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I really do like computer mice. Maybe, I was a cat in a
previous life and I liked to meow. Still, the physical mouse is going away.
Honestly, it is not just tablets and cell phones that are the main reason. Fact
is – a lot of new laptops no longer have a DVD drive or a mouse. Basically, we are
forced to use the touch screen. Maybe, the computer keyboard will follow soon.
Already, I have noticed that the new laptops do not run windows even. People
call them chrome books, but they are a pain. Sadly, my old software does not
work on these devices because the gadgets have a different operating system and
processor. Also, the chrome books do not have a DVD player so I cannot load my
programs even.
Sadly, I believe that real laptops are going away. They have been replaced by so called "smart" phones and that is a really dumb move. Well, the worst part is no mouse. Hey, we got use to clicking on icons. Tapping on a touch screen is just not the same. Ok, so here is reason one. I get my screen all dirty and greasy. Also, when I am typing in letters using my screen, it often gets letters wrong. With the keyboard, that was never our case.
Here is the second reason that I miss my mouse.
I like to use my computer to draw illustrations and I got
accustomed to using my mouse. It was great in photo shop and other programs.
Sadly, my old software does not work well with a touch screen. Frankly, using
tablets and smart phones is a pain. They want you to constantly stay connected
to the internet when you are using an app. This eats up my precious megabyte
allowance and costs me additional money. Also, I need to be in an area with cell
phone coverage. Otherwise, these new “CLOUD” apps will not work anymore.
Most of the time, people like to off load the processing to the cloud, but not
me. I like to use my own computer and my own software programs. That is why I
got a computer with a lot of memory. Let me add that is also has a lot of
processing power.
I have been using the computer mouse since the 80’s
and I
believe that this was a great invention, but I do not like the touch screen. I
go a lot faster using a physical keyboard as well as a physical mouse. Tapping
on a hard glassy screen is a pain. Also, many of my old software programs still
rely on me using a mouse. They do not adapt well to the new architecture that we
are being forced to use.
Please imagine the hassle of being forced to learn new ways
of doing things every few years. Also, the new ways are not faster, but slower
and more cumbersome than the previous ones. My greatest complaint about my touch
screen computer is that it has AI or Artificial Intelligence built in. For example, I
type in M-I-C-E and it writes nice. Well, that is not nice. What I wanted was to
talk about computer mice; however, it auto-corrects to computer nice.
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Maybe, you think that is funny, but time is money. I have
found that AI often hinders rather than helps me. It is one more development
that I wish would go away. Please give me back my mouse.