If you are looking for a real alternative to a mouse and want to do without touch screens, you really do well with this pad. No permanent contact with keys, no back and forth from the desktop gives you the feeling of effortless ease. For players and graphical programs the machine is certainly not a good choice, but to maneuver in applications and apps for Windows 8 is a perfect choice! Two small side benefits are perhaps even mentioned: The touchpad forces you in the beginning to concentration and relaxation - characteristics which are increasingly lost in the computer field.