Magic Mouse

I've been using my new Magic Mouse for a couple of weeks now, and it would be fair to say that I am very satisfied. But not completely.

See, this is a lovely piece of hardware. Its lines are clean, its glass cover makes it shiny, and the minimalism of its featureless design is, simply put, awesome.

When I say 'featureless design' I am most certainly referring to the physical design of the device. Technologically speaking, it is full of nifty characteristics: blue-tooth connectivity, a multi-touch surface that can recognise how many and which fingers you're using to tap its surface or to swipe it, translating either into a variety of commands on screen. As most things Apple does, this device is elegant, functional, and cool as hell.

Perfect? No, not by a long shot. It will occasionally lose connection with the computer for no apparent reason and then take ages to reconnect (this has happened three times in as many weeks). It is sensitive, so it will many times interpret random, extremely slight, and naturally unavoidable motions of my fingers as commands (it is rather annoying to be reading a webpage and have it go back simply because the Magic Mouse thought I was swiping my fingers across its surface when in reality they were just resting there).

I would never recommend this device to anyone with the slightest hand or finger tremor, as it will prove challenging to not simply throw the thing out the window after a short while. For everybody else, keep in mind that it has some annoying quirks. Fortunately they're the kind that can be corrected via a software update, so hopefully Apple will give us one soon.