Is the computer mouse dead?

[houstonlibrarian]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20012142-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Apple's new Magic Trackpad is a clear sign the company is serious about multitouch and gesture as the future of personal-computer navigation. And it might be right.
Almost all modern smartphones incorporate a series of swipes and taps as their interface. MacBook users have been using multitouch on their trackpads for a few years, and the Magic Trackpad is clearly an extension of that experience.
But a lot of people are making noise that the Magic Trackpad--and it's sure-to-follow imitators--heralds a mouse-free future. This being the Internet, there's an opposing camp calling them all idiots.

[Kitty4777]

No.

Maybe for Mac's, but for PC's it will never go away.  Especially when looking at mice in conjunction with online gaming.

Currently, I am even considering buying a mouse to go with my new netbook. 

[houstonlibrarian]

I hadn't thought of the online gaming aspect of it.
I saw a specially made mouse a few weeks ago that had about 16 different buttons on it that could be programmed for online gaming.