"Andrew Wiley" <wiley.andre...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.40.1327562674.25230.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote: >> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:op.v8nbixzyeav7ka@localhost.localdomain... >>> >>> I must rave about the trackpad on the macbook pro. The interface is so >>> damned good, I hate going back to my linux laptop (which I must do for >>> work). >>> >> >> A good trackpad?!? That seems difficult to believe. Whenever I use a >> laptop, >> I just grab/carry-around a trackball (or at least a mouse). I can barely >> use >> those touchpad things, and IBM's "clitmouse" is only a little bit better. >> > >YES, I'm not the only person alive using a trackball! Thumb-ball, >marble, or one of those giant pool-ball things?
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Trackman-Wheel-Optical-Silver/dp/B00005NIMJ (I don't know why the price there is so high, though. They're only around $35-ish in stores.) I absolutely love it. It's my primary pointing device on *any* of my computers. Around 5-10 years ago I started getting wrist pain. I heard that trackballs were better for the wrist than mice, so I got one (this logitech one). It was really awkward the first, but I got used to it after a couple days. After two weeks it felt 100% as natural as a mouse, even for games. (Touchpads, by contrast, I was never able to get past the "really awkward" stage, even after several years with the laptop I used to have). And I haven't been having any more wrist pain since. I don't even like actual mice all that much anymore (They need so much more surface area! And so much more movement. The trackball is just - ZIP! Awesome :) ).