Apple Magic Mouse (2009) vs Apple Mighty Mouse (wired)

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Magic Mouse (2009) compared with Mighty Mouse (wired)

	AppleMagic Mouse (2009)	AppleMighty Mouse (wired)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2009	August 2005
Tracking
Shape
Shape	Standard	Standard
Hand
Hand	Either hand	Either hand
Sensor
Sensor	Laser	Optical
Buttons
Buttons	2	4 (better)
Free-spinning wheel
Free-spinning wheel	No	–
Thumb wheel
Thumb wheel	No	–
Sensor
Sensor	Laser tracking; Bluetooth range up to 10 metres, according to Apple	Optical tracking; Apple did not publish a DPI figure.
Scroll wheel
Scroll wheel	No moving wheel or ball; scrolling and panning use the touch surface	Clickable Scroll Ball scrolls vertically, horizontally and diagonally.
Gestures
Gestures	Primary and secondary clicks, vertical scrolling, horizontal panning and swiping between web pages or photos; configurable for either hand	Touch sensors distinguish left and right clicks; the two side contacts act together as one squeeze control.
Connections and battery
Connects by
Connects by	Bluetooth	Cable
Devices it switches between
Devices it switches between	1	–
Power
Power	AA battery	Cable
Charging
Charging	Two AA batteries included; Apple's guide permits alkaline, lithium or rechargeable AA cells. No charging port. MacLife reports 105 g with both batteries installed; Apple publishes no weight in the retained launch announcement or guide.	–
Works with
Works with	Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0, or Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later, according to the original guide. To move to a different Mac, remove the existing pairing and pair again.	USB 1.1 or 2.0; Apple listed Mac OS X, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Mac OS X 10.4.2 was required for custom button assignments at launch.
Software
Software	Mouse preferences configure the touch gestures and show battery level; the mouse sleeps when unused	Mac OS X Mouse preferences assign Spotlight, Dashboard, Exposé or an application to the four controls. Macworld found no keystroke or modifier-click assignment.
Design
Weight
Weight	105 g	77 g (better)
Materials
Materials	–	White plastic shell with a single seamless top surface.
Colours
Colours	White	–
In the box
In the box	Magic Mouse and two AA batteries. Apple announced it with the new iMac on 20 October 2009; the standalone accessory was due at the end of October.	Wired Mighty Mouse. ITmedia measured 77 g without the cable, or 92 g including it; Apple did not publish a weight.