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splitting from the thinkpad love thread...

I'm curious about people's accuracy/speed with different pointing devices. try this game with your preferred pointing device and post the results!

http://www.missionred.com/games/reflex.html

I just used a pretty standard laser mouse at work and scored 99,000 with 92% accuracy. I'll try my macbook touchpad when I get home.

Bah, Java.

yeah :/

well, it's that or flash, I'm afraid

51,000
93%

with my macbook touchpad

With my Logitech MX400 laser mouse:
Score: 189,000
Accuracy: 97%

I don't have Java installed on my thinkpad (FreeBSD, such a pain to install), but I can tell you now the score will be lower with the touchpad, and *much* lower with the trackpoint.
I like the trackpoint because I don't have to move my hands from the keyboard when moving the cursor, I do most my stuff inside xterms anyway ... Most mouse-intensive thing I do is play monkey island I think ...

now that I think about it, maybe not wanting to move too far from the keyboard is why I always accidentally hit the right mouse button on two-button touchpads. the way I move my hand down to use the touchpad is just by like rotating my wrist to the left. I don't move my arm toward me any more than I have to, so my hand is at a sharp angle to the left. using a desktop feels so bizarre to me, with the mouse so far away from the keyboard. I don't know that I'll ever be able to return to it without using a very keyboard-centric OS/WM/application.

56,000 / 93% with crappy laser office mouse on desk

This might be for you, then, asemisldkfj: http://www.amazon.com/IBM-USB-Keyboard-UltraN … amp;sr=8-2

59,000 / 96% on x60 trackpoint

ooh, I like the looks of that, bluet.

hey, asemi--

thinkpad fullsize ultranav keyboard is twenty percent off with free shipping

design matters

if I had a desktop I would buy that. or if it wasn't 80 bucks I would just get it anyway.

i have some intense stuff going on with my work keyboard. bunch of keys ripped off to minimize annoyances with excel hotkeys:

f1, f3, caps lock, insert, num lock :D