| Apple Mighty Mouse Wireless Kit | 
 enlarge | List Price: $69.00
Buy New: $44.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 91 reviews)
Sales Rank: 233
Category: CE
Publisher: Apple Computer
Studio: Apple Computer
Brand: Apple
Label: Apple Computer
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: 0
Memorabilia: 0
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5
MPN: MB111LL/A
Model: MB111LL/A
UPC: 885909173969
EAN: 0885909173969
ASIN: B000V1LOC6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Laser technology delivers 20 times the performance of standard optical tracking | | • | Pre-programmed side button launches Dashboard | | • | Miniature sensors detect even the slightest movement | | • | Top-shell design matches other Apple products | | • | Bluetooth technology and Touch-sensitive technology |
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Product Description
The Mighty Mouse's tracking engine is based on powerful laser technology that delivers 20 times the performance of standard optical tracking, giving you more accuracy and responsiveness on more surfaces. It works just as well on your office desk as it does on a table at your favorite coffee spot without a mousepad. The Might Mouse combines the capability of a multibutton mouse with Apple's signature top-shell design for both form and function. Mighty Mouse's Scroll Ball features miniature sensors that allow you to manipulate what appears on your screen merely by moving your finger. The 360-degrees scrolling perfectly positions to roll smoothly under just one finger. Touch-sensitive technology under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where you're clicking, transforming your sleek, one-button mouse into a two-button wonder. Pan images in iPhoto, view timelines in iMovie HD and Final Cut Pro, traverse bars in GarageBand and Logic Pro while sipping your morning cup of coffee or typing. Pre-programmed to launch Dashboard, Mighty Mouse's side buttons show you all your open windows in Expose with a squeeze. Mac OS X gives you the capability to choose any application from the intuitive System Preference pane.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 86 more reviews...
 Maybe a mouse really should have a button.. December 19, 2008
This mouse is functional. It is always registered with my Mac, responsive and smooth. However, its tactile feedback is very poor. Even after 1 year of use, I still find myself miss-clicking the left and right sides. The scroll ball in the center is small and hard and uncomfortable after some time. The "pinch" buttons on the side are mushy and offer no tactile feedback when squeezed enough to activate (I just gave up trying to use them). Finally, the mouse is very low profile and, as an average male, I find after long use my hand would really appreciate a physically larger mouse.
I strongly suggest against this mouse - it's pretty - but function fails to follow form.
 Form and Function are Symbiotic December 12, 2008
I really like my mighty mouse. By far the best syncing bluetooth device I used with my Mac. The side squeeze buttons are really nice to have if you want to quickly access your dock or open your address book. I have had mine for about a year now, and my only complaint is sometimes the trackball acts like it has something caught in it, and will not want to scroll down. Shake it a little bit and it seems to work. Also, batteries last around 6-7 months.
 Downward scrolling stops working December 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have had two of these mice and used them for over a year in total, so this review isn't based on a quick fist impression.
I have an iMac, two MacBook Pros, and iPods for everyone in my family, so I'm not an Apple hater. Therefore it pains me to call this mouse terrible. I really wanted to like it.
First, the performance of the Mighty Mouse is extremely average for the price, and the trackball is one of the worst ideas ever. Seriously, if mice evolved beyond using a physical ball for motion detection, why would anyone think a ball would make a good replacement for a scroll wheel?
To prove this point, after a few months both mice stopped strolling down. This is the most common use for the scroll ball, so it makes sense it would fail first.
Of course the mouse is glued shut, so there is no way to clean it. Apple's instructions (blow air) and a host of online suggestions failed to restore downward scrolling.
When my first mouse failed in this way, I disassembled the mouse (which required breaking glued seals with a sharp knife) and learned the cause of problem. The scroll ball sits on four cylindrical rollers, one on each side. The roller that measures downward motion had basically disintegrated. It wasn't that dirt had gotten in; the actual mechanism fell apart and clogged itself with broken pieces of roller.
The same thing is happening to the replacement mouse I purchased once I realized there was no fixing my last one, and I'm not going to give Apple a third chance. It's back to Logitech for me.
And finally, I also find the "squeeze" action needed to trigger the side buttons unnatural and basically useless.
 Heavy. December 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had this mouse for a while a few years ago. Perhaps it has been redesigned since then, but at the time, I felt that the weight of the mouse was heavy, due to the batteries you have to stuff in there. It required extra effort to push it around my mouse pad. I didn't notice it as first, but after a few days, my hand felt fatigued. Also, sometimes it got knocked off the desktop and when it fell, it fell hard because of the weight. After a while it didn't work anymore and I was more than happy to go out and get a mouse that wasn't filled with batteries. Now I have the (overpriced) Mighty Mouse that has a cord, and it works fine, but the cord is about a foot too short for the giant G5 tower that I have. At those prices, why can't they get it right?
Expensive but the track ball could have been designed better November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It took me a while to order this mouse since I love Logitech mice. At $70, the price is quite steep. I took a dive and bought it; after 8 months or so, the track ball stopped working :( I am going back to Logitech.
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