i hate the touchpad on my laptop

[ringmastery]

How do people stand them?

I just bought a laptop and am going to buy an optical mouse tomorrow. My wrists have been hurting for two days thanks to that stupid touchpad.

[MsUnderstood]

1. get a cordless mouse

you can plug in the receiver to your usb and move the mouse where ever you want.

[Robb]

2. It's an acquired taste, I'll agree

I hated mine for the first month or two. Now I'll never go back. :)

[KoKo]

3. You mean that "thingey" that you take your index finger and move..

Ewwwwweewwww... drives me crazy. But I'm a "typist" gotta have that "feel" of a keyboard under my digets....

Those who don't know how to type seem to love that finger "thingy" though.

To each his own. :D

[cheezus]

4. I love my trackpad!

now those stupid eraser thingies in the middle of the keyboard.... don't even get me started.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

5. Agree totally, n/t

[geniph]

6. I have a friend who refers to that as the clitoral cursor

and once I heard that term, I can no longer think of it in any other terms.

It did make using it more fun, though.