Apple's Mighty Mouse not so mighty (Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless)

Member Name: davomrmac

Product:	Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless
Date:	18/08/08 (49 review reads)
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Advantages: Precise tracking, comfortable

Disadvantages: Buttons are too sensitive and tricky to master

Being a long time Apple user I always seem to praise Apple kit. For a long time now though, I have used a mouse from an alternative manufacturer. This was and still is mainly due to Apple not producing a decent enough mouse. Things have improved, first with the wired version of the Mighty Mouse and then with this wireless one which I used for approximately one month.

The Mighty Mouse Wireless uses two AA batteries to power it. They can be rechargeable if you like, but the mouse does not dock in any way, so to charge your batteries up you need to remove them. It communicates with your Mac via Bluetooth and does so very well. A simple matter of 'pairing' the mouse with the Mac you intend to use it with is completed within about thirty seconds.

In use the optical laser tracking is very accurate and it is overall a joy to use. The tiny little scroll ball in the top centre of the mouse body is very smooth and allows you to move the mouse pointer in all directions.

What spoils the Mighty Mouse is my opinion is that Apple tried to be far too clever with the mouse buttons. For a long time they were criticised for all their mice being single button offerings. Well this one has four. One under that tiny scroll wheel, which works fine. The left and right mouse buttons are touch sensitive, so left and right clicks are sometimes a bit dodgy. You physically have to make sure only one finger is touching the mouse in this area, otherwise you sometimes get a left click when you wanted a right click.

The force-sensing side buttons are too sensitive as well. They can be configured to launch applications, but I found that my thumb and finger kept touching them and triggering the action, so I ended up turning these side buttons off.

Battery life is good, in the month I used the mouse extensively they still had plenty of power. It is very comfortable to use, but I just wish Apple had done this mouse with normal mechanical buttons.

Summary: It could've been a winner, but it's over engineered

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