Apple Mighty Mouse
Apple's Mighty Mouse comes to save the day. In a world where mice have become humdrum functional appliances, Apple's engineers and designers have developed a better, more refined mouse for better productivity and enhanced ease-of-use. When used with OSX Tiger, the Mighty Mouse roars. Unlike any other mouse on the market, Mighty Mouse was designed specifically to work with Mac OS X Tiger. Up-to-the minute information on Dashboard is only a click away. Viewing, hiding and selecting your windows via Exposé is just as simple. And because Mac OS X Tiger makes Mighty Mouse programmable, you choose where every click takes you. Mighty Mouse offers 360-degree scrolling capability, thanks to its Scroll Ball, perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger. Explore the farthest reaches of your files ? pan images in iPhoto, view timelines in iMovie HD and Final Cut Pro, traverse bars in GarageBand and Logic Pro ? with one hand tied behind your back (or holding a cup of coffee or typing). Mighty Mouse gives you room to roam. Ellipical Shape System Requirements - Mac OS X (programmability requires Mac OS X v10.4.2 Tiger or later), or Windows 2000 or Windows XP (not all features may be available when used with Windows or earlier OSX versions)
Apple Mighty Mouse Accessories
 Apple USB Keyboard - White
Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse
Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac [OLD VERSION]
Apple MacBook MA700LL/A 13.3" Laptop (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, SuperDrive) - White
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Student and Teacher [OLD VERSION]
Apple Keyboard Kit
Apple Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard [5-User Family Pack]
Apple MacBook Pro MB076LL/A 17-inch Laptop (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Glossy Display, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD SuperDrive)
Apple Mac mini MA607LL/A (1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive)
Apple Mighty Mouse Reviews
I do not own this mouser personally, yet. These are well over a year old and they do not give us any trouble. I simply do not see what is the complaint with it. These mice are used in a public computer lab for hours upon hours every day, but even they keyboards fare worse than the mighty mouse. The reason I only gave it 4 stars (though 4.5 is more accurate) is that the squeeze is a bit stiff generally, and the right click is somewhat awkward as you cannot have your finger resting on the left side as you click. It works perfectly.
It's easy enough to adjust to however. However, I use one every single day at school. The scroll is natural and effortless. The scroll ball never jams or stalls.
Yes, i know Macs have no need for a right-click button. Wherever Apple's brand is connected with quality and good design, it won't hold here. Should it not work properly then for only that reason. I won't even go into the details of randomly swapping clicks. A mouse is hardly -what you would call- the product of advanced engineering, yet Apple managed to produce something so useless, it resides on my desk with a scrollwheel, that was never meant to give you good grip, and that's now jammed.
Brilliant, that is until the scroll button stops working which in my case is about every 9 to 12 months. Look on it as the world's best disposable mouse and you won't be disappointed. In particular, its tiny hyper-sensitive vertical & horizontal scroll button genuinely speeds up on-screen "productivity" to a level that, once you've got used to it, nothing else will do. Bad news then. well yes, no piece of kit should do this, but right or wrong that's the way it is and when it happens I happily shell-out for a new one because it's that good to use. The Apple Mighty mouse (in both USB and wireless formats) is a worthy contender for the best mouse ever made.
Every feature works perfectly. It should be ok if you connect the mouse to a USB plug on a keyboard. But I bought it to use with my MacBook. A mouse with a cable has a safeguard: it doesn't let it go straight to the floor. Bad idea.
Another thing I don't like about the cordless mouses is that they tend to drop from the table and go (with a bang). But when it gets out of juice at the worst moments you just think: why I didn't buy it with a cord, dammit. to the floor. But.
The cable is too short. The fact is: after using a wireless mouse for months I just wanted a regular one. Think about it before getting into the wireless hype. Great gadget.
The wireless mouse looks perfect in concept.
And when you do fix it, it won't take long for the very same problem to recur. However, it loses ALL of it's stars (and Apple loses alot of my good will), because of the scroll wheel issue. The store felt replaced my first one at no cost and when I was there to pick up this new replacement the guy said "I doubt you'll have much better luck with this one, to be honest". On the other hand, it's a great mouse if you work in a freakin' clean room. I am FAR from alone. ALOT. So, you have to stop what you're doing, blow into the hole AND / OR clean the wheel with a damp cloth AND / OR turn the mouse over and roll it around on a cloth or a piece of paper to dislodge whatever miniscule dust or dirt particle gets in the wheel house of the mouse.
After a very short while, you will notice the scroll wheel not working when you're scrolling down. It doesn't seem to take much- any microscopic little bit of dust or dirt that gets in there will see you spending plenty of time trying to get the thing working properly. You can't open up the mouse without a major hassle so you're left frustrated and wanting to switch to Logitech bad. The mouse itself is sleek, slick and effortless to use. If you don't believe me just go out on the 'net and search "mighty mac scroll down" and watch the anger rise up from cyberspace. I bought my iMac Pro in December of 2007 and I'm ALREADY on my second mouse- both of them with the same exact problem.
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