Hi all. Just got my brand new shiny iMac yesterday. Find that the wired mighty mouse is rather sluggish at times. I've set the tracking speed to the fastest. The problem is the mouse tracking sometimes fast and slow, making me move my hand more than necessary just to move the cursor across the screen. Is this normal? Would my 1GB RAM caused such a sluggish mouse? This mouse is hurting my wrist already.

Nothing to do with your iMac bro, you need a good mousepad for the Mighty Mouse to work nicely. Had the same problem when I wasn't using any mousepad.

any where to get good mousepad online? nice design, wth the apple logo? preferably in black

Am just wondering, would a nice flat grey surface do instead of a mousepad? 1 less thing to mess my already messed up desk's always good

Problem solved. Mighty Mouse works great on a black dark surface. Was using an A4 paper that there rest of my cheapo mouse has no problem with.

@Timber,
That's good to hear Hope ur enjoying your new "toy". I've gotten used to the trackpad so there's really no need for a Mighty Mouse these days though I still carry one in my Crumpler It sure helps when doing Spreadsheets and I been told it's quite useful with CS3 programs except i'm no CS3 user

i am so gonna get one soon. if they ever come out with an aluminium, that would be cool. suits my mac.

i need a nice black mousepad

If I am not mistaken, wired mighty mouse is only using normal optical mouse method. Optical mouse will not work well on reflective surface.

Meanwhile the wireless mighty mouse is using laser, therefore it will not affected by the surface.

wired and wireless looks the same to me

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Added on December 1, 2007, 9:14 amjust checked, wow, one is laser, the other is optic

This post has been edited by rx330: Dec 1 2007, 09:14 AM

Lasers are GREAT

i thought there was glaser technology from a4tech?

sadly, not for me. my wireless mighty mouse wont work well on my table.
have to borrow my roomate mousepad. haish... and now, the scroll not working.
damn... 1 year warranty for mouse, right?

hmm i.ve a problem with my mighty mouse..it'll move automatically when i try to pointing it to somewhere..

why does it happen..ehh..care to share..??

most probably the surface where u place your mouse is reflective.

actually mouse pads that are too flat or even in colour will not work... the optical sensor works on detecting patterns movements... it'l scan the surface at high rates and make comparisons based on the patterns to judge movements...

Yup I have a A4Tech Glaser. Works well on wood and plastic
surfaces without mousepad.

I also have an old RM 90 logitech wireless. It's my main mouse
and works well on wood.

The original "capsule" apple mouse was a nice design but
quite fussy and the button died hence the logitech :-(

- yap

i do hate the scroll on the mighty mouse... it gets screwed up once in a while... and have to make sure my hand is absolutely dirt free when using the mouse... and i just give up on the right click on the mighty mouse.. it is a bit unpredictable... i rather just stick to the old Ctrl + click for right clicks...

haha..fren u waste the "mighty" feature lah..

Sell it to me then

You can get one from IKEA. Only RM2.90 as it works wonders.

Btw if anyone wants a mighty mouse, I am selling mine cos bored of it edi... Still in good condition.. still pure white . PM me if interested.

This post has been edited by J-Slade: Dec 4 2007, 12:27 PM