Perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger, the Apple Mouse’s Scroll Ball offers full 360-degree scrolling capability – up/down, left/right and diagonally. You can scroll long web pages, pan full-sized images, manoeuvre around large spreadsheets, control a video timeline and more. And you can even click the Scroll Ball to access your favourite Mac OS X features, such as Dashboard, Spotlight or Exposé.

It looks and feels like a sleek one-button mouse, but the Apple Mouse’s smooth top shell hides a powerful secret: touch-sensitive technology under the shell detects which part of the mouse you’re clicking, so you can both left click and right click. And if you prefer the simplicity of a classic, one-button mouse, the Apple Mouse is up to the task. Just use the Mac OS X system preference pane to configure it as you want.

When you give the Apple Mouse a squeeze, force-sensing side buttons can be configured to activate Mac OS X features, such as Dashboard, Exposé or a whole host of other customisable features.