My 3rd Apple Mighty Mouse died last night. The trackball thingy freezes up, and there is no facility I can see for opening it up and cleaning it out.
This is not my only gripe about these things. I found the teeny little trackball thingy to be hard to control precisely. It was to easy to move accidentally, causing me problems in games. I had problems reliably getting the mouse to click left or right, or just make a click at all. Banging it against the desk sharply seemed to fix that, usually.
I've had 3 of these things, since they came out a couple years ago. During that time, I've had two Logitec mice that have not had even sorta similar problems. Each of those two mice have been on a single machine for longer than I've had 3 Mighty Mouse in sequence for my personal laptop. The only reason I've stuck it out thru 3 of these things is that the Mighty Mouse is probably the only actual BlueTooth mouse worth owning. Microsoft sells a really crappy one. There are a few others, but they all have a charging base station, with possibly the thickest USB cables I've ever seen, making them unreasonable for travel.
So I guit. Apple has never known how to make a usuable, durable, mouse in it's entire history. And they have not figured it out with the MIghty Mouse. I will be picking up a Logitec or Kensington mouse later this afternoon. Wired mice are not any harder to use and keep track of. It isn't like I'm going to use a mouse 20 feet away from my laptop anyway.
View One: It is totally empty. I mean really empty. As in there are assorted cans of Coke and Pepsi (which I don't drink), some half-dried-up condiment bottles, and nothing else. At all. Two days ago, there were 4 pieces of cheddar cheese in there, but two cheeseburgers later, nada. This is sad, really. Knowing I must eat out if I want to eat anything when I get home next time. Feeling like my apartment is not a place I want to spend time.
View Two: Well, at least it was easy to clean up, yesterday.
I must stop wasting my life, living like I do now. Really really. Happiness is a fridge with something to snack on in it.