What Should I Consider When Buying a Computer Mouse?
Most people who use computers do not realize the importance of their computer mouse until the darn thing stops working. At that point, they understand just how much they’ve come to depend on that funny-looking little device to do their jobs every day. So it’s time to buy a new computer mouse. What should a shopper look for? Features? Convenience? Price? All of the above. There are two basic types of computer mouse: handheld and trackball. A hand-held computer mouse is the one where the operator rolls the entire mouse back and forth to move the cursor/arrow across the screen. This kind of mouse can either have a little ball inside that rolls the capstans back and forth, or it can be an optical mouse, using a laser light to pinpoint its location. These mice can either plug in directly to the computer tower, or they may be wireless. A trackball computer mouse has a large ball in the middle of a mouse housing. Only the ball moves. The rest of the housing remains stationary. A trackball com
