Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless Kit
by Apple Computer
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Customer Review: Mickey Mouse
Summary: 1 Stars
If you like a nice looking, state of the art attempt at tomorrows technology get the Mighty Mouse. However, a word of caution: Leave it in the box it came in. Using it will only results in early termination.
No matter how clean your working environment is, the ball will clutter up, the seamless body creates an over sensitive contact with the right button. The side buttons are a rigid part of the lower frame. You have to apply excessive force to make them function. And any over force, above a light touch will quickly damage the sensitive left/right contacts.
The multidirectional ball was almost a nice feature. While navigating up and down, it will also shift forward and back through pages, unexpectedly!
APPLE should have this thing recalled! They are way too expensive and it needs refining before they deceive another faithful customer. However, Apple will just come up with another over priced replacement. Myself, I will consider other great options available.
UPDATE: 2010- Yep Apple came up with another over priced Mouse. It really looks cute, promises to be better than the last and even dropped a few dollars. But, it still seems like the last one that bit me! I've learned my lesson - I'm still using the Logitech I replaced the Mickey Mouse with. Go figure.........
Customer Review: Don't rely on this one
Summary: 1 Stars
This mouse (wired version) came with my iMac. After a while the scroll ball quit working. Fine. They sent me a new one under warranty. Same thing. This time they upgraded me to the wireless version. Same. Damn. Thing. I'm now on my fourth Mighty Mouse, second wireless one. The only reason I haven't gotten another model is Apple keeps sending me new ones. But my Apple Care program runs out this year, and you sure won't catch me shelling out for a new one on my nickel.
Do yourself a favor and pay attention to the ratings on this one. It's not one of Apple's finer moments.
P.S. (6 Apr 09) Since I wrote this, I have retired this mouse entirely in favor of an old Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical USB, which performs flawlessly. The Mighty Mess was starting to lose scrolling function again, and from past experience I know that it would eventually quit altogether. Also, as others have noted, this voracious critter eats batteries like food pellets. Even if you remember to turn it off at night, you'll still run through a brand-new pair of AAs in about a month. Not kidding. I have a Bluetooth travel mouse for my iBook and haven't changed the batteries once since 2006.
In sum: Apple should have recalled this thing when it came out. It's a blot on their reputation.
Customer Review: Good mouse, with some caveats...
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall, this is a pretty darned good mouse. It features excellent tracking, it is thankfully minimalistic (unlike many mice that have so many buttons it's nearly impossible to figure out how to use the bloody thing), and has that wonderful mini-trackball, which is the best possible way to navigate webpages or large displays (such as Photoshop). Bluetooth pairing with my iMac was a piece of cake, and mouse sensitivity and speed is excellent. Stylistically, it is a great looking mouse -- typical Jonathan Ives stuff.
On the downside, the biggest complaint I have about the mouse is that the right click function is slightly spotty for some reason (right-clicks register maybe 95% of the time), and the shape is not ergonomic (though not bad in the hand). I'd prefer an Apple ergonomic mouse with the same minimalist configuration.
03-14-2008 Update: Well, the mouse just expired... I was using the scroll ball and it basically froze and would not turn anymore. Despite an hour trying to fix the problem, including an attempt at disassembling the device, it finally went into the trash and I picked up a Logitech v470 replacement. This was a disappointment given the mouse wasn't that old, but outside of its warranty period. Check out my Logitech review.
Customer Review: Works with Windows!
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a Windows user who happens to like Apple's design aesthetic.
The wireless Might Mouse works well with my Lenovo laptop running Windows Vista. I'm using the built in blue tooth card and drivers - which means no dongles to carry along! No special drivers are needed either.
I like the mouse! It's clean (no visible buttons), tracks well and has good heft.
Issues I have found are -
- 3 of the 4 possible buttons work under Windows - Left, Right and Middle click. On Mac's - squeezing the sides of the mouse triggers a fourth button; this doesn't happen with Vista's default mouse driver.
- The ball allows scrolling up and down, but not sideways on Vista.
- Pairing the mouse with Bluetooth is easy - as long as you know the default "code" on the mouse is 0000.
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Update after a few months of use: Apple has prioritized form over function. I liked this enough to buy my wife one too - and we both found our wrists hurting after a few months of use. The mighty mouse is not ergonomic.
I've since stopped using it and moved back to a Microsoft ergonomic mouse. It's not as pretty, but I value my wrists. I don't recommend this mouse if you intend using it for hours a day.
Customer Review: Nice in theory, doesn't work in practice.
Summary: 2 Stars
The Apple Mighty Mouse is the result of some ingenious development and engineering, however it falls short of being good.
I love the single base click with finger detection concept, however it degrades over time, and you have to train yourself to completely remove your index finger from the mouse to right click. This gets old. Or you can take the batteries out, put them back in and it works again for a while.
The squeeze to bring up the dashboard idea is great, and this actually works quite well.
The scroll ball is an awesome idea, but this is the real downfall of this mouse. I quits working in one direction quite frequently. You can blow some compressed air in there, press down really hard and roll it, or, if you're up to the task and don't mind razor blades and super glue you can take the thing apart, clean it, and put it back together. I've had three of these things and they all have the same downfall. I'm an above average technician and I don't like messing with it. Just not worth it. I finally threw my last one in the trash and got a Logitech VX470. It lacks the "straight to dashboard" option, and it doesn't necessarily connect on boot as easily as the Mighty Mouse, but overall I'm a lot happier with it.