Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse review: Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple’s new wireless Mighty Mouse cuts the cord, giving you the freedom of untethered mousing. The design isn’t perfect, and Apple isn’t shy about the price, but Mac desktops and laptops beg for as little clutter around them as possible, and for that, the Mighty Mouse delivers.
Rich was the editorial lead for CNET’s Home and Wellness sections, based in Louisville, Kentucky. Before moving to Louisville in 2013, Rich ran CNET’s desktop computer review section for 10 years in New York City. He has worked as a tech journalist since 1994, covering everything from 3D printing to Z-Wave smart locks.
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.
The Mighty Mouse uses Bluetooth wireless technology to connect to your computer. All new iMacs, Mac Minis, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros come equipped with a Bluetooth receiver built in. We had no trouble connecting the mouse to a Bluetooth-equipped iMac G5, and it worked equally well with our MacBook Pro. As long as your Mac OS X is updated to the latest version (10.4.6), you shouldn’t have any problems. Simply install the software, reboot, turn the mouse on, and you’re set.
Apple Bluetooth Wireless Mighty Mouse
The Good
Bluetooth wireless connectivity (even works in Windows, with Boot Camp); batteries lend welcome heft; ease to install and set up.
The Bad
Side buttons lack sufficient tactile feedback and require too much pressure; doesn’t work with standard Windows-based PCs (at least, not easily).
The Bottom Line
Apple’s new wireless Mighty Mouse cuts the cord, giving you the freedom of untethered mousing. The design isn’t perfect, and Apple isn’t shy about the price, but Mac desktops and laptops beg for as little clutter around them as possible, and for that, the Mighty Mouse delivers.
The configuration software is basically the same as the old model’s, with only minor layout tweaking. It lets you set the sensitivity of the main left and right buttons, the so-called 360-degree, multidirectional scrollwheel, the left- and right-side buttons, and the laser tracker itself. One of the claimed advantages of the laser sensor is that it’s supposed to let you use Mighty Mouse on a wider variety of surfaces than the LED-based original, thanks to the laser’s ability to read more surface detail. We tried various surfaces, including a translucent piece of black plastic (both passed), the reflective underside of a DVD (both failed), and a piece of clear plastic (both passed), and neither mouse outperformed the other. The laser’s superiority might simply depend on finding the right material to show it off. Maybe you’ll have better luck. For the rest of the design, we wish that the left- and right-side buttons didn’t require so much pressure to engage and, perhaps, that they had some more pronounced tactile feedback to let you know when you have. Otherwise, once the buttons and cursor speed are set to your preference, using the Mighty Mouse feels as smooth as any day-to-day mouse should.
Because Boot Camp has granted Intel Core Duo chip-based Macs the ability to use Windows XP, we tested the Mighty Mouse in Windows XP via our MacBook Pro. We had to tell the system to search for the mouse over the Bluetooth connection again, but it recognized it with no trouble. We could even use Windows’ standard mouse button control software to tweak its settings. It didn’t seem to support the lateral and diagonal scrolling features of the Mighty Mouse’s scrollwheel, but otherwise, its features were fully functional. We had less luck with a Bluetooth-equipped Dell Latitude D810 laptop. The Dell’s Bluetooth software found the mouse and even recognized it by name, but the Mighty Mouse was never able to assume control of the cursor. Apple advised us that the Mighty Mouse was meant to be used with a Mac, and it appears that its advice was correct.
Because it’s wireless, the Mighty Mouse needs power, which comes by way of two AA batteries. Apple specifies that two batteries will give you five months of power with average use. You can run on one battery, but you’ll naturally have to replace it in half the time. In addition to providing the juice, we like that the batteries give the Mighty Mouse a little more heft than the original, which felt a bit insubstantial. The difference is only a matter of an ounce; the new model weighs 4.5 ounces with two batteries (to the original’s 3.5), but in a side-by-side comparison we were able to tell, and we like the feel of the wireless Mighty Mouse better.
As with the previous Mighty Mouse, Apple covers this model with an industry-standard one-year warranty. Free phone support is available for the first 90 days after purchase, and Apple’s support Web site offers troubleshooting advice, FAQs, and a searchable users’ forum.
Актуальнейший обзор на Apple Mighty Mouse
Вечер добый, сегодня я буду разглагольствовать о всратой мыши, которая не должна была мне понравиться.
