Just curious, playing with a mouse that uses the arm of my chair as a mousepad can sometimes mess up my scoring D:
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How much would a decent touchpad cost me?
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Trust me, you do NOT want to play with a touchpad. I'm speaking from my own experience, since I play on a laptop, and it didn't take long before I whipped out a mouse. Even with Synaptic Absolution, it's painfully hard compared to playing with a mouse. A tablet on the other hand... <_<
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Thanks, I guess what I'll do is invest in a mousepad, since you can get them cheap, and if I ever come across a way to get more monies, I might go for a tablet. Are there any differences in types of mousepads/etc that I had to worry about? I use an optical mouse.
An optical mouse doesn't generally require a mousepad, any surface with a texture or pattern of some sort should be fine. They do make mousepads for that purpose, though, so you might try one of those.
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Can you recommend some decent/cheap tablets?
Also, I read up on graphics tablets. Apparently they don't actaully have an LCD screen behind them, and are basically a touchpad except bigger, and if I want an LCD screen, it's going to cost insane amounts of cash. Can you give any more information on the differences, and the actual features of a tablet?
Also, I read up on graphics tablets. Apparently they don't actaully have an LCD screen behind them, and are basically a touchpad except bigger, and if I want an LCD screen, it's going to cost insane amounts of cash. Can you give any more information on the differences, and the actual features of a tablet?
A tablet is a (typically) touch-sensitive panel. I've only had experience with a couple Wacom tablets, but I believe the tendancy is for them to only be operated by specific instruments; more specifically, the bundled pens. Mine also came with a mouse that only works on the tablet's surface, but I never use it. You can get tablets that have an LCD behind them that light up your strokes as you draw them, but if you're looking to have your monitor on your tablet surface, it ain't gonna happen. Thems're expensive.
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OIC, so basically it can be used for more precision when moving the cursor, but isn't an actual touchscreen in the sense of what a DS touchscreen is. Still sounds like a cool implement, though. 
T'is what I use.
Granted I have it for digital art primarily. Osu! was just a good secondary for it.
Granted I have it for digital art primarily. Osu! was just a good secondary for it.
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It's weird because I was thinking about getting into digital art if I actaully get a tablet, but then again, by digital art I mean doodles in MS paint.