I’ve always used a wired Apple Keyboard and Mouse since switching to the Mac. The wires, if I’m honest, never bothered me. The wire on the Mighty Mouse is quite short and just plugs into the USB port on the side of my keyboard, so is quite unobtrusive. However, since my workspace is really minimal now the long thin wire from the keyboard to the iMac is bothering me quite a bit. It just looks wrong.

After tweeting my desire to buy a wireless Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse this afternoon, I’ve received a lot of replies recommending that I stay clear of the wireless MM as many have gone through up to 6 replacements before switching or find that it keeps jumping around. Because of my eye for form aswell as function, I wanted everything to match – everything to be Apple.

wires.jpg

So, I’m still looking to get the wireless Apple Keyboard (the lack of number pad isn’t an issue for me), but I’ve had enough tweets from others this afternoon to make me re-think the wireless Mighty Mouse as an idea. So, what (Mac compatible) wireless mouse do you use and what would you recommend? If you are a wireless MM user, what are your thoughts? I would like to keep the cost under £50 as I think that’s pretty steep for a mouse, to be honest. My requirements are quite simple: a scroll wheel, left and right click. As far as function goes that’s where I’m at. Form, however, is a different matter. iMac matching would be good.

I’d have loved Apple to release more options in the keyboard and mouse department. Black keys on aluminum for the keyboard, silver and black for the mouse would be great options and perfect for those of us with the iMac and now of course the new MacBook and MacBook Pro. I’d probably have no issue with the wired keyboard if it were backlit, either ;) One of the recommendations to come through from my friend Khalid is the Logitech MX Revolution. The charging dock is a nice feature, but is a little more expensive than I was preparing to spend.