Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

Wish it had a cord. Wireless mice have too much lag. I need true 1:1 precision. Would probably be cheaper and lighter with a cord as well.

No one can fault the sleek design and the convenience of a Bluetooth-connected wireless mouse. The idea of a touch-sensitive surface scrolling is at first cool.

However, whereas a normal mouse has a separate scroll wheel or ball, which you can avoid touching when not using it, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is the scroll wheel, so you are always fingering the scroll function no matter if you want to or not. This can be extremely frustrating because you can't help but scroll every time you so much as brush your finger across any part of the top surface, even if just trying to push to click.

Using Google Earth or other programs where scrolling is integral is a nightmare. In GE, you hold down the mouse button to "grap" the view and move the map. With the Magic Mouse, that means you are also using the "scroll wheel" functionality. In GE, that means you are essentially moving the map and manipulating the zoom at the same time. Every subtle slip of your finger will zoom you in and out as if the program has become possessed and intent on making it impossible for you to navigate and maintain your desired zoom.

The idea of the entire top of a mouse being one huge, always active scroll wheel seems cool at first, but in practice it becomes extremely impractical. The scroll functionality should be limited to a certain area of the mouse. As is, even if the palm of your hand lightly brushes the very end of the mouse, you will scroll.

The right-click functionality is difficult to use. You have to practically push on the very extreme outside edge of the right side to make it work. Otherwise, the mouse clearly prefers the left click and will left-click even if you push down on the right-side of the center line.

Beautiful design, cool idea, impractical to use. I am planning to return it and find an actual two-click mouse with the tried-and-true (and immanently more practical) scroll wheel.

The idea of a multitouch mouse is sweet. I love it. It works fantastic, and its the next generation in OS - User Interface

However, the fact that Apple is taking its thin and sleek deisign to mouses is, for lack of better terms, a rancid idea. I say this with the Apple Keyboard too, if I'm going to buy a keyboard, im not going to buy a laptop keyboard. Simple enough.

The errogonomics of the mouse is horrible. Sustanied use for more than a half hour causes strain on my hand. I 'd much rather have a comfortable mouse without multitouch than a uncomfortable one with it.

If Apple can make the design of it more hand friendly, than this will revolutionize input devices.

Used this mouse for about 4 months. Gave it up because the left/right clicks don't work as they should, and has issues with screen drifting. Moreover, the batteries run for only a couple of weeks of daily use. It really needs rechargeable batteries with a docking charger. But it does have nice features that no other mouse has.

I've used just about all different kinds, including trackball types. I'm still in search of a good reliable mouse.

Great design and eye catching. But after a week I found my wrist hurting. The mouse is really flat and most hands are arched leaving no place for the center of your palm to rest. Also, I found that even at the most sensitive setting I still wasn't able to move fast enough to work with two screens. THe right hand click is a little disappointing making it sensitive to navigate without accidentally hitting it all the time. I ended up returning mine back for a logitech. Sorry mac, I love your product but this on was needed more work.

This is the second mouse I have had since Dec. It continues to lose connection. i have changed the batteries to no avail. I will get a different one tomorrow.

Scrolling is fun, until it scrolls when you don't want it too. Mostly that's not a problem, unless you ever even think about using Google Maps. This mouse renders that website impossible.
Just make 2 buttons. This one is better than Apple's past mice, but it still does normal click when you want right click, or the other way around.
Back and forth is kinky, it doesn't work nearly 1/3 of the time.
If you don't care about scrolling or right click or navigation though, this is a really good mouse. It doesn't use visible light, so there's no blinding yourself, and the tracking is furthermore really good, on all surfaces.
Battery life is also good.
But I want a mouse that does perform the aforementioned features well.

This mouse is pretty cool, but it is very SLOW. I moved the tracking to the fastest setting and I still have to move my entire arm a lot to get the mouse to go from one side of the screen to the other (21.5" imac). Is there any way to speed this thing up a little?

I got my Magic Mouse three months ago with a new iMac. Although I love the idea of a cordless mouse, I’ve yet to find one that works really well. Magic Mouse is no exception. It’s a battery hog and I’ve had alot of trouble with it causing pages to flip uncontrollably back to top during scrolling and repeated attempts to click on links, making page navigation impossible at times.
The best thing I can say about it is that it works alot better than the last Apple cordless mouse I had. Nevertheless, I don’t find Magic Mouse worth the headaches. I’m going back to a corded mouse.

It looks nice, and the functionality is useful, but this mouse is simply too flat to fit comfortably in my hand. If I flatten my palm enough for the mouse to fit into it, then my fingers extend off the front end; if I keep my fingers where they're most useful, then I'm gripping the mouse only by thumb and ring finger along the side, and my palm isn't touching it at all, which after a while makes my hand hurt. So I'm disappointed with the Magic Mouse.