Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

SWEET MOUSE OF LOVE... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!
everything works flawlessly!

296 of 461 people found this useful

Apple's first true mouse, I used the Apple hockey puck mouse in high school and never really liked the mighty mouse. Since then I've only bought high-end Logitech mice like the VX Nano, Revolution, MX 1000 and MX 1100 etc. I've stuck to Logitech for a few reasons, battery life, quality, Nano USB recievers, ergonomic feel and design, all of which are superior to the competition. However, with that being said, the Apple magic mouse will be the first mouse i will buy not with the Logitech brand. It has great feel and everything feels so very natural. It has some weight to it which is actually beneficial to the finger gestures on the mouse. Although you may consider this mouse pricey, I will not comment and will not rate it based on price only overall quality, the reason being is that I believe I people's price preference changes the overall rating of the product too drastically.
Now the quirks...the back and forward gestures are very hard to do depending on the surface of your table or where your at. Instead i wish they added some sort of side buttons (yea right!).
On a further note; we have the mighty mouse hooked up to the new 27" iMac in-store demo (not apple store) and the mouse was working over 50 feet away through 5 bookshelves and wifi signal and several metal stands.

163 of 196 people found this useful

i really like the feel of this mouse, and love the multitouch when it's implemented well in the app i'm using. but there are a few things that drive me nuts about this mouse:

1. this mouse eats AA batteries like a hyper kid eats candy from a Halloween pumpkin. i go through a pair a month. makes me wish for a wired version.

2. right-click is unreliable. after enabling it in system preferences, sometimes i get a right click and sometimes i don't. not a fan of the alternative (having to hold down control key).

3. can't tweak scroll speed sensitivity. try playing a game with this mouse that uses the scroll wheel as an input and you'll see what i mean.

i'm just about ready to dump this mouse for one with distinct buttons and a regular scroll wheel.

131 of 134 people found this useful

I've been using my Magic Mouse for several months now after an unfortunate tumble killed off my wireless Mighty Mouse. It fits well in my hand and the Multi-Touch functionality makes it hard to beat. The Multi-Touch interface is a bit too sensitive to use for serious gaming so I keep a wired USB mouse handy.

The only real issues I have with the Magic Mouse have to do with the batteries. First, this thing uses batteries faster than anything I've ever seen. I usually only get about three weeks out of a pair of alkaline batteries, if I'm lucky. The last time around I switched to Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries and they lasted about two months. Second, likely owing to Steve Jobs' insistence that Apple products look good, even on the inside, the engineers created a nice-looking battery compartment. The negative terminals are spring-loaded buttons rather than just springs and the positive terminals are recessed. The problem is that they are so recessed that not every battery has positive terminals long enough to reach the contacts in the recessed space. I bought some Rayovac alkalines since I didn't have any spare lithiums and the grocery store didn't stock lithiums. The Rayovacs couldn't reach the positive terminals! I had to resort to balling up some small pieces of aluminum foil to fit in the recesses in order for contact to be made.

Lesson learned? Always keep a spare set of lithium batteries handy that I know will fit.

129 of 131 people found this useful

SUCH an improvement on the Mighty Mouse. The design is great, weight in hand is great, clicking function is bouncy and responsive, and love the multitouch functionality. Just GREAT overall...

157 of 194 people found this useful

I don't own this mouse, but use it constantly in college, and I must say, although it looks ergonomic, I find it too small and heavy. The pads on the bottom get dirt constantly, which makes the movement stutter. The other problem I had, is that the surface is very sensitive, you need a whole new approach for moving, and clicking. The swipes are great, but the surface is sticky, so you need to clean it constantly. I wanted to buy this mouse, before I started using it, because I really wanted to free up a USB port (The only 2 USBs on the MBP are a joke), but this is just too expensive, and not worth it for me, I would rather go to a wireless, but not multitouch mouse!

121 of 125 people found this useful

the design and function of this mouse is perfect. everything works as advertised. very sleek and elegant. however, $70? way too much for this mouse. even tho it's a fantastic mouse, it's not worth $70. just because things are overpriced, doesn't mean it's a bad product. would still highly recommend, but either cringe and spend the $70 or get one new or used on other sites for less.

115 of 117 people found this useful

The only thing good on this mouse is the touch scroll. Everything else that is on the Apple Mouse is missing. For one, this is a two button mouse. The Apple Mouse is a 4 button mouse. So no more mouse shortcuts via a mouse click to dashboard/spaces/expose.

Next is the ergonomics. I tested the Magic Mouse with iMovie, scrolling in the timeline via touch. I then surfed the web, testing the touch scroll. My wrist hurt after 15-20 minutes of using this mouse.

Apple used to be a company about great design esthetics and ease of use. They are unfortunately becoming just a design company. Nothing more.

They need to add a third button and raise the mouse at least a half of centimeter.

156 of 200 people found this useful

I'm pretty happy with the Apple Magic Mouse (all the function) swiping which is cool to have. But for something that cost $75AUD retail would it be good to have longer battery life? Don't you think? Battery Life Disappeared just like the name MAGIC.

112 of 114 people found this useful