Mouse or Trackball? ---Vote now!

[SteveSZ]

track ball, definitely the track ball.

mouse kills my wrist. Also I tend to run out of space on the desk when I do things like drag a window across the screen.

Duel 1.8 Ghz G5 and PT v.7.0.

Will be upgrading soon.

[JSR]

why clutter the DUC with idiotic posts?

[BlueDog]

why clutter the DUC with idiotic posts?

I don't know. Why?

[tvent]

Ever since I saw some video (Grand Puba I think) in the late '90's I thought I wanted a trackball.
I have to admit, it looked really cool.
Over the years I have gone through several... all Kingston, ADB, USB, and even the cool one with the scroll ring around the ball. I liked them so much my wife and kids even gave me one for Christmas one year... I think it was when I upgraded to HD and had to have a new mac which rendered my ADB version useless/worthless.
The 4 buttons are nice, but the trackballs all had one thing in common - they hurt my wrist and the top of my hand very badly. I tried it with and without wrist support. The wrist support made it hurt worse.
Just my experience... call it my two cents, even though I was only offered a penny for my thoughts
I do remember one time hooking up both and really liking the combination, FWIW.
Desktop real estate has become rather valuable though and having to choose only one, I would go for a mouse... or just say to hell with it and get an icon

[Steve MacMillan]

I find it much easier to ride faders with a trackball (Kensington), than a mouse.

STeve

[Ray Lyon]

track ball, definitely the track ball.

mouse kills my wrist. Also I tend to run out of space on the desk when I do things like drag a window across the screen.

Duel 1.8 Ghz G5 and PT v.7.0.

Will be upgrading soon.

My sentiments exactly. Kensington Expert Trackball... nice big smooth trackball... you can whip across dual monitors with a flick of the fingers... mouse is much less practical

[Andrew. D]

Trackball until the mighty mouse

[25ghosts]

NIce Thread,

Both trackballs and Mice seem to both be the correct choice - judging from the various opinions here.

From someone using a trackball I'd like to know:

1) How long did it take you to adjust - honestly
2) When you wanna select a region - can you hit it with precision every time like with a mouse - or do you overshoot lots.?

The reason I am asking is because I actually like the concept of a trackball better than that of a mouse. I never tried it for long but if you were to say like : "Well, the adaption took a week to accomplish" Then I'D be prone to give it a shot.

Thanks for any replies and this cool thread

[Studio Studio]

Definately pen with wacom tablet.

[Ryan Young]

I use the Kensington Expert Mouse Pro, took about an hour to get used to... maybe about a week to get used to the buttons that I customized into my workflow. Haven't used the wacom pen, seems awesome... but, I love the trackball!

-Ryan