Apple Mighty Mouse

This is the worst mouse ever. I have had my Imac for less than a year, and already my third "mighty mouse" is malfunctioning. The scroll button stops working, and is very difficult to clean, in fact, I… have had no success getting a mouse that stopped working permanently, working again...You may be able to "unclog" a mouse but it stops working again shortly afterwards, until it stops working permanently, and then you simply cannot clean it. Also, there are no screws such that you can take the mouse apart and clean it properly to get it working again. This mouse seems to have been purposely designed to "break" and become obsolete. The new mouse from Apple, the Magic Mouse, does not have a scroll button, but is powered by batteries, size AA. What happens if the price of batteries triples? And even if the price of batteries does not triple (they are already expensive), batteries are a "cash drain". Go with a Logitech, or Microsoft mouse, that is wired, and not wireless. Because companies these days, including Apple, are not trying to build cool products that will last (I thought that was what Apple was "all about" but I guess I was wrong), but using sales techniques to get persons to buy things that will become obsolete, and drain their cash accounts in the process...Look, what do you use a computer to do? Most just want a typewriter, and to surf the web. Get two old computers, one to type with and the other to surf the web with, and don't share files between the two. Get smart, because "they" are out to destroy civilization. The thousands of dollars you spend on computers which become obsolete are thousands of dollars you are not spending on books...If Apple truly cared, would they not have issued a Magic Mouse that was wired? So that you would not have to waste money on batteries? Are not batteries damaging the environment? So, you see that enviro-mentalism is a conspiracy to promote a New World Order: The Kyoto Accord is a piece of legislation which shall form the cornerstone of a global economic planning agency...All this is obvious, when you look at a 'Mighty Mouse' and consider why it is a piece of garbage...I think Apple should give everybody who has a Mighty Mouse, a free WIRED (and NOT wireless) Magic Mouse. And I think "they" can afford to do so. A technique you may wish to consider that might make your "mighty mouse" last longer: Do not use the scroll button as a button, but use the scroll button only to scroll. Use the buttons located on the side of the mouse to click (select) with instead.

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The rule being that Apple designs intuitive, innovative and generally attractive products. I have a mighty mouse at home as well as in my office. I find them to be exceptionally difficult to use if you need… to do anything beyond the most basic pointing and clicking. While you can set it up to detect the right-click, I have a VERY hard time getting an actual right click to register. It's as if every time I need to right-click (as a digital designer, this is often) I'm flipping a coin. Why aren't there two clear and separate buttons? Why does the little scroll ball need to be so small, touchy, and generally difficult to use? If you take a look at other reviews you'll see a lot of complaints about scroll-ball failure, which is something I've been frustrated with as well. While it seems that you can clean the scroll ball with relatively little trouble, I still see no reason why we should endure a functionally broken product for the sake of... style? I actually think the mouse is pretty unattractive (again, surprising when you look at the majority of Apple's products). It's not very comfortable, the side 'buttons' are actually just one button and I think the plastic feels a little cheap. By contrast, I love the mouse that came with my Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet... Five buttons, FULLY programmable with specific and customizable button sets for individual software packages, perfectly sensitive, feels solid. I think it's high time Apple re-examined their mouse. Clearly they know a thing or two about designing input devices (just take the newest incarnation of their track-pad for example... the gesture controls are literally brilliant.) My advice to anyone looking into buying or using this mouse is simple: don't. Save yourself the money and the frustration and look into a much cheaper and much more functional alternative. It's not hard to find a good mouse for your computer or laptop... you just won't find it here.

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