Okay, one more little complaint aimed directly at Apple: the Mighty Mouse, which I love, has a fatal flaw — it can’t be opened for cleaning. So, the little trackball on the top of the mouse no longer scrolls down, which I assume is due to dirt and crud from being caressed by my fingers for the last year.
Update: not less than a few minutes after I wrote this, The Unofficial Apple Weblog notes that there is an updated Apple Technote describing How to clean your Mighty Mouse.
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