Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

the touch feature is probably the best in the market - but in overall, i say the old mighty mouse is much more comfortable especially if you have to use for more than a few minutes. have been using magic mouse for a few weeks, then today i had a chance to to use the old mighty mouse, i couldn't believe how comfortable it felt. sexy design isn't everything, it fades after a while - what really matters is how comfortable it is. i would wait until Apple releases a better design or another company releases touch mouse.

Love the concept of the touch top and it's executed very well in so far as there is no accidental activity from just resting hand on surface top.

The problems I see so far from my usage are as follows:

1. Size - I'm 6'3" and have reasonable size hands (wouldn't say overly large) and I find that constant use of the mouse causes pain in the wrist and knuckles from gripping a too small a mouse as I can't rest my palm on it effectively to move and keep my fingers in a position to click

2. Touch - appears to occasionally be jerky with it's responsiveness. When scrolling up and down pages (for example) first few scroll in time with swipe then I swipe again and there is a delayed reaction and then the pages jump to catch up. Or sometimes I have to swipe a couple of times to make the page respond to a swipe.

A great mouse.

However, I am a professional user of Aperture and this mouse drives me round the bend. The slightest touch when working suddenly sends the image I was working on away and replaces it with another.

I cannot tell you how irritating that is! We need a 'Preferences' option to disable it in Aperture or one in the Mouse pane that allows automatic disabling of the swipe/scroll browsing when working in a particular program.

Other than that, it is a great thing, although it does seem very sensitive to what surface you use it on. My mousemat makes it slow and juddery - a piece of white paper on my desk is much better.

This is the best mouse I have ever used, when it it is working. It gives you the precision of a mouse with the flow of a touchpad. But all too often it doesn't work, because it has lost its bluetooth connection. And once you get it reconnected (which is usually a slow process) it can disconnect again a little while later. It is hard to find a pattern or a reason for this problem as it comes and goes. The poor bluetooth implementation of this mouse takes it from a 5 star product to a 2.5 star product (I gave it three stars because I am in a good mood).

I LOVE this mouse. I have never liked apple's mice. I absolutely hated the mighty mouse. I figured if this mouse was as bad, I'd just plug a pc mouse into my mac. Great to use and makes surfing your computer easier. My only complain is the battery life; after having my mac about 2 weeks I'm already low on battery in it. Otherwise I would rate it 5

I really, really wanted to like this mouse but unfortunately I will have to look for something else. One complaint is size, it's too shallow and too small for my hands. Another is that it feels kinda cheap. Doesn't feel as solid as some Microsoft or Logitech mice I have owned. Biggest complaint is that the touch gesture for scrolling works all the way to either edge of the mouse not just the centre of the mouse. If your fingers brush the edges of the mouse it interprets it as a scrolling gesture. Maybe my hands are too large for this mouse to work correctly but I find that apps are constantly scrolling up and down when I don't want them to.

Beautiful to look at of course, and the swipe-to-scroll functionality is really great when browsing the web.

Unfortunately, having a touch sensitive surface makes it very hard to use the mouse when in Photoshop, Illustrator and even Excel spreadsheets. I keep accidentally swiping/scrolling left, right, up, down and get completely lost. This makes it really annoying to use when using power-tools where accidental scrolling can lead to chaos!

The Magic Mouse lives up to the modern, sleek image that Apple has developed. As mentioned in a few other reviews, the shape of the mouse is not necessarily 'hand friendly,' which seems a bit counterintuitive. The 'click' is loud relative to other devices I've used. The touch sensitivity is nice for up and down scrolling, but the two finger swipe can be difficult to master. I find myself shoving the mouse right out of my hand when I try it. I suppose if you have very dry skin, your fingers will glide across the surface with less resistance than mine.

All in all, if you're looking for a functional, accurate mouse, this may not be for you. If however you're looking for a beautiful addition to your desk, look no further.

I don't have doubts about the form and functionality (I missed the 4 button, it was very useful for me), but the battery consumption is very poor. Its a great failure.

I originally had the Mighty Mouse and loved it. When the Magic Mouse came out I thought it would be just as good, but it is not. The new scrolling feature is very convenient; however, not having a button to access the dashboard or having all youyr open widows shrink to all be visible is a major downside. I never realized how heavily I used those features but I do. Also, the shape of the new Magic mouse I find to be very uncomfortable. It is too small for people with large hands. Other than that, it is an okay mouse, not as spectacular as it is made up to be.