Trackpads

[graylocks]

i starting up the learning curve on Mountain Lion via Pogue's Missing Manual. I've yet to put ML on my iMac but my new MBA has it and i found using the iPadish gestures on the trackpad kind of fun and efficient. i also think keeping track of separate gestures on the MMouse might be annoying so i'm starting to jones a bit for a trackpad for the iMac.

there's a Apple Magic Trackpad. recommendations?

[Todd's keyboard]

I'm very happy with my Apple Magic Trackpad. I keep it on the left side of the keyboard. My Evoluent VerticalMouse 3 is on the right side of the keyboard.

I end up using the mouse more frequently than the Trackpad, and I enjoy having both.

Todd's stuck-in-the-middle keyboard

[graylocks]

Todd's keyboard wrote:
I'm very happy with my Apple Magic Trackpad. I keep it on the left side of the keyboard. My Evoluent VerticalMouse 3 is on the right side of the keyboard.

I end up using the mouse more frequently than the Trackpad, and I enjoy having both.

Todd's stuck-in-the-middle keyboard

interesting! that vertical mouse has been on my amazon wish list for a couple of years now but way too pricey to pull the trigger. i'd also appreciate your thoughts on that.

[Todd's keyboard]

I've posted my thoughts on the Evoluent mouse in this thread from November 2011:

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...sg-1266607

The mouse is pricey. (I forget if I mentioned in that thread that I bought a used on on ebay.)

If the current Evoluent mouse failed, I suspect I would spend the money to buy another one.

BTW, I also really like the Logitech portable mouse that John Dough recommends. I keep it at my office to use with my MBA. Again, the combination of mouse with a trackpad seems to lesson the RSI factor.

I wish I could find a better keyboard for the iMac. While i have a Logitech keyboard with the angled keys, it didn't have the built-in USB ports that the Apple keyboard has. I give up the angled wrists for an extra, accessible USB port.

Todd's traditional keyboard