The Apple Mighty Mouse is great mouse. Those that have been using the one button mouse and have longged for a right button will love this mouse. By looking at it it appears to be the same as the standard one mouse button with the exception of the track ball (not wheel). There is still only one physical button but the left and right hand side of the mouse is touch sensitve so it detects if the right side was clicked. However some mac users want to keep the one button mouse, to do this you can set the right sensor to left click as well, thus making both senors left clickin resulting in a one button mouse.
The track ball is excellent. Not only does it scroll up and down like standards wheels do, you can also scroll left and right as well as diagonal due to the free roaming ball. The mose contains a small built in speaker to give the effect of a physical noise/click like what is present on a standard wheel mouse. The ball can also be pressed to act as another button which is especially handy for os x users as you could map it to an expose comand or dasboard. The only downside of the tack ball is that it is not possible to take it out and clean it when it gets dirty which can decrease the sensitivty of the scroll (mine actually stopped scrolling up but the apple store was very happy to replace it and I had had it for a good 6 months.) Some sites suggest using a damp cloth and wipe the ball with that to bring the dirt out, doing this regualry will prevent it from becomming to dirty like mine did.
The two side buttons are pressure sensitive. These only work for mac users, windows users do not get the added pressure sensitve side buttons. Although its 2 buttons, its actually 1 as you have to press both at the same time (with a fair bit of pressure) for it to complete its desired command (ie I have mine set up to expose - show all windows this can however be remapped to your choice)
This is a great mouse, the sensitivty of it is great and it is very precsise. It has multiple buttons but can also be used as a classic one button mouse with the added trackball if you desire.
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Apple Mighty Mouse is intuitive easy to use and designed toaccommodate whether you ... more
want to use it as a single or multi-buttonmouse. It features the scroll ball an innovative technology thatlets you scroll in all directions with ease--verticallyho...
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Advantages: Simplistic yet beautiful design, brilliant trackball, re-assignable buttons Disadvantages: Trackball may get dirty and hinder scrolling, but this is easily rectified with a thorough cleaning
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