Who Uses a Mouse with their Laptop?

[buzzingrobot]

I managed yesterday to get 13.04 working on my MacBook Pro 8,2. Ubuntu's touchpad gestures are good, but no match for the ease and capability of the OS X gestures. So, at least for the time being, and while the thing is sitting on my desk, I'm using an ordinary USB mouse.

Just curious how many folks plug mice into their laptops?

[SantaFe]

I don't! I use a trackball instead!

Weird it seems it's getting harder & harder to find them in stores anymore. Mice everywhere, but usually only ONE basic model trackball.

[buzzingrobot]

I have a Logitech trackball over on the shelf. Might give it a try.

Do they still make those little trackballs that attach to the side of a laptop?

[odiseo77]

Not sure if I have clumsy fingers, but touchpads always seem to click when I'm not attempting to click, don't move the cursor where I want to move it and I find them annoying and uncomfortable, so I always use a mouse when I'm using a laptop... Unless I have no space for a mouse, then I'm forced to use the touchpad.

[ssam]

I use a mouse with my laptop when i'm at my desk. I find doing any graphics work very hard with a trackpad or touchpoint. When I don't have the mouse I use the touchpoint (thinkpad ) or keyboard shortcuts.

Not sure if I have clumsy fingers, but touchpads always seem to click when I'm not attempting to click, don't move the cursor where I want to move it and I find them annoying and uncomfortable, so I always use a mouse when I'm using a laptop... Unless I have no space for a mouse, then I'm forced to use the touchpad.

you can turn off tap to click in the mouse/trackpad control panel.

[odiseo77]

you can turn off tap to click in the mouse/trackpad control panel.

Thanks, will give it a try next time I use my laptop.

[Maverick Meerkat]

I use a Logitech cordless mouse.
Nothing too fancy, but I love it!

[Hylas de Niall]

Yep, always, even on my two netbooks when i'm out and about.
I got used to using a mouse back in my Atari ST days and haven't looked back since

[TNFrank]

I have an optical mouse and a keyboard hooked in through my USB hub station. I also have a card reader for SD, Smart Media, compact flash and memory stick and a 100MB Zip drive all hooked into the USB hub. Basically I just hook the hub into the single USB 2.0 port on the left side of my computer and I get all that stuff hooked in all at once. That frees up the two USB ports on the right of my computer for other stuff.

[David D.]

I use a Logitech wireless mouse with scroll wheel for my laptop.