Re:This is a joke, right? (Score 1)

4. how about an integrated mouse in a laptop? it could snap on/off and you could use it on the side, then just have the cord retract and it would re-attach to the machine.

How are you planning to deal with the right hand/left hand mouse issue? Make two models (one for lefties and one for righties, and hope the computer only has one user thrughout it's lifetime)? Have the left handed mouse user drag the cord all the way to the other side and use it there?

Aside from left/right hand issues, will that mouse replace the current pointing device? If so- how is one going to use it where you don't have much room for the mouse, like on the seat tray you get when you fly coach?

I dunno. I just never understood people who use mice with laptops. I guess they don't travel much with the laptop.