Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse
Digital camera Review: Definitely serves it's purpose.
Summary: 4 Stars
The scroll ball works very well but the tracking is a little off. That's the only con, though. It's very convenient and easy to connect. I use it with a 13" MacBook Pro and I can use it anywhere. It works on the laptop, my leg, the arm rest...anywhere.Digital camera Review: Disposable Mouse
Summary: 2 Stars
My feelings toward this mouse are love-hate. I usually like Apple's product designs, but I can't ignore their faults.
I have used this mouse for about eight months - which I purchased for use with my Macbook Pro. The shape of this mouse is perfect for my hand. I wouldn't recommend any earlier Apple mice as the scroll ball, right click sensor, and squeeze buttons truly unlock the potential of Mac OS navigation - easily triggering expose features and allowing scrolling and right clicking - things that should have been possible long ago.
It takes a short time to become comfortable with right clicking and squeezing. Squeezing is an especially unusual operation, as I find myself repositioning my hand around the mouse to squeeze the side buttons simultaneously with my thumb and middle finger. It feels like the only way to get a solid grip, but it becomes natural. I also have an iMac with a wired mighty mouse which doesn't seem to require the same squeezing force.
The laser optics work on more surfaces than regular optical (great because I'll never use a mouse pad) and I prefer the absence of that distracting red light.
Apple has actually achieved form and function. However, the scroll ball function is poorly implemented and it's a disaster to try to clean it out. After a fair amount of use the scroll ball stops working in directions that have become dirty. More often than not the ball will stop scrolling down but still scrolls up. To clean the scroll ball compartment actually results in a "broken" mouse, because you need to remove a plastic ring that is glued to the bottom of the mouse in order to release the bottom assembly from the top casing. Once you've broken you're way in, three tiny screws seal the scroll ball compartment to the outer shell. If you strip one of these, you have to break that off as well. Inside the compartment is four miniscule rollers that never really seem to get clean and may or may not work after you re-assemble the mouse.
The mouse seems subject to relapse soon after its first cleaning, and you end up with an ugly underside because it just doesn't seem worth it to glue the ring back on (which serves no purpose). Pushing the scroll ball was a nice way to access the dashboard, but I've set it to be a "third button" so I can scroll in my web browser.
Also disappointing that this mouse is not rechargeable. Lasts several weeks on two double As but it's inconvenient and expensive to change them. Further, Mac OS is extremely naggy about low batteries - warning dozens of times before the mouse actually gets low (and still works fine).
This mouse is a perfect match with a Mac and has the right idea for functionality (unless you need several extra buttons), but I'd like to see one with a different scroll technology (touch scrolling?) or an improved scroll ball. If we have to clean out the scroll ball, at least make it accessible. I'm not going to make use of a warranty that leaves me without a mouse for two weeks.
Digital camera Review: Do not waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
The wireless mouse that I purchased is remarkably unreliable - one hour it works and the next it does not. A very frustrating experience.Digital camera Review: Doesn't last, scrolling wheel quits working
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had two of these now and this will be my last one. The scrolling wheel quit working on both after about 18 months. It will still scroll up and sideways but not down which is what you do the most. I love Apple but their peripherals frequently leave much to be desired in terms of quality of construction.Digital camera Review: Don't Buy
Summary: 1 Stars
Do not buy this mouse. I have been through two now and the scroll button has stopped working. Read the reviews on the internet, many, many people have problems with the scroll button. If we don't buy, perhaps Apple will go back to making a quality product.