“We suspect that for many of you, the simple fact that Apple’s Mighty Mouse has shed its cord will be reason enough to buy it. You won’t care that your mouse now requires batteries, nor will you balk at its $69 price tag. And you probably won’t find the new laser sensor that big a selling point. Macs call out for wireless peripherals, however, for reasons of both form and function. Plus, who wants to carry a corded mouse around when you’re on the road with a laptop? We wish Apple had gone the extra mile and fixed some issues that linger from the original corded model, but our gripes don’t amount to enough to prevent a recommendation. It doesn’t revolutionize mice, but simply because it’s now wireless, Apple’s Mighty Mouse will be hard for Mac users to resist,” Rich Brown reports for CNET.
Full review here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Apple debuts Wireless Mighty Mouse – July 25, 2006
Report: Apple to debut wireless Bluetooth Mighty Mouse soon – July 24, 2006
Apple’s Mighty Mouse Scroll Ball clogs too easily – July 18, 2006
ZDNet UK review gives Apple Mighty Mouse 6.6 out of 10 – August 31, 2005
Dr. Mac: ‘Mighty Mouse is the finest mouse Apple has ever produced’ – August 09, 2005
The Boston Globe: first shipments of Apple’s Mighty Mouse ‘sold out almost immediately’ – August 08, 2005
Mercury News: Apple’s Mighty Mouse looks ‘like the world’s most carefully crafted bar of soap’ – August 08, 2005
AnandTech: Apple’s Mighty Mouse ‘isn’t exactly perfect’ – August 05, 2005
NY Times’ Pogue: ‘I certainly prefer the Mighty Mouse’ to Apple’s standard one-button mouse – August 04, 2005
Apple’s Mighty Mouse dissected (with image) – August 04, 2005
The Motley Fool: ‘Mighty Mouse may be the next step in Apple’s quiet crusade to lure Windows users’ – August 04, 2005
Mossberg pans Apple Mighty Mouse, says Microsoft’s latest mouse is better – August 04, 2005
Review: Apple’s Mighty Mouse – Third-party USB mouse makers should be very afraid – August 03, 2005
Apple introduces multi-button ‘Mighty Mouse’ with ‘Scroll Ball’ for Mac and Windows – August 02, 2005
No shit it requires batteries; it’s WIRELESS!
MW: “stand”, as in “I can’t STAND these biased reviews!”
I’m waiting for a wireless, batteryless mouse.
I’ve had mine for a few days now and its great! The movement and reaction is instantenious. Atleast I don’t see a difference between the corded and the cordeless model. Yes. I know the ball clogs with dirt but other than that it is all good…
“No shit it requires batteries; it’s WIRELESS!”
But Logitech makes a cordless mouse that’s rechargeable -so you don’t have to have a supply of batteries on hand.
except that right click sUCkSSS
Mighty Mouse’s scroll ball suc’s @ss too.
” Apple’s Mighty Mouse will be hard for Mac users to resist,”
not it won’t. it’s a piece of junk.
Logitech’s mice still have a battery – it’s just rechargeable.
so is my grammar.
We got our hands on the new Wireless Mighty Mouse and tested it out.
This screencast shows how to set up the Wireless Mighty Mouse and shows some of the functions that make the Mighty Mouse unique.
Permalink: http://imacazine.com/podcast/files/aa944ad00aff70de933e630b6d597cfc-1.html
I’m underwhelmed with Bluetooth. The mouse seems to work okay for the most part, but then suddenly there’s some lag. It got frustrating enough that after a couple days I went back to USB.
Got my wireless Mighty Mouse and keyboard late last week, and have had no problems thus far.
Yeah, you need batteries…but Apple supplies them. And they’re not the cheapy “Heavy Duty” ones that aren’t much better than plain vanilla batteries; both the keyboard and mouse come with the Energizer E2s, which I think is great.
One problem I had with the corded mouse was occasionally it would stop responding; the only solution was to unplug and replug it. Supposedly according to some of the Apple user forums, it was because the keyboard USB ports were only USB 1.1, and the Mighty Mouse preferred 2.0 ports. I’m assuming that problem will no longer surface.
Oh, and I love the right click; it’s nice to be able to use many of the contextual menus without having to either hold down the mouse button or press the command-key (especially in Firefox when I’m using the BBedit extension to format blog posts).