Для начала стоит признаться, что я люблю странный дизайн. Возможно, из-за желания нестандартного пользовательского опыта, или просто люблю извращения ( ° ʖ °)
Встретил я данное чудо у друга, который с радостью её отдал за бесполезностью, ведь «есть же нормальные мыши». Изначально я даже не планировал её подключать к компьютеру, а так, подивиться упоротости дизайнеров и положить в коллекцию.
Чёрт меня дёрнул подключить её ради прикола. И я поразился насколько же она офигенная! Во-первых, трекбол вместо привычного колёсика позволяет прокрутку и по вертикали, и по горизонтали. Как тебе такое, OKlick? Во-вторых, выпилы по бокам мыши, которые я сначала принял за прихоть дизайнера, оказались дополнительными кнопками. Правда, из-за их экстравагантного расположения, юзабельна только кнопка с правого бока мыши, потому что я не имею достаточно накачанного мизинца чтобы прожимать им левую. К счастью и по странному совпадению, я привык пользоваться только одной доп. кнопкой, чтобы перемещаться назад по истории вкладки в браузере.
Как ни странно, в отличие от моей предыдущей мыши — «геймерского» китайца OKlick, которая имела эргономичную форму и даже маленькую полочку для большого пальца, эта, похожая скорее на кусок мыла без каких-либо признаков изогнутости под руку, лежит в руке лучше. Как объяснить такой парадокс, я не знаю, однако оговорюсь что рука у меня довольно маленькая.
Именно такое выражение лица у меня появляется каждый раз когда я кручу трекбол. Не знаю уж по какой причине, но у этой мыши клики какие-то крайне густые, если так можно выразиться, а вот трекбол наоборот в отличие от моих прошлых мышек, где колёсико грохотало как жёрнов, крутится почти бесшумно.
Разумеется, как и у любого объекта во вселенной, у этой мыши они тоже есть. Как я уже упоминул раньше, вторая дополнительная кнопка просто ужасно расположена, так что нажимать на нёё с моей рукой не получается. Помимо этого, тот самый роскошный трекбол, которым выделяется эта мышь, слишком маленький, из-за этого подушечка пальца часто цепляет поверхность корпуса мыши, по которой скользит намного хуже, что как ни крути нарушает приятную плавность прокрутки. Так же по сравнению с китайскими дешёвыми мышками у этой мыши довольно низкий DPI, что, впрочем, малоудивительно, потому что перестали их выпускать в 2017 году и она уже немного постарела.
Как обычно, я понятия не имею зачем существует этот пост, но мышка прикольная и необычная. Спасибо, что прочли это 😀
Apple Debuts Wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple today introduced the wireless Mighty Mouse, a new version of its popular multi-button mouse, now with the added freedom that only wireless connectivity can provide. The new wireless Mighty Mouse offers a reliable, secure connection to Macs and features a new laser tracking engine that is 20 times more sensitive than standard optical mice for better tracking on even more surfaces. Priced at just £49 (inc VAT), Apple’s wireless Mighty Mouse includes up to four independently programmable buttons and an ingenious Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction.
“We cut the cord on our popular Mighty Mouse to give consumers even more flexibility when using a Mac”, said David Moody, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Mac Product Marketing. “A Bluetooth-enabled Mac desktop with an Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse is the ideal cable-free setup at home or in the office, and the wireless Mighty Mouse is the perfect travel companion for the MacBook user on the go”.
The wireless Mighty Mouse is a Bluetooth 2.0 based multi-button mouse that retains the simplicity of a single-button mouse, and can be used as a single- or multi-button mouse depending on the user’s preference. The wireless Mighty Mouse features a single seamless enclosure with programmable touch sensors that act as primary or secondary buttons. With a simple click on the upper right or left side of the mouse, users can instantly access features such as contextual menus found in Mac OS X and other applications. The wireless Mighty Mouse’s two other buttons are activated by pressing its Scroll Ball and squeezing its sides, and can be easily programmed to give users one-click access to Mac OS X “Tiger” features such as Spotlight, Dashboard and Exposé, or to launch any application such as Safari or iChat.
The wireless Mighty Mouse features an easy-to-use design that comfortably fits the left or right hand. It also includes an advanced power management system that automatically switches to low power modes during inactivity, and an off switch to maintain battery life while not in use. Ready to use out of the box, the wireless Mighty Mouse works with either one or two AA batteries.
Pricing & Availability:
The wireless Mighty Mouse is available immediately through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of £49 (inc VAT). The wireless Mighty Mouse easily connects to the latest Macs with built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, and requires Mac OS X ‘Tiger’ version 10.4.6 or later to customise buttons for one-click access to Spotlight, Dashboard and Exposé or to launch applications.
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