For laptop users, which do you prefer: Touch pad or Mouse?  

i find it tiring to use the mouse so i just use the touch pad. it is more convenient for me.

I like using the mouse much better. I guess I am just more used to it than the touchpad. My next laptop will also have the numbers at the side like a regular keyboard. I hate looking for them at the top.

I went and bought an optical mouse. I tired of using the touch pad. Sometimes it would be slow and if you use it too long in the same spot the response time slows to. Besides that you already use your fingers to type so I find it cumbersome to also be moving it back and forth to click and all that too. Yay for mice!

I always use the touchpad. I didn't think I'd get used to using it but now I'm very used to it and use it all the time. I now find it very easy to use and it never aches my hands.

well, i dont have laptop yet but i have tried using laptops... if you are in a hurry, you better plug in a mouse but if you are not in hurry you can use the touch pad. however, i am more comfortable using the mouse of course..

I always use a touchpad, it's much easier because I rarely sit at a desk

When i was using desktop mouse was so fine to use but in case of laptop touch pad is best to use. Now i am not able to use mouse in desktop too

Yes, i agree with you.. It's a lot comfy if you'll use an optical mouse.. especially the wireless optical mouse.. lol Did you buy that thing too??

I always keep my touchpad locked..lol. 'coz I tend to touch it accidentally every time I type, so the cursor keeps on pointing different keys that just interrupts my typing.. so ever since, I've been using my run-on-shine optical mouse, its so cool that it is small enough and has a adjustable wire which makes is very portable, it was a bday gift for me from a close friend..

It's really hard to play games on the computer without a mouse. I use the touch pad when I have to hook my laptop up to the printer and I just can't get used to it. It is too sensitive. I'm glad I have the cordless/USB mouse attached to my laptop - though I might spend less time on here if I didn't have it.