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I can get by with 'em, but the touch pad is much preferable... provided it's configured to ignore touches while i'm typing, and allows me to click by tapping. Gestures may not make much sense with a mouse, but are perfect for touch pads.
Then again, there are actually people out there who prefer those little joystick-on-a-gamepad things to a proper mouse when playing FPS. Insanity!
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Do any trackpads let you right-click by tapping two fingers anymore? I used a Sony Vaio years ago (probably made in 1998) that had that feature, and the handful of laptops I've used since then all lack it. 
--Mike--
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I've never used one that supports it. Would be nice...
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I'm using an optical but will get a laser one if this one ever goes bad. It's still hanging in there so far.
Jeremy Falcon
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man, that is just crazy hardcore.
I set up a team foundation server the other day (from Partition to TFS) and the terminal in the server room didnt have a mouse. let me tell you, I've always thought that all those accessibility features were a waste of time but they were pretty handy that day.
I cant imagine operating a computer w/ out a mouse...
thats worse than using a mac 
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I was having troubles with my shoulder (and wrist) for a while with a standard optical mouse. I even switched to being a lefty for a while and that helped for about two years until that shoulder went the same way 
The trackball is great because only your thumb does the walking and my shoulders are doing fine now. I even use a regular mouse at home without troubles (far less time in front of a computer at home).
At first the trackball is a big change and really frustrating. It took a good week before I got the handle of things.
I totally recommend a trackball if you are pulling long hours in front of the screen. Save yourself the discomfort of repetitive strain injuries and treat yourself to one!
Chris Adamson
Software Developer
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS Inc.
www.identecsolutions.com
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I absolutely agree! I'm a trackball user myself. I can't use a mouse for any more than a few minutes before I start to feel pain in my wrists and then it spreads up to my sholders within a few hours.
I have to admit though that it is quite funny to watch people at work trying to use my trackball. I keep telling them to place their palm on it flat, but they insist in trying to use it it with just their fingertips - which just makes it slide across the desk.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Have you tried to do some other sport than using a mouse? It usually helps alot!
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I have been using track balls for longer than I care to admit, and currently have a LogiTech Marble Mouse[^]
one at work and one at home, and I swear by them ... I have NEVER had wrist problems, sholder issues or the like, and I can out 'point' mouse users any day of the week. 
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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I voted for optical mouse since I am using the Logitech MX 510... I am curious what is new in the laser mouse...
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danmorin wrote: what is new in the laser mouse...
a laser.
I used to use the mx510 at home. When I came to work at the compay I'm at now, They bought me the mx1000 and wow. I had to get one for home too.
its much more sensitive than the optical. One winter night, it was really cold, and I had a blanket wrapped around me, and I put it on the desk too (too cold for my arm to touch) and was able to play battlefield2 using the comforter as my mouse pad... it worked the same on the blanket as it did on the desktop.
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Hmmm, I never would have considered "blanket friendly" as a selling point for a mouse. Could be an untapped market.
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LOeffingL
might be more of the mousepad industry's arena, but I'm sure there are all sorts of things that could be used (unlimited potential): small children, bear rugs, old sneakers... I mean wow.
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At work I have an old MS optical mouse at home I have a Logitech MX1000 laser mouse.
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the mouse lost its ball. 
-Prakash
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hehe, but it save a hell of a cleaning job every two months
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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