As promised, here’s the video review of the Mighty Mouse fresh from the Apple Store (Buffalo, NY). There were only four units remaining after I left the store, so I guess it must be selling well. In this review, I show you what comes in the retail box, breeze through the Mighty Mouse System Preference, and focus on the mouse’s multi-buttons and little grey rubber ball. Finally, while it’s features are now common-knowledge, I go through what I believe are hardware design quirks.
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Questions & Answers:
Q: Jason of PowerPage.org: “Can the scroll ball be removed for cleaning?”
A: Frankly speaking, I don’t think it’s user serviceable in that respect. You’ll probably have to somehow break it open to get to it. It’s a small grey rubber ball which might get dirty over time.
Q: Ken of UB’s Informatics Lab asks: “Can you up the sensitivity on the scrolling?”
A: Yes, right from the Mouse System Preferences.
Q: Ken then asks: “Can you do application specific settings?”
A: It doesn’t currently have mouse profiles which changes with each application, but I believe this is something that can be better achieved using USB Overdrive.
This review is now featured on Engadget, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Powerpage.org and The Macintosh Television Videocast. Also digg-ed by more than 330 users! Read the comments there!
