Customer Reviews

Apple Mighty Mouse

5 star:		(47)
4 star:		(24)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(18)
1 star:		(33)

 

 

1. LEFT and RIGHT CLICKS: The whole mouse body moves down to register a click, so there is a physical click happening (just like the previous Apple mouse). * If you have your fingers resting on the both sides of the front of the mouse and then click, the mouse will register a left (normal) click. * If you have your fingers resting on the left side only and then click, you will get a left click. * If you have your fingers resting on the right side only and then click, you will get a right click. * If you have your fingers only in the middle and then click, you will get NO click. * If you have your fingers on the scroll ball and click, then you get a middle click.

Basically, this means you need to have your fingers in the right place when you click, except that if your fingers are all over the mouse, then you just click a normal left click. I had trouble getting used to it in 10 minutes, but I think long-term it would work for me. However, when I had other people using my computer, it would probably drive them mad at first.

2. THE SCROLL BALL: I love this thing. I was able to quickly scroll around a web page and a enlarged photo. The ball seems very natural and works well even with its small size. As you roll the ball, different parts of your finger come into contact with it, making it seems bigger. I was able to scroll up and down a long web page in just one up and down movement of my finger. I have no idea whether the ball will stay clean and hold up in the long run, but it works great out of the box.

3. THE SQUEEZE BUTTONs: This is probably the weakest link in the mouse. The buttons (one on each side of the mouse) take quite a bit of pressure to activate and are in an odd place that requires moving my hand. In fact, I would pretty much stop what I was doing and concentrate on squeezing. I'm actually a pretty strong guy, so I'm surprised this was so noticeable.

4. COMPATIBILITY: This mouse can only be programmed with the absolute latest version of Apple's operating system. That means that unless you've bought a new Apple computer or the new 10.4 operating system recently and then downloaded and applied the latest update, you have to rely on the preprogrammed actions for each button. Curiously, people have told me that you can program the buttons on most Windows PCs. I have the latest system, so it's no problem for me.

5. DESIGN and FLEXIBILITY: I like the look of this mouse: very clean and white. You can also choose to make this into a one-button mouse or a two-button mouse (if you have the latest Mac operating system or most Windows systems). It seems well made and matches Apple's keyboard.

OVERALL, I plan to buy this mouse because I'm a sucker for attratively designed items. I don't right click very much, but I scroll a lot, and that scroll ball works very well for me.

I'm a heavy graphics and presentation editor, and liked the idea of horizontal scrolling.

Bought four of them for the office, and for the first few months they worked fine. The size and position of the side squeeze buttons takes a little getting used to, not optimal for most people, re-positioning the hand is often necessary. Then the scroll ball started sticking. Followed the recommended instructions to clean it, not much effect though. Surfed the web and found others with similar problems.

Followed a website advice, took it apart, tried to access the scroll ball directly, but the components are not designed for that kind of behaviour amd re-seating was difficult. One of them now has a non-smooth base, useless to use. The other three are relegated to spreadsheet navigation, as the use for general graphics and imaging work became too frustrating, a scroll ball lock as you are trying to cut and paste or move a complex set of images was happening too frequntly.

Maybe it is OK for light users, but cannot recommend it as a full-time mouse.

If you are looking for a two button mouse, get one with well defined left and right sides. With this one, it is not easy to click left or right due to the one-piece hard shell - sometimes getting the opposite result.

The MM scrolls with a rubber ball on the top surface of the mouse. Like most mouses with a ball for scrolling or moving, particles of dust can get inside the chamber where the ball sits. The mice with rubber scrolling balls seem to be especially susceptible to this problem. My mouse worked fine for about 2 months, I loved it. But then the scroll function got erratic. I could feel the ball "skipping" on something inside, which is obviously built up dirt or dust. After a month of this, the mouse no longer scrolls.

Now, most mouses with scroll balls have an easy way to remove the plate covering the ball, so you can take the ball out and clean it, and the sensors surrounding it. Unfortunately, the geniuses at Apple designed the mouse in such a way that you cannot do this on the Mighty Mouse. So guess what? When the scroll ball gets dirty and stops working properly, you get to THROW THE MOUSE AWAY! Hey, why bother making it cleanable, just give Apple another 50 bucks - it's DISPOSABLE!

