I am a big fan of the wireless mouse.

Sometimes it's true that you can't teach an old dog new tricks.  I've had laptops for about 7 years now, but I've just never gotten used to those touchpad controls. wireless-mouse It's easier for me to type and use a mouse than it is to type and navigate through that touchpad.

Plus, you can get a wireless mouse in just about any color imaginable.  (Mine's a nice "milk chocolate" brown, but I do like this cute blue one!) They even make wireless mouse/pen combos, but I think that might be just as cumbersome for me as the touchpad.

I've run into a few technical difficulties when I venture away from my desk with the laptop, though.  The wireless mouse works fine on the couch (or even my pants legs) but I tend to bump the receiver end, as it's plugged into a USB port right next to my right hand.  Now that I think about it, though, I used to use the mouse with my left hand.  When I worked as a software tester, I needed my right hand to be free to hold a pen so I could fill out "bug sheets" advising the programmers on errors in the software.  Since I tend to be lazy efficient when I work, things went a lot more quickly when I kept the pen in my right hand and the mouse in my left.

I may need to try that again and see if it makes things go a little more smoothly.

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