Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

I owned the Magic Mouse for a grand total of 8 days, and back it went. My thoughts echo that of the majority of other users: great looks, bad usability. Here are my gripes...

- Its profile is too low to use other than your fingertips when mousing, and there's no hump to rest your wrist on.
- Tracking is way too slow, requiring my arm to get involved with mousing. Using a mouse for me has never meant more than wrist action. I pray for those with 24" displays or larger. You can download third-party software to crank up the speed, but I shouldn't have to do that with a $70 mouse, should I?
- The clicks and the scraping sound on the desk are louder than the average mouse.
- My desk has a birch veneer, and the cursor can get stuck or skip when pointing. It's got better performance than a standard optical mouse, but I've used cheaper laser mice with greater accuracy. A mousepad may be required for better accuracy/noise control.
- Swipe gestures didn't always register, requiring a second or third try.
- I believe the aluminum-looking underside is plastic, by the way. While this may be necessary for proper function, I just thought I'd make a note of it it as I haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere.
- Not recommended for those already used to multi-button mice. It's a fine upgrade if you've only moused with previous Apple pointing devices.

So what DID I like about it? Aside from the looks, the touch-sensitive top was an absolute dream. Flicking a webpage up or down like you're flicking on an iPhone is a pleasure to use on the desktop. But it simply can't save the overpriced and underperforming Magic Mouse.

I usually don't write reviews unless I'm really ticked off. And I'm ticked off.

This mouse is horrible. It's so unreliable and is constantly disconnecting. It's slow, then it's too fast. I love the idea of a wireless mouse, but Apple needs to fine tune this product.

It's certainly sleek, durable, and convenient with it's magic moves but the battery drains all too quick.

As a senior in college, I use my iMac (thus Magic Mouse, too) every day. Word docs, Excel reports, etc.
- Unless you turn off your Magic Mouse (and wireless keyboard) every time you're away, you'll go through 4 AA batteries every month.
- It makes you wish there was a Magic (wired) Mouse.
- Or you could buy a charging station for it.

Look on those .Org selling sites and you'll notice customers want to get rid of theirs since it came with their iMac, (like me).

My initial reaction to the new Magic Mouse was one of pure gadget lust. The overall concept and purity of form are near the pinnacle of industrial design. After spending two full days with mouse in hand, I have become aware of the shortfalls of form over function.

The loss of two programmable buttons (side pinch buttons and scroll ball) have disrupted my work flow and my use of Spaces, Expose and Widgets. The slim profile and the crisp upper edge had forced me to change the fundamental way I hold the mouse (between thumb and ring finger to a thumb/middle finger grasp). After the first day, the cuticle area of my ring finger was sore from the crisp edge. The other consequence of the thumb/middle finger grip is that the two-finger swipe motion requires a repositioning of my hand each time I want to use it. It also puts my clicking finger at the far edge of the top surface. I find that my clicking finger is making more frequent and unnatural lateral movements that are causing considerable discomfort. For someone with smaller hands, this may not be an issue.
The touch surface scrolling seems like a great concept, there is an inefficiency of movement involved. On a Mighty Mouse, scrolling requires a movement of only 1/4", while the same movement on the Magic Mouse requires a 1-1.5" movement with less accuracy. Repeat this 500 times a day, like most graphics professional do, and you see how this is working against you.

So, while the Magic Mouse get high marks for design, the functionality is really a downgrade for me, because I get really concerned when I leave work and my hand aches because of my mouse.

My old Mighty Mouse will not get retired to a box in the cupboard just yet. In fact, I just purchased another because, for me, they work perfectly.

Reconsider purchasing this mouse----it seems cool, but don't be fooled. I have stopped using my magic mouse and went for old-fashioned wired mouse. Has problem connecting half the time, and other times does not work at all on some games. Please, Apple, improve this seemingly awesome product!!!

Good mouse, good idea but way too wireless. in a prepress production environment where the mice is open 15 hours a day, 2 AA regular batteries is just not enough. Why Apple didn't built it with internal rechargeable battery with a connectable USB wire that can be hooked up while working or off-hours for recharging???

I love the mouse. But today started getting the "Connection lost" syndrome. Even with a fresh set of batteries and the control panel showing 100% and a reboot. I'll see how long I can tolerate this and if it doesn't get better I may have to go the Logitech route. Shame too because it is easy to use left or right handed.

Thank god I got this thing for free--I'll be dipped in dung before I ever pay $69 for it. What can I say? I'm a huge Mac lover, in my eyes they can usually do no wrong, but they missed the mark with this guy. Beautiful to look at, but its technology is flawed. I got this one second-hand after my Mighty finally died. First off, whose idea was it to put the mouse on skis? The little black plastic strips on the bottom are moronic. Using it on a mousepad doesn't work; it gets stuck on the fibers, and I tried it on a brand new one. The mouse makes an irritating scraping, sliding noise when used directly on my desk, which is IKEA white veneer and completely flat and smooth. I've tried it on every type of surface imaginable and it's the same old story: the tracking is whack. I try adjusting its settings but it's stubborn as a mule. The pointer floats around and basically just does whatever it wants, which is usually nothing. I find myself having to pick the mouse up and put it back down to get it to where I want. That's fun. The indistinguishable buttons are lovely--to look at. But I always find myself clicking more towards the middle of the two, which gives me both a menu and selection. Annoying! The swype scrolling is also a nice idea but I find it exhausting to use because it scrolls too fast and jumpy. And on websites such as Google Maps, where scrolling controls the zoom-in/out feature, it's a nightmare. The slightest touch and suddenly you're looking at the map from outer space, WTH...Apple, I love you guys but just stop. You can do better!

I really loved my magic mouse first time I got it. It was an amazing piece of technology.... until I started to use it on microsoft Office. Its absolutely difficult to use it in powerpoint when you making slides, because it starts behaving erratically. It starts jumping from one slide to another erratically...also does the same in word and Excel. Extremely difficult to control. I turned off the inertia option in the mouse preferences, hoping it would solve the problem...but no! The same problem happens with Adobe photoshop too. I behaves well with web browser. I wanted to give this mouse 5 stars first....but now maybe just 2 or even 1. Sad...specially since its from apple. Disappointed.

I love the design but feel they could have done so much with the multi-touch interface. First and most important, there is no middle mouse function. This alone is why my Magic Mouse is sitting at the side of my desk and I'm back to using my old wired mouse. I can't use it with most of my work apps w/o a MMB. And for long term use my hand aches as it's low profile is hardly ergonomic. Cool concept but a regretful purchase.