I've had a wireless Mighty Mouse since I bought my MacBook Pro in January and it works great, I haven't had any issues with the left/right click sensitivity, the scroll wheel works like a charm, and I've never really had a problem with it. By the sounds of it though, I should probably consider myself lucky.
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Mighty Mouse, I tried to love you...
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I've tried about every different kind of mouse over the years from the first one that came with the original Mac down to the laser precision mouse. I use mighty mouse (wired and wireless) for every non-laptop Mac I use. I think it is brilliantly simple and works well. The only problem I've ever had has been the scroll bump which is easily fixed with my simplified version of Apple's wipe technique. I don't game on the Mac so I don't know how well it would work for that (I suspect I would be disappointed) but for every other use I always choose a mighty.
Mouse Power
I reckon that these users who don't have trouble with their MM (especially with the rollerball) are light users. I spend at least 10 hours a day in front of the iMac and inevitably the MM rollerball picked up debri from my fingers. I'm a retired microbiologist and hygiene is my trademark, so my hands are washed regularly throughout the day and I would never use my computer with dirty hands. The MM is just simply a bad design - both from the point of view of the rollerball and the general ergonomics. Yes, it looks great, but try power use and the rollerball will stick and your fingers ache. Why didn't Apple use a non-mechanical type of rollerball - some technology like the trackerpad. Or let's make it easy for them - why couldn't they just make it disassemble easily so it could be cleaned. As I said earlier, The MM has put me off mice for good. I'm using a Cirque Glidepoint and it's great.
I reckon that these users who don't have trouble with their MM (especially with the rollerball) are light users. I spend at least 10 hours a day in front of the iMac and inevitably the MM rollerball picked up debri from my fingers. I'm a retired microbiologist and hygiene is my trademark, so my hands are washed regularly throughout the day and I would never use my computer with dirty hands. The MM is just simply a bad design - both from the point of view of the rollerball and the general ergonomics. Yes, it looks great, but try power use and the rollerball will stick and your fingers ache. Why didn't Apple use a non-mechanical type of rollerball - some technology like the trackerpad. Or let's make it easy for them - why couldn't they just make it disassemble easily so it could be cleaned. As I said earlier, The MM has put me off mice for good. I'm using a Cirque Glidepoint and it's great.
Mouse Power
I read somewhere that Apple are expected to produce some type of tracker pad for desktop computers, since the iPhone has been so successful with touch technology. Does anyone have any news on this?
I read somewhere that Apple are expected to produce some type of tracker pad for desktop computers, since the iPhone has been so successful with touch technology. Does anyone have any news on this?
Apple did patent a mouse with an iPod style click wheel on it (instead of the rollerball) a while back, but we've heard nothing since then. Maybe they are waiting for the redesign of the Mac Pros in summer before they release it?
I think as a company, we've been through about 5 or 6 of these in the last 12 months. They are terrible. Cleaning the scroll wheel after a while just doesn't work and they ultimately fail and I get ear ache from staff saying they need a new mouse. I've always liked having 1 IT supplier (Apple), yet I've joined you and also recently bought the Logitech MX Revolution as the Mighty Mouse is not adequate for everyday use if you plan on having a mouse after 6 months.
Look at this handsome devil
Product tour for the MX Revolution is here:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/130&cl=ca,en##
Each day I fall more in love with this beauty. Just look at her would ya!
darren
Product tour for the MX Revolution is here:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/mice/devices/130&cl=ca,en##
Each day I fall more in love with this beauty. Just look at her would ya!
darren
I loved the way the MM looked and felt in the store, but after 2 weeks of using it every day, I couldn't stand it. The 2nd click button is way too sensitive - half the time when I was trying to left-click, it would right-click instead. As someone else said, the squeezing motion of the 2 side buttons feels unnatural and awkward as well.
I went back to the mouse I was using on the PC (which fits my hand perfectly and gives me that extra precision I need in Photoshop) - Microsoft's Wireless Laser Mouse 6000.
Back to being productive again....I may even sell my wireless MM on eBay, it's basically brand new....
-Bryan
I went back to the mouse I was using on the PC (which fits my hand perfectly and gives me that extra precision I need in Photoshop) - Microsoft's Wireless Laser Mouse 6000.
Back to being productive again....I may even sell my wireless MM on eBay, it's basically brand new....
-Bryan
The touch sensitive left-click and right click was a bit of a failure- i turned that off. I found that the scroll ball was a bit temperamental and a bit too reactive sometimes, such as when i was using flash.
The new apple keyboard is great but... have apple ever made a good mouse?
The new apple keyboard is great but... have apple ever made a good mouse?
