So in 1952 the first mouse came out, and eventually changed personal computing because it improved the UGI ( User Graphic Interface) extensively. Mice were just not practical for a laptop, so companies used trackpads similar devices. They worked pretty well, but serious users carried wired mice, and eventually wireless mouses. This all changed in 2008.
Apple introduced the first multi touch “Magic Touch” pad. It could detect different gestures, such as dragging two fingers down meant scrolling down the screen. Since then, the gesture library has increased to include rotating objects, and moving windows side to side. I see Apple’s trackpad as one of the main reasons Macs have become so popular, right behind the ingenious operating system. Well Apple realized how many people enjoyed the touchpad, that they made a bigger one to use in a desktop setting. Depending on if this sells well, we could see the retirement of the traditional mouse. It is arguable that the traditional mouse is gone, but I disagree. Companies have replaced the ball with lasers, made them wireless, and put sensors in instead of traditional buttons; but the idea and use of the mouse has staid effectively the same.
Using large touchpads instead of mice may be what desktop will become, just the way laptops went.
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