Apple Mighty Mouse review

The Mighty Mouse worked well on our Panther and Tiger Macs, and even with our Windows XP test system. With a 400dpi optical engine, we experienced no cursor lags or jumps, even when mousing on a metallic surface, which gives many mice trouble. Though all of the buttons worked flawlessly on our Tiger machine and with Microsoft Word and Excel for Mac, we had some problems when we tried it out with Mozilla's Firefox. We could scroll vertically with success, but when we scrolled horizontally, the browser treated it as page-forward and page-back commands. When we used the Mighty Mouse with our Windows XP laptop, we could use the scroll ball only to scroll vertically, and the side buttons, which aren't programmable with Windows, defaulted to back buttons.

Apple covers the Mighty Mouse with an industry-standard one-year warranty. Free phone support is available for the first 90 days after purchase, and Apple's support Web site offers troubleshooting advice, FAQs, and a searchable users' forum.