Hi Naaz, I have been on a computer 9 hours per day for 15 years. After feeling repetitive stress in my fingers, wrist and arm from a regular mouse, I switched to a Kensington trackball for many years. It helped a lot (especially with the arm stress, but then, after several years, I started getting finger stress in the fingers that control the ball. I now use several brands and type of mice and switch between right and left hand mousing. This is the best solution I have found for minimizing stress. Regards, Tom Gajda Tom Gajda Powerful Sales Messages Thomas Paul Communications, LLC 284 Westerly Circle Ludlow, MA 01056 <mailto:thomasgajda at charter.net> thomasgajda at charter.net <http://www.thomaspaulcommunications.com/> www.thomaspaulcommunications.com Office: 413-547-8936 Mobile: 413-297-2246 _____ From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of SoundShifter at aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:06 PM To: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Looking for used laptop Thank you so much to all who replied to my question. I truly appreciate all the perspectives and suggestions. My thought was just as Melinda said, that a laptop would allow me to work in different settings and positions, thus reducing the same repetitive stress. I seem to have mouse stress as well as keyboard stress (which by the way developed while using an ergonomically designed, split keyboard). I've heard both the pen and the roller ball mouse recommended. I have returned to my conventional keyboard for the time being, holding it on my lap (any comments?). I keep trying to use the XP speech recognition tool, but I get impatient because of all the (rather funny) errors. Perhaps Dragon would serve me better, Peter? I will also experiement with the ergonomic suggestions. Now, if only I can stay conscious enough to maintain an aligned and relaxed posture. Today, my remedy was to take a brisk two-hour walk. Thanks again. Naaz Naaz Hosseini Your Voice is Your Power Email: naaz at soundshifter.com Web: <http://soundshifter.com/> www.soundshifter.com Tel: 845-353-1974 _____ See what's free at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503> . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070509/18fd89ff/attachment-0005.html