We've had a lot of mysterious mouse/touchpad problems as well. Either touchpads that act eratically, or where the pointer wanders aimlessly around the screen all by itself, or when the eraser stops working all together.
I use a Dell at work because I have to. Macs at home because I choose to (fair balance - my 12" Al PBook came with a lemon battery, no problems since)
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