Chapter 44. Upgrading Your Keyboard, Mouse, and Other Input Devices

After reading the title of this chapter, you may start wondering what’s wrong with your keyboard and mouse. Actually, the keyboard and mouse you are now using may be fine, but over the course of this chapter you will learn about some better alternatives for the common keyboards and mice usually shipped with PCs.

Is Anything Wrong with My Keyboard or Mouse?

The title of this chapter might prompt you to skip it because nothing is wrong with your keyboard or mouse. Well, the idea is not that anything is wrong with the keyboard and mouse that came with your PC, but that replacement keyboards and mice can make long hours of PC use easier and much more pleasant.

Keyboards and mice have ...

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