Thoughts on the Mighty Mouse

For the first time in a long time, an Apple product has disappointed me. Enter the Mighty Mouse.

Bluetooth, which translated to no usb dongle, was the major selling point for me. I predicted in one of my earlier videos that it would be relatively easy to crack the dongle or, worse, break the usb connector inside of the computer and guess what happened. One day, while typing a paper on while sitting on my bed, my Macbook slid off of my lap and landed on my comforter ever so gently. It didn't matter. Because of the length of the dongle, it cracked the connection (luckily only on the inside of the dongle itself) and the mouse was dead.

I thought the Mighty Mouse would follow in the footsteps of its Apple siblings, but it was not to be. To start, the scroll "ball" is tiny, and I mean TINY. I am about average in size, and I simply could not get used to manipulating the tiny ball with my seemingly gigantic hands.

My second complaint is the right click. Because of the use of the touch technology, I have become accustomed to being able to right-click and select actions from a drop down menu. You have this ability with the Mighty Mouse, but the touch sensitivity was a little quirky for me. A single plastic shell that sense right and left clicks? Not really for me.

Bluetooth was a major plus for me, but this mouse needs some ergonomics worked out in its next redesign (if there is one). For now, I will stick with cheap, mass-produced usb wireless mice. Hey, the connectors may get broken now and then, but they don't cost $69.00 (!) to replace.