What is an Apple® Mighty Mouse™?
The Apple® Mighty Mouse™ is a computer mouse made by the Apple® company. It can be wired or wireless, and was sold for the first time in the summer of 2005. The Apple® Mighty Mouse™ is “buttonless,” meaning it doesn’t have any visible buttons on the top of it. Rather, it operates through sensors which detect the placement of a click by the user. It also has a scrolling function, in the form of a small rotating ball located in the topshell. Buttons located on the side of the mouse can also be programmed to allow the user quick access to certain programs or utilities. Most of the mice used by computers that run the Windows® operating system have at least two buttons — one to select an item, and another to view and select other options. All of the mice made by Apple® before the Mighty Mouse™ had one button only, used to select items on the screen. The function that computer users know as a right click could only be done with help from the keyboard, so the release of the Mighty Mouse™ was