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The arguments that college students all use their mouse's trackpad is not because they prefer it over the mouse, but because they don't either have a mouse (don
by arnorhs 16y ago
The arguments that college students all use their mouse's trackpad is not because they prefer it over the mouse, but because they don't either have a mouse (don't think of buying one) and/or they do not want to be bothered taking it with them everywhere.
I'm sure there are students out there that prefer the trackpad, but everybody I've ever met prefers using a mouse over a trackpad any day.
Maybe the reason for the trackpad not being more popular/comfortable as a pointing device stems from the fact that the current trackpads out there are not good enough and the apple trackpad might change all that, but as things stand now, the trackpad is not replacing the mouse.
- ktsmith 16y agoWhen I was attending university there was the added issue of not having anywhere to use the mouse in the first place. Sure I could maybe use it on top of the laptop case itself but at that point it's so restrictive the track pad is easier. Had there not been as many people as possible packed into a lecture hall, or the classes built with tiny desktops designed for a notepad and pen then it may not have been an issue but other than the newest buildings on campus the facilities really didn't support a laptop/mouse combo.