Apple Wired Mouse

by Apple

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TLTH7K
• Item model number: MB112LL/B
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #80 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Keyboards, Mice & Input Devices > Mice
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 20, 2009

Product Description

It's the wired mouse that reinvents the wheel - the scroll wheel. The Apple Wired Mouse features the amazing Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, literally without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you can choose either the versatility of a four-button mouse or the simplicity of a single-button beauty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Apple Mouse Works Great for a Few Weeks, May 2, 2010

By 

Hardyworld (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Wired Mouse (Personal Computers)

The apple mouse is a very attractive mouse and works well as the spherical trackball easily allows you to scroll up, down and side-to-side very quickly. However, even though I am a big Apple fan and have several Apple computers this mouse tends to be a weak link in an otherwise user-friendly computer environment.

I believe I have just killed my third mouse. These things get gunked up easily and there is no way to take it apart to clean it. So, at the apple store they suggest blowing canned air into it to dislodge the oil and dust that has collected inside. I've tried that and within a couple days the mouse scroller is unusable--AGAIN.

To write this review I actually had to unplug my apple mouse and plug in a cheap Microsoft USB mouse because the Apple mouse was freaking out so bad causing my computer to switch between applications that I couldn't type.

I think if they allowed these to be take apart to clean it would solve the problem but in the meantime I am off to Best Buy to find a new mouse.

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Sorry Apple.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Been Through Two of Them, March 7, 2010

By 

WPMo (Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Wired Mouse (Personal Computers)

Both times the Up scroll function has failed, despite regular cleaning of the scroll ball. When the mouse works, it's great. But as many will testify, it doesn't last. Am using a Logitech until I buy a new cordless "Magic Mouse" and scroll with my fingers instead of a questionably engineered rubber pea.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Funky outdated trackball technology., January 25, 2010

By 

Daniel R. Padilla (Torrance, CA; USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Wired Mouse (Personal Computers)

This mouse's "middle button" trackball is very easily gunked up and is VERY difficult to clean. The mouse does NOT open, so you have to rub the trackball with a moist rag for what seems like an eternity to clean it. Apple recommends plain water, but only alcohol or 409 can do a good job. This process is required about every week, or more often if you have kids.
Like a lot of Apple products it is pretty but lacks some of the most obvious functional requirements, like ease of cleaning.
It is an unnecessarily high-maintenance item. Other manufactures have scroll wheels that have sensors on the side of the wheel, not on the tread where all the body oils, dirt and dust accumulate. So the technology has improved considerably over the years. Why would Apple revert to such a problematic feature? If you remember mice from the 80's you can recall the bottom trackball that would fill with dirt and make the mouse act erratically. At least back then you could open the mouse, remove the ball for cleaning, and also clean the rollers inside the mouse.

If you can live without the side buttons, just get a Logitech LS1 mouse for $10. That is what I did to replace this expensive mouse.