Apple Magic Mouse and Wireless Keyboard

To be honest, I am no fan of Apple. Still, I must admit that these accessories do have their strong points, despite some of the shortcomings that I am about to reveal.
Magic Mouse has a great look and feel to it, and there is a multitouch ability on its surface that allows for many commands and multidirectional scroll functions that work brilliantly on a Mac.
However, it has quite a few drawbacks that I feel I should reveal to potential buyers. It uses Bluetooth technology to hook up with a Mac, which is, in my opinion, a poor design option. The effective range of Bluetooth is about 5 metres, which is not fantastic. Often, it gets disconnected from the Mac, possibly because it drains batteries really quickly, and possibly due to interference from nearby workstations using the Magic Mouse. The supplied batteries ran out of juice after one month of normal use, possibly because of Bluetooth being less efficient compared to wireless in terms of power consumption. If you are a die-hard Apple fan, it is quite a nice accessory to have, as long as you have a bunch of rechargeable batteries ready at any time. Also, it can be a real pain to disconnect often from the Mac and lose the scroll function upon reconnection, which is probably an inherent driver problem as well.
My advice - get it if you do not mind the hassle of changing batteries often, or wait for the wireless version, if there are any plans from Apple.
As for the wireless (bluetooth) keyboard, it has a nice feel and is very compact. The battery life on it is decent. After about 5 months' use it has about 18 % left on its batteries. Which probably suggests that the inherent design of Magic Mouse is not energy efficient, possibly because of the multitouch functionality. Perhaps I should try to switch off that functionality and monitor its power consumption (not sure if I can though). The keyboard is incredibly silent despite the fact that I am constantly typing away most of the day. The tactile feedback is excellent as well. Also, it is so compact that I have space for other stuff on my desk. Despite the compact layout, the size of the keys are decent, even though I have really fat fingers, and even though it takes some getting used to, the layout is kind of intuitive. Will be great if Apple can sacrifice a bit of space to add a number pad to it, for hammering in the numbers for some people. Also, the UK version does not have a # symbol printed on it (use Alt + 3 - a simple google search will do). Somehow, using gedit with this keyboard just means that there is no way to key in # and you have to cut and paste, as (Alt + 3) is a shortcut in gedit. A pain in the neck for people who program in C or C++, unless they use another editor.
Overall recommendation - get this keyboard as it is the slimmest available, and works with an iPad as well. Definitely a must have for Apple lovers.