PurposeGames Topic: Hi, Laptops?

Veejay on "Hi, Laptops?"

Veejay — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:28:51 +0000

I don't use a laptop. Though with my limited time on one or two laptops and struggling to use the mouse on that keyboard, praise to those who can use their laptop mouse and achieve great times! I use a regular rolling ball 3 button mouse, that came with my off the shelf desktop, emachine T3508.

frenchhorn on "Hi, Laptops?"

frenchhorn — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:53:13 +0000

I use laser usb port mouses for my laptop and my desktop and it works for me.

sergeidave on "Hi, Laptops?"

sergeidave — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:58:59 +0000

Wow, optical mouse... I mean, I don't know why, but I've always had a hard time with those. I stick with good-old rolling ball mouses, hehe...

sarah on "Hi, Laptops?"

sarah — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:02:59 +0000

I have an optical mouse.
It's not really anything special but I can't imagine using a laptop to play the games. I would get really frustrated.

famisamis on "Hi, Laptops?"

famisamis — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:03:52 +0000

I think if you're going to use a mouse, start now! I have a laptop and use the track pad for everything. I got really used to playing purposegames with my track pad. Now when I try to play games with a mouse I do so poorly it's like I'm using my other hand to write. I like my track pad and think I get okay times using it...but no where near as good as the speed demons on here. They are so fast!

PETO on "Hi, Laptops?"

PETO — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:41:04 +0000

Yeah, trackpads are slow. When I sneak in a purposegame at work (using a mouse) I can usually go close to twice as fast. You can buy a mouse to plug into a port, and I wouldn't surprised if the really fast players have a preference between wired/wireless mice. I like to use the trackpad, though, so I at least have an excuse for being so slow...

edi68815 on "Hi, Laptops?"

edi68815 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:55:12 +0000

I'm pretty new at this but I was wondering if it is a disadvantage to use a laptop trackpad(I feel slow)? In any case, what do most people here use(particularly the ones who go ridiculously fast)?