Computer accessories are actually just tools to improve or make the use with your computer more comfortable, more efficient and easier.

Some tools improve your computer efficiency other just give you the type of tool you need to make a certain task workable. There are those accessories that keep your computer safe, some of them just keep your data safe. So there are many such computer accessories that will just make your computer tasks doable.

Many computer users know the most basic accessories that are commonly being used, and they are the Mouse and Keyboard. Those are accessories that can be used by desktop computers and Laptop computers when you’re at the office. There are many types of Mouse and Keyboards out there, and you will certainly find a set that will match your need and desires. Laptop computers even have flexible keyboards like this one “Flexible Keyboard” which is easy to fold into your laptop bag, and connect and unfold when you need it. The laptop mouse are usually called “Mini Mouse” since they are either wireless (Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse , Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 4.0, many other types) or have a cord that you can fold around the mouse, to make it portable and easy to use when needed.

Communication Accessories: Since computer communication has entered a phase where everyone is using a computer to contact others, either with a chat, or a software that uses voice or even a video chat. A video chat will require an accessory called a webcam (Logitech Webcam Pro 9000, )  . The webcam enables computer users to call other users and see them while they conduct their conversations. Since the network ability and internet speed has increased the video calls quality have improved greatly.

Game Accessories: Computer gamers are using many different computer accessories, like Joysticks, flight sticks, special keyboards, mouse with extra buttons etc… Those accessories like the joystick assist them in playing flight simulator games, or some prefer playing racing game using their joystick instead of playing with the keyboard keys.

Backup accessories: The backup accessories are mostly built from external hard disks, which are cheaper today, and you can get a huge amount of disk space, for a low price. There are many backup software out there that use external hard disks as their backup drives. You can also use USB flash drives, which are getting larger in capacity every day and decrease in price. Their advantage is in being very small, that you can hang them on your key chain.

Sound accessories: Every computer usually uses sounds, like error beeps or playing music, or playing movies, and in order to listen to those sounds you can either use head-phones or a set of speakers that can boost the computer’s voices and sounds into the room at great quality.

Laptop accessories: Laptop accessories are used to ease the use of the portable computer – the laptop. Since you are using your laptop mostly on the road, you might need accessories to attach to your laptop, but you also need them to be easy to carry. So laptops have great accessories like laptop speakers, laptop mice, laptop cases, laptop security kits, laptop stands, travel adapters, flexible keyboards, wireless devices to avoid the use of cords and cables. In short there are many accessories for laptops that can ease their use.

There are many types of games and mostly use a keyboard and a mouse to play them.
There are some games that are better played using a PC controller. The controllers as an example are joystick, gamepads, wheels, Pedals, etc… There are games like flight simulators who require cockpit equipment like joysticks, or flight sticks, pedals, throttle, etc… In case you like more to drive fast on car/bike race simulators, then you can use a joystick, or a gamepad or a wheel and pedals to be able to simulate in full the car driving experience.

The virtual reality games, require you to wear some computer wires, in order for you to feel as if you are really within the game, and part of it, so there are somebody pads, gloves, etc… that you can wear and the computer can know where you are against the game being played, and what actions you do, and transfer them into the game. Even though those kinds of games are not yet in our home computers, they will probably get there eventually, and even for them, there is suitable equipment.

There are so many types of gamepads out there, that I have no intention
of listing them all. But I will let you get a glimpse of what is out there, and you will be able to search yourself for the gamepad that suits you best.

Remark: I have to say this since I sometimes prefer using the keyboard and mouse for certain games, that might be played better with gamepads or joysticks, but still it is a matter of taste, all you need to do is just try it out, and see if it suits you.

When you love playing flight simulators, one of the most thrilling parts, other than amazing graphics and excellent performances, are the tools you are playing with. Since it is a simulator, you actually visualize yourself sitting in the cockpit (fighter plane, commercial airliner or a chopper) holding the stick and do amazing things, kill the enemy or just be able to lift off, and land again safely. So, to be able to visualize it better, you need the fitting controllers in your hands and for that, you have many different types of controllers to choose from and you can find those devices that will connect to your computer, and fit to the game you like to play, this will change the game experience for you, guaranteed.

There are racing games and most of them simulate the driving of a car to perfection, so all that you miss from the game experience are the actual hits, the slides through the turns, G forces, drifts etc…. you can see the car doing amazing tricks, and know that they will affect you in such a way, but it is in your mind, and you can’t really feel it on your body. To be able to visualize it better, there are computer controllers, joystick, wheels, pedals that can give you the thrill of holding the wheel while you go crazy around the track and you can also choose those with “Force-Feedback” that can give you resistance and trembling while you drive, so you might have a feel of the ground shaking under the wheels. Again, there are many options out there, just check, maybe try it out before you buy, purchase it, and enjoy the real simulation experience of playing those games.

We can choose a game controller or we can just stick to a keyboard and a mouse, and still enjoy the games immensely as the games improve performance and graphics, so we can enjoy an almost real like effects of playing the games. Computer game graphics are getting seriously close to becoming almost like video, the characters and views are so real, you almost get the feeling you’re out there, and it is the real-world.

Enjoy playing games!!!