Apple Mighty Mouse

Average customer rating: 3.5

I HATE this thing
Form over function, yet again
Short-lived scroll ball
Worst mouse ever
Great mouse for OS X

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Apple Mighty Mouse

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0007Y79E4

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Product Description

Apple's Mighty Mouse comes to save the day. In a world where mice have become humdrum functional appliances, Apple's engineers and designers have developed a better, more refined mouse for better productivity and enhanced ease-of-use. When used with OSX Tiger, the Mighty Mouse roars. Unlike any other mouse on the market, Mighty Mouse was designed specifically to work with Mac OS X Tiger. Up-to-the minute information on Dashboard is only a click away. Viewing, hiding and selecting your windows via Exposé is just as simple. And because Mac OS X Tiger makes Mighty Mouse programmable, you choose where every click takes you. Mighty Mouse offers 360-degree scrolling capability, thanks to its Scroll Ball, perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger. Explore the farthest reaches of your files ? pan images in iPhoto, view timelines in iMovie HD and Final Cut Pro, traverse bars in GarageBand and Logic Pro ? with one hand tied behind your back (or holding a cup of coffee or typing). Mighty Mouse gives you room to roam. Ellipical Shape System Requirements - Mac OS X (programmability requires Mac OS X v10.4.2 Tiger or later), or Windows 2000 or Windows XP (not all features may be available when used with Windows or earlier OSX versions)

Customer Reviews:

I HATE this thing.......2007-06-03

I bought the MIghty Mouse when I purchased my MacBook without out any research on Bluetooth mice. This thing has caused me nothing but problems. I am now on my third mouse (replaced free from Apple) because the scroll ball quits scrolling one direction (the current one which i've only had for one week no refuses to scroll up). It also periodically quits working all the time. And because of the fabulous design, I can't take the mouse apart to do any cleaning.

Because of the single button design, I have a hard time getting the right click to work half of the time.

Lastly, for some reason, if I turn the mouse on while the computer is already up and running, the Bluetooth won't recognize the mouse (it has no problem recognizing the keyboard). I then have to turn the Bluetooth off and then on again to get recognition.

Please DO NOT buy this mouse.

Form over function, yet again.......2007-06-02

The Mighty Mouse is undoubtedly stylish and very clean-looking. I got mine with my iMac, and it matches the computer and keyboard very nicely.

Unfortunately, being a matching accessory is all this mouse does well.

As other users have mentioned, the clicking will take some getting used to. Even after six months, I still don't always right-click properly every time.

The sensors on the sides are interesting, to say the least. At first, it seemed like a good idea to be able to view the Exposé by putting some pressure on the mouse. But once I started using mouse-heavy programs, like Photoshop and Maya, I had to disable the sensors because I was constantly pressing them accidentally.

Finally, the scroll ball - the reason why I am writing this review. About a month after getting my computer, the scroll ball started acting up. It would only scroll in one direction, due to dust and dirt inside the mouse. This normally isn't a problem, but since Apple designed this mouse with only the design in mind, the user is unable to clean the inside of the mouse. Why? Because it doesn't open! (Sounds just like the first generation iPods that needed to be shipped back to Apple for battery replacement, doesn't it?) Scroll functionality returns after a few days, but then the scroll ball will start acting up again within a few weeks. It's very frustrating to use.

What surprises me the most about this mouse, though, is that some people actually look past its flaws and buy MORE of them when they break! I really don't understand that mentality. If something malfunctions, I tend not to buy it again. And again. And again.

I'll be buying a new mouse soon, and it will definitely not be an Apple-made mouse. I prefer other companies who put the functionality of their product before its design.

Short-lived scroll ball.......2007-05-28

I got this mouse for the sleek design and its nifty scroll ball - great for zooming and scrolling sideways in audio editing applications.

The bad news: the scroll ball stops working. I've been through two of these mice, and both mice lost their ability to scroll downward in a matter of weeks. At first the dysfunction is intermittent, but once the warning signs appear, it's just a matter of time before no amount of cleaning or prayer to the mouse gods will fix the ball. A quick survey of user reviews here and elsewhere confirms that this is indeed a widespread problem. Because the mouse is not made to be easily taken apart and reassembled, there is only so much you can do once its performance starts to deteriorate.

The side buttons were so hard to use (because of the awkward position and the forceful grip they required) that I eventually had to deactivate them.

Today I gave up, bought a cheaper replacement mouse, and instantly realized that for too long I had been tolerating another serious design flaw in the Mighty Mouse: the touchy sensors that differentiate between a left click and a right click. Even after learning that I had to lift my hand entirely off the opposite side of the mouse, quite often my left clicks were misinterpreted as right clicks, and vice versa. What a relief to abandon the Mighty Mouse's unpredictable behavior, along with the resulting wasted time.

This mouse is a nice looker, and one hopes they will soon work out the kinks in the scroll ball concept. But for now I'll settle for a tilt wheel on a more reliable mouse to accomplish my sideways scrolling!

Worst mouse ever.......2007-04-20

I just bought my first iMac. I love the computer but hate the mouse (it came with it). It is always jumping all over the screen. It is hard for me to control it. The scroll function works okay and the design is nice and sleek. I am definitely going to get another mouse before it drives me nuts.

Great mouse for OS X.......2007-04-11

It took about a year but it finally gave me carpal tunnel syndrome in both arms and hands. The exposé feature is really bad for that problem. I moved back to a Logitech Optical Marble Mouse (USB/PS2) I once used for a while after buying a Logitech Trackman Wheel Optical which didn't help. But after a few months using that trackball, the carpal tunnel returned so I'm now back to limited use of a Mighty Mouse, trying to use more of Tiger Keyboard Shortcuts and the Universal Access Mouse Keys feature.

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