I use these exclusively and have the trackpad disabled on my Thinkpad (an old x230). The #1 reason I use it is to not move my hands when I need to do a pointin

I use these exclusively and have the trackpad disabled on my Thinkpad (an old x230). The #1 reason I use it is to not move my hands when I need to do a pointing operation. You can get very precise with it too, but it takes some getting used to. I'm a klutz with a trackpad now, since I've been using the pointer for so many years. I use a tiling window manager and very few GUI apps (often even using the web in w3m), so mousing isn't as important for me, which is another factor. I wouldn't play a video game with it, of course, but I'd imagine trackpads suck at those too.