Apple's Mighty Mouse

For a long time PC users have been making fun of Mac users for only
having a single mouse button but that time has come to an end. Apple
today announced the Mighty Mouse which has not 1 or 2 buttons, but 4
programmable buttons plus the clickable Scroll Ball, making for a total of
5 buttons. The mouse still uses the 1-piece design of previous Mac mice
but is touch-sensitive in that it'll detect which area of the top shell was
clicked.

The Scroll Ball is the Mighty Mouse's most unique feature. Rather than
using a wheel like conventional PC mice have used for some time, the
Mighty Mouse has what amounts to a small mouse ball where a scroll
wheel would normally live. The Scroll Ball allows users to not only scroll
up and down but side to side, and do so simultaneously. Scrolling from
the top-left to the bottom-right of a document can be done in one quick
motion, and users can even circulate in a 360 degree fashion around a
document. Plus, you can click it too.

The Mighty Mouse is available now for $49 from Apple outlets or from
Apple.com. It will work for Windows 2000 or XP users as well.