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Wow, Apple never ceases to amaze me. For starters, every time I walk into the Apple Gateway store, I go nuts, staring in awe at the futuristic pieces of hardware all around me. This time I was there for a Mighty Mouse. I’ve heard about them, I’ve been able to use them once or twice, and it was time for me to have one. I didn’t know they came with a $50 price tag, but it was well worth it I can tell you already. The thing is amazing!

First off, I love that you can program the side buttons to pull up Expose. I am constantly using the Show Desktop function in Expose, so it is very nice to be able to do so with my mouse! It will certainly speed things up for me!

I also love the scroller. It’s not like a normal PC mouse…it goes in all directions. It’s more like a very tiny, very precise trackball. I love it! It doesn’t really sound appealing, or at least it didn’t to me, but actually using it is very cool. The whole mouse fits your hand quite awesomely, and yet it’s so simple. I’m getting pretty sick of all the gimmicky weird-shaped mouses. Logitech has a $90 one that seems to me to be very crappy indeed. I can’t stand that in my hand.

My only complaint about the Apple Mighty Mouse is that it has a short cord. It’s perfect for use with my little iBook, though, and that’s the main reason I got it. Won’t work for my PC unless I get a USB extender.

Oh, and I’m also quite disappointed that the Mighty Mouse does not boldly display the word “MOUSE” on the bottom like a lot of other Apple mouses do! Very disappointed indeed!