>> 1. Wow... Actual CAD software exists and there are people who use it.

> Tons of peoples use those. AutoCAD is a huge one. Started 2D only, then 
> added faked 3D, then 3D primitives and modeling. Professional use only 
> at over $6000 per workstation/user, unless you have a pirated version...

I guess it's a fairly specialist application area... (Specifically, if 
you're not designing anything, you probably won't need it!)

>> 2. A mouse? Really? Not a tablet or some other futuristic input device?

> A tablet futuristic? It's over 20 years old!

Well, *computers* were regarded as "futuristic" for a very long time 
after they were invented - mainly because almost nobody owned one. ;-)

I was half-expecting a dataglove...

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