

The most common of these is the mainstream desktop mouse, designed for use with a desktop or laptop PC at a desk or table. Over time, distinct classes of mice have evolved, each made for different computing situations. You need to know a little about the landscape when you go shopping for a new model. But while a mouse is simple in concept, the market for them is a scattered field of mouse genres, prices, and designs. In its most basic form, a computer mouse is simple hardware-a sensor on the bottom, two buttons and a scroll wheel on top-that lets you interact with programs as though they were extensions of your own hand.

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