Well, and there's one more slight bonus - no more physical therapy (knock on wood) from the tendinitis I developed from the last 35 years of typing. It was like the warranty ran out on my arms last January. From the shoulders to my biceps, elbows, wrists and fingers, everything started going haywire. After many doctor visits, and a few blood tests, they settled on the cover-all excuse, "tendinitis" caused by typing, and typing with poor form. And I have to say, as I moved around this summer from DC to Chicago to Paris and back, I did notice a difference in my pain and inflammation depending where I was working. Changing the work station mattered.
So, hopefully, now with the cool new see-through (but not terribly expensive) desk, the old (but good) work chair, and the relatively new split keyboard, my arms can start going back to normal. Ah the joys of aging.
PS Who knew an optical mouse wouldn't work on a glass desk? Time to find the archaic mousepads buried in the closet.