Apple’s mouse sucks! With all the unbelievable design genius Apple has in it’s product line, their mouse remains an anomaly. That little tit scroll ball is like trying to tickle a womans clit.
bought mine the next day after it was announced..
before I give you my thumbs up or down..let’s look at what I’ve owned and what it replaces..
1) Kensington Bluetooth ; sold as fast as I bought it.
Battery life sucks, problems with waking up, just wasn’t satisfied with expierence.
2) Apple Bluetooth Mouse (non Mighty): I held onto this one for the longest, it showed excellent battery life, great compatiblity with my Mac(s), my only gripe, no RIGHT click.
I sold it a few months back, cause I knew that the MM Bluetooth was in the works.
3) Mac Mice’s BT (Alum): this was my first choice, but it was hard to find, until one day @ MacWorld 2006 I saw it and fell in love with it’s form factor — it resembled my Apple mouse that I thought I had found the perfect mouse. Boy, was I wrong! From day one, I had issues….Battery was absolutely AWEFUL!!! By far the worse in any electronic product. I was swapping out batteries every week….This also gave me the most problems with compatibility.
and now I own my beloved Might Mouse Bluetooth.
4) After almost a week of using this mouse, I have to say it’s by far the best mouse on the market. So far the battery has held up nicely…It works great when upon waking up from sleep. Doesn’t act up — SUPER responsive with the laser feature. $69 was a bargain, considering all the different BT mouses I’ve gone through to end up with a Apple MM BT.
Anyways, Apple Might Mouse BT — strongly recommended.
Also, works great with Parallels Windows XP enviroment on my Macbook!
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“I’m waiting for a wireless, batteryless mouse.”
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=7902
Am I the only one who uses RECHARGABLE batteries? Get a 4 pack (or 8 pack is twice the fun) of rechargable energizer batteries and a recharger…
That’s what I do.. I always have recharged batteries waiting for them to be used as soon as the old ones die & need recharging.. Why is this such a foriegn concept??
^ what’s the point of having a wireless mouse if you still have to plug in a pad to charge it? i thought the point was to reduct wire clutter.
*reduce*
“. . .is like trying to tickle a womans clit. . .”
If only a woman’s cl*t were so easily accessible.
At $69, it will be EASY to resist.
I want a mouseless cord. With a scroller clit.
Apparently, the naysayers are in the minority- as the MM I ordered on Saturday won’t be here ’til August 14th! Looks like it’s selling big to me.
“I’m waiting for a wireless, batteryless mouse.”
My cat, Baxter, dragged one of those in on the weekend. He tortured it for about 3 hours then killed it, ate about half of it and dropped the rest in my lap as a present.
I win.
Only Apple could produce a crappy mouse that only the rich could afford. Who is stupid enough (except for Apple customers) to purchase a wireless mouse with bad controls and no recharge option for $70? This is the ultimate in Apple arrogance to produce a horrible mouse with Bluetooth (yech!) connectivity for an outrageous price. For $70 you would expect (but unfortunately is missing):
1) Excellent software to program all aspects of the mouse.
2) Good control over left/right/center buttons without having to clean the mouse every week.
3) Custom weights to make the mouse fit exactly in your hand.
4) Left and right hand models (So much for Apple’s brain-dead design team)
5) Rechargable option (Guess Apple forgot that too)
Virtually any good mouse blows this stupid thing away. More buttons, better control, better ergonomics, rechargable batteries, yes the items just go on and on. This has to be one of the worst turkeys of all time.
I can’t wait to see the next pseudo computer from these bozos. What is next…a laptop with no batteries and has to always be plugged in?????
These reviewers were amazingly generous.
I own the corded Apple Titmouse and it is terrible!
– mouse jumps across screen
– trackball too small (loses traction, plus gets dirty easily)
– price is high (if I were to actually buy one separately, mine came with Intel iMac)
– not as ergonomic as other mice (the overly fancy touch sensitive right-click doesn’t work nearly as well as a real button)
Even as a Mac owner (most all of my computers are Macs – 6 PMs, 1 MBP, 2 iMacs, 1 iBook, 1 Dell)… I would rate the Apple Titmouse a 4.0 and the cordless Titmouse a 4.5 for the half-assed cordless reworking.