Supplied with all desktop Macs, the Mighty Mouse is perhaps the Apple product manufactured in the largest quantity.
Yet, as shown by a poll in which more than 9000 readers responded, it is far from well received.
43% of you have decided to replace it with another mouse.
Of the 57% who use it, more than a third have problems with the ball, which is dirty.
And it is certainly a big black mark for this mouse. Over time, the ball eventually stops working. Its cleaning is delicate and dismantling the mouse requires breaking a seal and then reglueing.
Of all Apple products, it is certainly one that requires most urgently to be reviewed and corrected. And it may soon be the case if we are to believe a patent recently made public. It describes a mouse in which the ball will be replaced by a mini touch pad, which would remove any soiling problem.
One can assume that Apple will make that as a second button, making it invisible and giving the Mighty Mouse the appearance of the first mouses.
If Apple sticks to its habits, it initially would be sold separately with or without wires before eventually be offered bundled with Mac computers.
Note that if a new mouse appears, there is little doubt that it will abandon its grey robe to take the appearance of aluminum, which has become the standard for Apple.
[translation by jeremy]
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