Losing the 'pointer' on screen....

Was just wondering what would cause the loss of the pointer on screen? I had several applications open (Photoshop, iphoto, Excel, iweb, and was connected to the internet), and when I was working between them all, the pointer kept disappearing and I would have to thumb around on the trackpad quite a bit to get it back. Is this due to a lack of RAM or do I just have way too many applications open at once? I have the 1.83 and upgraded to 1 GB RAM (2 512's).
(also - this is probably a dumb question, but if I have the programs minimized in the icon bar at the bottom, the application is technically still open, right?).
Thanks for your help!!
Kim (a new Mac user)

I had the same issues -- losing the cursor (mostly while using Safari). I thought it maight have something to with the fact that I greatly change the track and scrolling speed, set the track pad to accept "double clicking", etc. But I NEVER had any of that happen on my 12" PB G4 (1ghz).
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