I have a IBM ThinkPad...with the lil red eraser head TouchPoint... that irritates the hell out of me though... So I use a Microsoft optical mouse...with a gel pad/ wrist rest/ ergonomic mouse pad to Prevent Carpal tunnel getting worse... lol Its comfy, squishy, soft and plain black
Even though I use an optical mouse (Apple Pro), I use a mouse pad to protect the top of my computer desk. My mouse pad - The Immortals: Moe, Larry, and Curly!
Anyway, I have, and use the infamous Dell logo mousepad... (with my optical mouse)
although in the past I have used a Monopoly Boardwalk Title Deed Mousepad, and a Mickey Mouse-pad, and a ??holographic?? (you know, not holographic but one of those thingys where the scene shifts when you look at it and move it, it has ribbed edges, etc. oh well... i dunno what they're called) Mickey Mouse band (rock band) with the fab five plus Daisy ( I think)
and I bought another ??holographic?? mouse pad in DC of all kinds of US currency, with coins and paper hundred dollar bills and such, but when I got home it was so detailed that it didn't work with my optical mouse, becuase of the ?holographic? effects... etc...