Why are people opening it up. It even says in the manual to just hold it upside down and rub the ball "vigorously" with a slightly damp lint-free cloth. It takes me less than 10 seconds to clean mine when it starts acting up.
You call the 2 inch USB dongle for MX Revolution "big"?? OK, if you say so.
I have mine plugged into the right side USB port of my Apple aluminum keyboard and it sticks out perhaps an inch or less. I read a lot of critiques about the MX Revolution using a USB dongle instead of Bluetooth but with such a small and inconspicuous size it's a total non-issue for me.
Add my voice to the list of Logitech MX Revolution lovers. This is by far the finest mouse I've ever owned. I use every one of its buttons for some purpose in OS X and positively love the hyperscroll wheel.
Plus, it looks great next to the aluminum keyboard.
You can get a bluetooth version. The only problem is deciding what to do with the keyboard that comes with it.
There you'd be wrong. I spend a good 9 hours per day in front of a Mac at work, and don't have any problems with the mighty mouse I use with that machine. Likewise the two Mighty Mice that I personally own for my home machines (one wired, one BT) have so far been fine (albeit they don't get anything like as much use as the one at work).
I'll admit that there are other mice I've used that I prefer (I'm a long-term logitech fan), but I find the MM quite comfortable and really don't have a problem with it - hence I haven't bothered to swap it for anything else.
I tried that, but ended up having to do it again too soon... By taking it apart to clean, it can go months between cleanings.
Well, they did much better with the VX nano... could they not just both use the same receiver?
... but bluetooth would still be better.
Here is my 2 cents.
i had had a wireless MM for over a year... my cats have been dropping it from time to time on the floor with no other result than me putting back the bateries in.
i love the symetrical design... i used it with left hand and very "well design hergonomic" mice are pain for me.
Now to tone it down, i hate the fact that the RClick is not reliable... at first i thought i didn't have practice enough but no! this is just something that come and goes... so having a two button mouse and still having to use the keyboard to be sure that the RClick works is not very practical...
i had had a wireless MM for over a year... my cats have been dropping it from time to time on the floor with no other result than me putting back the bateries in.
i love the symetrical design... i used it with left hand and very "well design hergonomic" mice are pain for me.
Now to tone it down, i hate the fact that the RClick is not reliable... at first i thought i didn't have practice enough but no! this is just something that come and goes... so having a two button mouse and still having to use the keyboard to be sure that the RClick works is not very practical...
Well, they did much better with the VX nano... could they not just both use the same receiver?
... but bluetooth would still be better.
Bluetooth costs money to license (someone correct me if i'm wrong there please) plus bluetooth itself may not be as good as a custom wireless connection. More than likely the custom one logitech use is better.
About the USB dongle itself. Smaller = more expensive + less powerful. They probably don't use this one because it would cost more to include it and it probably isn't as good as the bigger one that comes with the MX. Less range? Less speed?
To right click you need to make sure your left finger is not touching the mouse when you right click.
This is one of the best mice I have ever used, and its $10!!
I cannot believe that the Mighty Mouse is not optical. When I was in high school in 1998, we used to have mice with balls. Its 2008 now
Peace and God Bless!
I cannot believe that the Mighty Mouse is not optical. When I was in high school in 1998, we used to have mice with balls. Its 2008 now
Peace and God Bless!
I cannot believe that the Mighty Mouse is not optical. When I was in high school in 1998, we used to have mice with balls. Its 2008 now
I can definitely say that the Logitech MX Revolution is a mouse with balls.
When I was in high school in 1983 mice had furry tails and ate cheese.
Oh and there was also this.
The Mighty Mouse is an optical mouse. The scroll ball is on the top of the mouse functioning much as a wheel on other mice.
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So, are you saying that I can program one corner of my MBP mouse pad to go forward, another corner to go backward when browsing? Wow, that would certainly solve a lot of issues for me.
(a recent PC convert)
So, are you saying that I can program one corner of my MBP mouse pad to go forward, another corner to go backward when browsing? Wow, that would certainly solve a lot of issues for me.
(a recent PC convert)
An excellent point, however you forget that Apple originally designed this as their "step up" from the apple pro mouse. Your computer came with the crappy single button mouse and if you wanted, you could buy a mighty mouse for the true "apple experience." Unfortunately, the mighty mouse is a joke and at $60-80 when it was released, cost far more than it was worth. Even $40 is not worth it. Even for free I refuse to use it.
So then...what was the purpose of them developing this mouse (which they obviously invested large amounts of R&D time and money into)? It has more functionality than the single button mouse, sure...but that's not saying alot.
I would rather they sell their computers for $50 less and not include a mouse at all if they intend for you to just buy a 3rd party mouse anyways. Or add $100 to the price of my computer and give me a top quality mouse and keyboard that provides everything I need out of the box.