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Mouse or Trackpad?

What do you prefer to use?

  • A Mouse

  • A Trackpad

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HAL9000

HAL9000

Lifer
I'm not officially a Trackpad user, used a mouse for as long as I can remember (not long) and I probably still will dust off my mouse for PC gaming (of which I do very little, but I'm now 100% Keyboard and Trackpad, bought a Magic Trackpad today to make the final move for my desktop and I won't be looking back.
 
For laptops, pointing stick since most touch pads suck. For desktops, mouse.

I personally use the TrackPoint in my ThinkPad and a Logitech G500 for my desktop.
 
HAL9000 said:
Jesus I hate those pointing stick things, I thought they died out in the late 90's.
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If you've ever actually used one long enough you can see that it's the most thought-out and intuitive design for laptops. You never have to get your finger off one single position and as a result it's much better for typing. Having the left and right click buttons as well as a middle button just below it makes it hands down the best.

Track pads have a smaller learning curve but are definitely inferior. Now that I've used the TrackPoint for two weeks, I turned the track pad off entirely.
 
LOL_Wut_Axel said:
If you've ever actually used one long enough you can see that it's the most thought-out and intuitive design for laptops. You never have to get your finger off one single position and as a result it's much better for typing. Having the left and right click buttons as well as a middle button just below it makes it hands down the best.

Track pads have a smaller learning curve but are definitely inferior. Now that I've used the TrackPoint for two weeks, I turned the track pad off entirely.
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+1
 
HAL9000 said:
I disagree, they both have the same purpose that they achieve differently.
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Yes, but depending no the task at hand, one is clearly preferable over another. I would not want to use a trackpad for gaming or mucking about in Photoshop (and yes, I've tried several times) or a mouse when I'm on the go trying to edit a text document.

I haven't seen a "clit mouse" (trackpoint) on a laptop in ages though...
 
I use a lightpen.

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MovingTarget said:
I haven't seen a "clit mouse" (trackpoint) on a laptop in ages though...
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Still standard on ThinkPads.

My order of preference:

  1. mouse
  2. Easyball (can't get anymore)
  3. trackpoint
  4. trackpad
  5. touch screen
I first tried a trackpad back in the 90s in attempt to deal with carpal tunnel. It was worse than the mouse for this. I even tried mounting the trackpad to the side of the arm of my chair to get a better elbow/wrist position but didn't help much. I ended up going with the 3" diameter EasyBall trackball which worked very well but only had one button. I wrote Microsoft begging for a second button but it wasn't to be.
 
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Trackpad for OS X and mouse for *. Trackpoints are just terrible. If both of my hands have to stay on the keyboard, then I just use one of my thumbs for the trackpad.
 
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