Apple Mighty Mouse / Apple Mouse

● Obsolete 2005 · iPod era Accessories

Introduced

2005

Original price

$ 49

Original OS

Mac OS X v10.4.8 or later

Colors

White

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Pre-Mac

Mac era

iMac era

iPod era

iPhone era

Silicon

Connectivity

USBUSB 1.1 or 2.0 (wired)

Software

Original OSMac OS X v10.4.8 or later

Apple statusObsolete

Included peripheralsUSB cable (76 cm) with matching extension cord

Identifiers

Model N°A1152

EMC2058

Order N°MA086LL/A, MB112LL/B

Lifecycle

Introduced2005

Discontinued2017

Apple statusObsolete

History

It was first announced and marketed on August 2, 2005, and a Bluetooth version was available from 2006 to 2009. Before the Mighty Mouse, Apple had exclusively sold single-button mice with its computers, starting with the Apple Lisa 22 years earlier. On October 20, 2009, the wireless Mighty Mouse was discontinued and replaced by the multi-touch Magic Mouse. The wired version of the device remains available, but was renamed "Apple Mouse" as of the same date, due to trademark issues with another manufacturer of a device called "Mighty Mouse".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_keyboards · Wikipedia

Trivia

• The Mighty Mouse represented a revolution in Apple's history as it was the first multi-button mouse from the Cupertino company, after 22 years of exclusive use of single-button mice starting from the Apple Lisa. • The Bluetooth version of the Mighty Mouse remained on the market for only three years (2006-2009), demonstrating how Apple was still in the experimentation phase with wireless technologies in the early 2000s. • In 2009 Apple was forced to change the device's name from "Mighty Mouse" to simply "Apple Mouse" due to trademark issues with another manufacturer, a rare event that testifies to the complex legal issues in the world of technology.

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