Reviews for Apple Mouse

Well I have had my iMac for about a year now. And the mouse came with the computer. But the mouse finally broke. It didn't come as a shock because the reviews that I read said that the scroller on the mouse would become unresponsive. But anyway, I would think that a mouse could last longer than just one year. That is why I gave it a 3 out of 5. But I got a lot of use out of this mouse so it is not a terrible product. Just expect it to last about a year or so.

Any person who knows the feeling of falling in love with Apple creations also must agree that when everything works together it is even better. I bought an iMac last year for my wife to use and to work with my Macbook Pro. The Mighty Mouse was an obvious choice to buy to go with the iMac, but has only been mediocre at best.

While the design is fantastic if you are desiring simplicity, it primarily has to work. Within the first three months of normal use, the scroll ball will no longer scroll down, only up. Not only is that frustrating but it's annoying as well because it makes me not want to purchase another mouse to to replace it.

My advice, spend $20-30 on a different mouse that will undoubtedly last much much longer than this one will.

My experience is pretty much the same as everybody elses, while it works the mouse and especially the scroll ball are brilliant. However, after about six months the scroll ball broke and now won't go down, this is a major defect that Apple needs to rectify and soon.

the wire is too short but everything elese is good.

I'm on my third one in two years. And the one I have now has also succumbed to lousy engineering. It's the infamous trackball issue. So I will now need to replace it as well. This time the ball won't even move forward.That makes four in two years. Surely, an innovative company like Apple is capable of designing a piece of hardware that lasts more than six months. If I could figure out how to disassemble the thing I would fix it myself.

This mouse is alright, but the new magic mouse is better. It is true that the wheel often gets dirty, but this is an easy fix (albeit a pain in the rear). All you need to do is turn the mouse over and press down firmly while rolling the wheel against the paper to clean it; this will restore the wheel's functionality. I feel kinda bad for the people that just tossed their mice out when a simple google search would have yielded a solution.

There is a reason most mice have the traditional scroll wheel and multiple buttons. This is fun to use but I would suggest a good Logitech mouse if you want reliable. For gaming, MX518 or G9. They are also great for simple tasks as well. I put a LOT of HARD use on my MX518 and it STILL works 4 years later....I'm wearing the plastic off of it. The Apple mouse is good for those who simply check their email every day and that's about it. It has too many problems with lack of real buttons and the scroll ball thing.

Clean the ball as Apple recommends, but then gently spray a little WD-40 on the ball, works great for me to restore life to this 15 month old mouse.

The mighty mouse is fine apart from the fact that the trackball won't scroll up.

well,just got this mouse for a week. it is brand new
first of all, I have to say, the look of this mouse is perfect, there is no doubt about it.

but..
the inside of this thing is not as sophisticated as it looks like.
First,the scroll ball, as you might have read on the apple website, it can do a 360 degree scrolling(you have to enable it in preferences). well It could,
but..
it is not what you might have imagined, the scrolling is not very smooth especially when you do a 45 degree scrolling, it's kinda slow and unpredictable, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

secondly, it is the right click or "secondary button", it is also unpredictable, sometimes you have to put your finger way right to get a right-click, if it's not right enough it may think it is a left click, this may be quite
annoying when browsing websites.

Apple's stuff have always been so perfect and sophisticated, so I expected a lot on this mighty mouse.
If this mouse is from another brand, it could be a successful product. but it's apple, it should be way better than this.

If you don't mind your mouse doesn't match the look of your mac,and spending a little bit more, get a logitech.
but..
I do mind.