Originally Posted by
blissful
I use an Apple Magic Mouse with my iMac and would be very reluctant to use anything else now.
It has the benefit of tracking accurately, like a standard mouse, but can scroll any which way just with finger movement on its smooth surface, like the trackpad. It can also be configured to recognise and act on different finger movements and taps to do a heap of things not available to an ordinary mouse.
It took me literally 5 minutes to get really comfortable and now it just seems so natural.