I’ve pined for an Apple two-button mouse for some time, and Apple has finally delivered (well, I ordered it today, but it will take a few days to get here). I’m reluctant to part with my Apple Bluetooth mouse, but when I read the announcement that Apple was releasing the Mighty Mouse, I didn’t hesitate to order it. I’ll let you know what I think when it arrives. I wouldn’t miss changing the batteries in my Bluetooth mouse (which I have to do about every two weeks), and the new Mighty Mouse may do for the mouse what the iPod did for MP3 players: make them elegant and simple.
Apple is touting the Mighty Mouse as “a mouse as easy to use as your Mac.” Instead of a scroll wheel, Mighty Mouse offers a Scroll Ball with 360-degree scrolling. Mighty Mouse appears to have only one button, but it actually has two buttons, along with side buttons that let you activate OS X Tiger Dashboard, Exposé, or other programmable features.
The Mighty Mouse is powered by the USB cable, tracking is optical, and it’s PC compatible. So, if you’re a Windows user and you’ve got an iPod and a Mighty Mouse, how easy will it be for you to switch to a Mac when Intel is inside?
More information here, including pictures and a QTVR.
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August 2nd, 2005 at 10:47 am
Two weeks? What’s your secret? Using rechargeable NiMH I’m lucky if I get a week.
August 2nd, 2005 at 10:53 am
I get two weeks, almost to the day, using regular Energizer batteries. I just bought some Energizer Lithium batteries, which are supposed to last 7 times longer (in digital cameras, anyway), but I guess I’ll save them for my keyboard now.