Review Friday: Mighty Mouse
The Mighty Mouse. Apples first multi button mouse, released in 2005. Until then all mice had a single button (think the iMac puck mouse and such).
Image from the Wikipedia article on the Mighty Mouse [Wikipedia.com]
The mighty mouse is odd in that it doesn’t have traditional buttons, sensing the pressure instead. This allows it to have multiple ‘buttons’ under a single shell. The mouse has left click, right click and a squeezable button on the side. It’s an optical USB mouse, and is available in a bluetooth version. It fits comfortably in my hand. It also has a vertical/horizontal scroll ball. This is prone to getting clogged with dirt, requiring the user to spend several minutes a month cleaning it.
Under Windows, the mouse lacks the ability to scroll horizontally using the ball, otherwise it functions as any USB mouse.
Pros
- Nice design
- Apple quality
Cons
- Scroll ball prone to becoming dirty
- Lack of windows support
Yeah, I missed one. This review friday is being written on Sunday. I was out on Friday night, and working Saturday. Oh well.
Have a good weekend, what’s left of it. Only 16 hours till I have to be back at work =/
Jason