Magic mouse batteries drops fast, help!

is there anyway to solve this problem? in the mac store they told me that the batteries may last about 2 or 3 months aprox. but i think that's not true, put new ones and in less than a month they are dead. i tried 4 brands and still the same thing.
help please!

Depends completely on the quality of the batteries! Did you notice that the magic mouse came with Energizer Lithium batteries in the box? As an aside, the inclusion of high-quality batteries is typical Apple attention to detail that almost no other tech. company yet understands the importance of (no, I'm not an Apple employee -- just a fan of quality over quantity).
In my job I support hundreds of Mac and PC users with lots of different wireless mice (including several of my own). I even have a new Apple Magic Mouse at home. The simple answer is that if you use cheap batteries (Alkaline or rechargables), they will last only a few weeks. In my personal experience most name-brand alkaline batteries last a month or more in bluetooth mice. Quality lithium batteries however last much longer. I just replaced (for the first time) the original batteries in my home Magic Mouse after about 2.5 months of 2-6 hours use per day!!! And, I have yet to replace the batteries in my Apple bluetooth keyboard that came with the same iMac that the Magic Mouse was included with!
So, I'd recommend checking out something like Consumer Reports to find good info on cost/performance of name-brand batteries and go with their suggestions for best brand/model of battery for electronics use.
Tim

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