For years, mice have given me shoulder / upper arm pains if I use them for too long. I was surprised how quickly I adapted to touchpads though... The reduction

For years, mice have given me shoulder / upper arm pains if I use them for too long. I was surprised how quickly I adapted to touchpads though... The reduction in time reorienting my right hand from the keyboard to a device a foot to the right and back again is a major win in usability and with a little acclimatisation I honestly find the touchpad more accurate for general GUI work. I edit and retouch photos with it no problems as well - for really heavy work I prefer a pressure sensitive tablet but I can do just fine without. By now, even if the pain issue went away, I wouldn't switch back. Honestly, there is _one_ thing I've found where a mouse is genuniely better for me than a trackpad - FPS gaming. For that, mice are great (though I can imagine a good joystick would be very good too) but otherwise.... In any case, I've now moved my limited gaming entirely over to consoles. I don't think I even own a mouse any more.