Installation

If the idea of plugging in a mousepad seems weird to you, well, it does to me, too. If you have a wireless mouse and keyboard, then this kind of defeats the purpose of going cordless, but for the majority of us, it won't make much difference to have one more cord hanging around.  I have a USB hub that sits right next to my computer anyway, so the cord doesn't have to go far.  It's plenty long if it has to reach, though. I hooked it up and have been using it for about a week, now, and I can report that when compared to my traditional mousepad, the hard surface just seems to work better.  I haven't reviewed any of the competing game pads out there, so I can't tell you if it is identical in feel, but I suspect it is very close.  The surface area is decent, but not massive.  If you tend to move the mouse a lot while working, it might take a little while to get accustomed to it.  It's actually larger than my previous pad, so no complaints.  The pad comes with two additional rubber mounting feet so that you can level it to your dsktop if you need to.  I needed to use them, since the pad straddles a crack in my particular desk.  Since it is rigid, it will wobble a little bit if the surface below it isn't perfectly flat.