Comments on: Apple Mighty Mouse Rant

By: Dan Skaggs

Dan Skaggs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:41:05 +0000

I finally switched to a Logitech MX Revolution and put my 2nd Mighty Mouse in the drawer. I’ve been very happy with the Logitech.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:52:22 +0000

I am on my second Mighty Mouse replacement after the scroll ball got gunked beyond repair. Now this one is heading down that road. Not only that, but a coworker who hated his let me use his and now IT is having the same problem. My hands are clean!! I am currently auditioning replacement mouses – this is ridiculous. Half I love it and half I don’t but now the half I don’t is bigger than the half I do.

By: Dan Skaggs

Dan Skaggs — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:25:44 +0000

Final comment on this. After telling a friend of mine about the situation he strongly urged me to call Apple support and see if I could get a replacement. I countered that the mouse was 16 months old and there was no way that Apple would replace it.

I was wrong.

I called at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon and by 9:30am the next morning I had a new Wireless Mighty Mouse in my hand. Judging by the paperwork, they replaced it under the AppleCare plan I bought for my Macbook Pro.

Apple certainly exceeded my expectations there. Now if only all those folks that had issues upgrading to iPhone 2.0 software today were as fortunate….

By: dskaggs

dskaggs — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:44:05 +0000

Update to this post. After researching the Logitech mice that Aaron mentioned above and some others that I found online, I've purchased a Targus Rechargeable Bluetooth Laser Notebook Mouse. It seemed to have the best mix of physical characteristics (it's not too small nor too large), is bluetooth so there is no extra USB receiver to deal with while traveling each week, and runs on rechargeable batteries. As an added bonus, it recharges with a standard USB cable and can be operated as a wired USB mouse while it recharges. I've had it for a little over a day now and, while it takes a little getting used to versus the Mighty Mouse, I think I'm going to like it.

By: Aaron West

Aaron West — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:41:39 +0000

Dan, give the Logitech VX Revolution or MX Revolution a try. Both are great. The VX is the notebook mouse and is a little smaller the MX, but honestly it is a normal sized mouse. The VX comes with a wireless USB connector that stores itself in the mouse for easy travel. The VX uses 1 AA battery. The MX is also USB and wireless but it is rechargeable and comes with a charging dock.

Both mice have Logitech’s “free scroll” wheel that allows you to “flick” the scroller and power through lots of pages in a document or a long Web site page. The free scroll feature can be turned on and off manually as well as configured for each individual application.

I have the VX, the MX, and the Might Mouse. I’m currently using the MM but of the Logitech’s the VX is my favorite. It’s lighter, more portable, and easy to power up with the insertion of a battery.