Magic Mouse review

So here it is, the new magic mouse by Apple, as always, the case is simple in design.

Inside, you’ll find the mouse, a quick start guide (located under the mouse) and a brief instructions if you flip the case.

Just by chance, I decided to open the battery cover and found that the battery was installed in the opposite way (really strange), so I have to say, please check it before you turn it on. (the picture taken below is after the battery was placed correctly)

Ok, now for my impression on the mouse, first of all, the slimness of the mouse doesn’t matter at all, it works great, you turn it on both the mouse and mac’s bluetooth, then choose “Set up bluetooth device”, the select a mouse, it’s done, the mouse is connected for your use, but as Apple has mentioned, the mouse will only work in Leopard 10.5.8 or Snow Leopard and do a software update to download the required files.

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Once completed, you will be prompted to restart your mac, after that, you can go to “System Preferences” – “Mouse” to configure the settings.

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I really like the scrolling, though the two finger swipe needs a little get used to and screen zooming should re-render the display better, it’s blurry so I don’t really find it useful at all (I’m not sure if you can see what I meant by the picture below).

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I think if you own newer MacBook that already has a multitouch trackpad (that can do 2-4 finger navigations), I don’t feel the “magic” in the magic mouse, I miss out the 4 finger gesture to activate expose / desktop the most, so when I use the magic mouse, I have to set my screen corner back for it. I don’t think the magic mouse is needed / meant for newer / latest MacBook (Pro), it is more for iMac’s mouse replacement, to get to know how great it is to have a multitouch trackpad just like on the MacBook (Pro).