getting the sense that Apple engineers design in a vacuum, and that when the decision arises to choose a little more beauty over a little less functionality, they jump at the chance, eager to push the ergo-ego boundary.

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• 1 stars

  Terrible tracking, feels like pushing a truck

  by chad-email.com on September 29, 2008

  Pros: No question, beautiful to look at, but that's it, apple really screwed the pooch on functionality here.

  Cons: Tracking is abysmal, even with steermouse installed, accuracy is worse than andre the giant, side buttons are utterly useless, and non-seperated right-click is hard to get used to. Simple user feedback from a mouse should be deadly accurate, not so.

  Summary: Tracking is abysmal, even with steermouse installed, accuracy is worse than andre the giant, side buttons are utterly useless, and non-seperated right-click is hard to get used to. Simple user ...

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  Summary: Tracking is abysmal, even with steermouse installed, accuracy is worse than andre the giant, side buttons are utterly useless, and non-seperated right-click is hard to get used to. Simple user feedback from a mouse should be deadly accurate, not so here. I owned a Microsoft Wireless Presenter Mouse 8000 previously and it was wicked with my powerbook and gave me a near windows-based PC mouse experience (mac has always lagged on mouse accuracy and performance, hence the smaller market share). I returned this piece of crap after 2 hours of use, of which I spent 1 hour on the phone with Apple, 1/2 hour working hard to improve the tracking with Steer Mouse and 1/2 just generally pissed off. So I went and picked up a logitech bluetooth travel mouse, and while it works about 5000% better, it still isn't the same as when I use the same mouse on a windows PC. Apple... I love your platform, design, everything, but when will you realize you need to get your **** together with your mouse experience. I still jump over to my PC for photoshop, illustrator and video editing, simply because the feedback experience from my mouse and PC are so much better, meaning I don't click the wrong window and get lost, I get work done faster, and I have a better experience with my computer. If only you would buy a couple of PC's, sit down and learn to use them and try to understand why they own the market... it has nothing to do with pretty icons that dance or bundled software that edits your baby's home videos, it's the user feedback experience, if your mouse doesn't go where you move your hand, or if it consistently misses it's target, then forget it, you might as well give up. Your mouse experience is no-where close to as good as microsoft's experience, buck up!

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