Mighty Mouse, first look

I've bought i mighty mouse and I'm having real problems. The cursor is very erratic - and I cant figure out what is causing it. When I need to point near the edge of the screen half the time the cursor simply snaps to the edge of the screen and then scuttles down the side or across the top. It might have somehting to do with expose. Anyone else struggling wiht this? Its getting on my nerves and is very disappointing.

A few things: 1. If you already have a mouse you love and you think $49 ($44 with an educational discount) is too much, don't get the mouse. Just because Apple makes it, doesn't mean you have to buy it. 2. from what i can tell, you do have to lift your index finger (if you're right handed) to right click. honestly, it's the nature of the beast. when I click, I automatically lift my index finger *slighty* and it seems to be enough. If it makes you feel any better, to activate the scroll button, all you have to do is have your finger on the scroll ball. your other fingers can be anywhere you please (on the mouse, that is). 3. my biggest problem with the mighty mouse so far is that USB Overdrive does not support it (yet?), and with Apple's drivers, you cannot bind the buttons to anything else besides the preset Expos鯄ashboard/Spotlight settings or Applications. If one, for example, wanted to bind the scroll button to command-[ for Safari or the Finder (the key command for Back), you can't do that. You also have no choice in Global or specific Application settings Other than that, the Mighty Mouse is your pretty average mouse, but with Apple style. For me, it's the perfect size, the buttons are great, and it completes the picture for my iMac G5 (even though with the computer, Bluetooth Keyboard, and Mighty Mouse, there's too much white on my desk). You can control almost every aspect of the mouse easily, except, of course, for what's stated above. By the way, the original Apple Wireless Mouse is $30 more than the Apple Pro Mouse, so don't start crying when/if the price of the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse is higher than $49. ..and you do have to squeeze kind of hard on the middle buttons.

I love the Apple logo as much as the next zealot, but I have to agree with Steve M (not the same guy despite our suprerior moniker and logic) $50 is a lot to plunk down for a mouse that does just a wee bit more than one I can get for under $20. I love the white Mac look, but doubt if I ever will buy one unless it comes with my next Mac.

The name "Mighty Mouse" seems to have been around for a while at Apple. http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/mightymouse.html

Can't see the reason to switch to a $50 Wired mouse with and Apple Lable on it. I have a Logitech Wireless Optical Trackball with multiple buttons, cost me $40 retail. I guess some people can't resist paying Apple surcharges to get the logo.

actually though, I might be wrong.

You won't have to lift your fingers to click it. It's like the regular mouse, the clear one, but there are sensors underneath the shell that detect which side was pressed harder. You're right, it would totall suck if the mouse was like a giant 3rd Generation iPod. I hope they have these at the Apple Store so I can check it out. Seriously, though, why no wireless?

#6 - Hot damn! I didn't realise it had been updated for the new trackpads in the 2005 PowerBook line; last time I looked it hadn't. That's something to do tonight, then...

Why couldn't they have made it wireless. Isn't Apple supposed to be an evangelist for Bluetooth products?

I'll definitely want to test drive the Mighty Mouse before I plunk down my $50. It's possible that Apple made a functional compromise in order to preserve their precious form. And as some others, I'm leery of the ball controller -- I thought we were done with dust & grime collectors. But if they did it right, I'll be happy to give it a go. A couple of notes on the blog entry: 1) Is the MM really a 5-button mouse? Based on the screenshot, I'd say it's 4, since the two side buttons appear to be functionally linked. 2) Last line of 1st paragraph: "can" or "can't"? Whatever you meant, I'd argue for "can" -- Apple's mice are too minimalist for me. And more importantly (given that I'm using the durn thing 8-12 hours a day), my Logitech fits my hand much better than the fashion-constrained Apple rodent.