I'd really like to meet the designers of this mouse and ask them what they were thinking when they put it together. If you want to buy a disposable 50 dollar mouse, buy all means, plunk down the cash for this piece of junk.

I've used various multi-button mouses over the years and would hardly call any one "perfect." The best feature of the Mighty Mouse is the tiny scroll-ball. It is much more intuitive than a track wheel, and gives the user unparalled control. Not crazy about the side buttons, but this has been an issue on every multi-button mouse I have used. The Mighty Mouse is definitely the best-looking mouse I have ever seen. Overall, a solid product.

It was the most horrible mouse I ever bought.
It has of course wonderful design, nut disgusting functionality. As it is designed actuallt as one button mouse it keeps mistaking which button you are actually pressing. The roller is too small so it frequently miss your rotating, and you have to use more power, so you get some of the mouse buttons mistakely pressed. The cord is too short, so you can put it just near your mac. I got rid of it, and using my old mouse, and really amazed who convinient it was... It always gives me the correct button i am pressing!

When I first bought this mouse, I was pretty excited. The scroll ball is fun to use and feels precise, and it's a nice aesthetic match. But after using it for a few months, I have some serious gripes.

1. The right click. Although when I sit there and deliberately push the right side of the mouse I always get a right click, when I play games with fair frequency I end up getting a left click when I expect a right. Pretty critical when you're playing games, in fact, I've stopped using the right mouse button and started to use option-click instead. So from four buttons we go down to three.
2. The squeeze. It requires an awkward hand movement and an inordinate amount of strength. It's unusable. So from three buttons we go down to two.
3. The middle click is accomplished by pressing on the scrolly ball. Theoretically you can press in the middle of the mouse, but due to the already existing left/right precision issues the only way you can be certain you're getting a middle click is by pressing the ball itself. This too is an awkward reach, and it's an irritant when you left-click instead of middle-clicking by accident when you've highlighted something in an xterm and want to paste it elsewhere, as often you end up highlighting something else instead.

So for me this is effectively a one-button mouse with a somewhat cool scroll ball.

Somewhat cool, because most programs still don't support any kind of horizontal scrolling, and some do very stupid things. If you are a Firefox user you will HATE this mouse since Firefox maps left and right scroll to page forward and back. The scrolly ball is very sensitive, so when you scroll up and down a page you will inevitably end up accidentally navigating Back in your browser instead.

All in all, it's probably the worst Apple product I've ever bought. Interesting concepts, terrible execution.

This is simply an awful product. Even the reviews on the MAC website concur with this opinion.

The problems are numerous: the cord is too short, the right-click button is difficult to consistently find/use, the scroll button broke after two months, and the two side buttons have NO USE whatsoever. In fact, the two side buttons take so much effort to press, I only used them a couple days because my wrist was becoming sore.

This is a product that should be avoided at all costs. The scroll button breaking issue has been reported by numerous users on reviews here and on MAC - this is not a fluke. I have nothing good to say about this product except that it looks nice.... but I'd take an ugly functional mouse over a pretty poorly-designed mouse any day.

It's nice to see Apple finally moving toward two-button mice, but this just isn't the answer. Maybe it is just my hands, but I find it impossibly hard to separate the left and right mouse button. More often than not I am right-clicking when I try to left-. It practice it means I keep doing stupid stuff like removing elements from the Safari toolbar when all I want to do is click.

Mine is now collecting dust in favor of a traditional two-button mouse.

I do, however, really miss the scroll ball. I know many do not, but for me a normal wheel seems hamstrung once you've used the ball on the mighty mouse.

This is hands down the worst mouse I've ever used. I'm a programmer at a design agency, so we all use Macs, including this mouse. Repeatedly using this mouse over many hours cramps my hand, wrist, and shoulder on my right side. I recently worked overtime on a Flash website, and at the end of the deadline my hand was so cramped it was painful to extend my first finger.

Aside from the less than optimal mouse shape, the biggest problem is the scroll dot. The more use your mouse gets, the more likely it is to stick so you can't scroll at all. You can unstick it by holding the mouse upside down and vigorously rolling the ball in all directions. However, despite doing that regularly, I still have problems scrolling up with it. It takes more force to scroll up now, which cramps your hand and stresses your wrist.

I do not recommend this mouse for anybody who uses a computer more than a few hours a day.