Trackpad or Mouse?

[kenny]

Which do you prefer?

Was your vote for the one you just got used to, or have you given both a good long try ... like using it exclusively for a week or two?

Are any of you equally comfortable with both?
Does anyone here strongly dislike one?
Do tell.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Honestly I've only used a mouse, which stops workng occasionally and gets bashed against my desk. So, durable if not preferable.

 

[Garnetgirl]

Mouse only, for a strange reason. I dislike the feeling in my finger tip as it it slides around on the track pad.

 

[yssie]

I travel for work. I want to cart as little as humanly possible around.

 

[Matata]

I've used both extensively. Each one caused different kinds of wrist and hand issues during prolonged use. I use track pad exclusively now because I don't have to worry about the cats knocking the mouse around when I forget to secure it.

 

[Karl_K]

Trackball most of the time.
Mouse second
Trackpad next to never.

 

[pearlsngems]

Mouse.
My husband's laptop has a trackpad and I hate using it. Somehow I can't readily get the cursor to go where I want. Maybe it's my dry skin?

 

[Lookinagain]

I've used both and hate the trackpad on the laptop. I now only use a mouse.

 

[kenny]

Trackball most of the time.
Mouse second
Trackpad next to never.

Opps!
Sorry, I didn't include the trackball.

Bulletproof polls are hard to create, and on PS you can't fix one once it's posted.

 

[Calla-lilies]

I have a desk tray and it’s not very wide so I use a trackball - which I love. So, in order of most preferred to least: trackball, mouse, trackpad.

 

[diamondringlover]

I only use a mouse...dont like the trackpad....

 

[LilAlex]

Mouse. I'm old.

Of course my phone is a trackpad and I use that all day.

 

[dk168]

I only use a laptop nowadays and seldom sit at a desk with a monitor or keyboard and mouse.

Therefore, no mouse for me.

DK

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Work only has mice LOL. Otherwise I use a trackpad on my laptop.

cheers--Sharon

 

[canuk-gal]

Trackball most of the time.
Mouse second
Trackpad next to never.

My DH has a lots of hand issues--used different trackballs but found it really didn't reduce any issues. Back to mouse. He hates the trackpad.

 

[Avondale]

A mouse is objectively better in every possible way in existence, but when you want to use the laptop while sitting on the sofa, a trackpad is the only viable solution.

For a desk, though - always a mouse.