Product of both the current education system, and government scare tactics of "if it is obscure and vague, consider it haram straight away", same case with those Muslims who avoid dogs like a plague just because their teacher say it is haram. IT is not, it just requires you to purify yourself through ablution and you can touch dogs, pigs or other haram things as long as you know to cleanse yourself when the time for prayers comes.

I just at all these nonsense.

If the mousepad is the same hard-type pad I've gotten with my M15X, then it is your no-name brand only with an alienhead logo. Razer gaming mats lie Kabuto or Goliathus provides smooth gliding surfaces that responds ultra-quick to mouse movements. Pair this with a good Razer high dpi mouse like Orochi or Mamba, and you have a combination that moves the mouse cursor at the slightest touch, and tracks accurate. Standard entry-level mouse on standard mousepad, require larger wrist movement to simulate the same amount of cursor movement, and will never be as accurate as higher dpi mice.

It'll take time to get used to though. My Mamba on Kabuto at 5600dpi is like oil on water, too slick and moves too much under the slightest touch. I had to drop the dpi to 3000 to get a more comfortable feel. However, if you have larger screens, larger dpi settings will benefit from it in such that you dont have to keep dragging the mouse over to reach one side of the screen from the other. Like your trackpad, you had to drag your finger on it to the edge, then remove finger and then continue that dragging motion to bring the mouse cursor to a corner, for example. With large dpi setting on a capable mouse, that cursor movement can be achieve with a single drag.

I was in Frankfurt last time, and the Saturn Electronic Superstore was overflowing with Roccat stuff. Roccat Kone mouse is nice too with customisable LED colors, just like the AlienFX. A very good compliment to any Alienware.

Kone is just 3200dpi though, compared to Razer Mamba's 5600dpi.