Apple Magic Mouse

Photos by: Andrew Ebrahim

A couple weeks ago Apple announced the Magic Mouse, a replacement to the old Mighty Mouse. I ordered the second it popped up in the Apple Store, and a few days later I got the unit in the mail.

My initial thoughts of the mouse, its a massive improvement over its predecessor. The multi-touch sensor works like a charm and tracks finger movements accurately, and get this, it right-click actually works! (unlike the Mighty mouse where it was hit and miss) Also, having the entire surface, right up to the Apple logo, be one large multi-touch surface, makes scrolling though documents and around photos a breeze.

Apple has again designed a beautiful looking device, that carries from the minimal packaging to the first time you use the mouse. While its much thinner than your average mouse, you'll get use to it after a day or two. It feels like there's nothing under the palm of your hand, actually, your palm doesn't touch the mouse, just your fingers

Final words, Apple has finally designed beautiful mouse without sacrificing function. This really is as close to perfect as Apple has come to making the perfect mouse. The only thing I would add it the Magic mouse, would be the ability to perform the "pinch" expression we all love on our iPhones.

As much as I love the Magic mouse, I'll probably keep my Logitech G5 for the rare time I game.