Zoom-boing
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I hate the touchpad. When I worked, I used to have the IT department disable it, just so I could use the eraser head. Unfortunately, every laptop out is using the touchpad. I am a touch typist and hit the keys pretty hard when I'm motoring over the keyboard. As a result, it will cause the cursor to float everywhere, and if I am not vigilant will highlight and erase what I have just typed. All laptops have this annoying problem. Instead of resting the heels of my hand on the table below the keypad, I have to keep my hands raised and just dab at the keys, just to keep erasing what I have typed previously. If a laptop were my only computer, I would have to install an extra keyboard because the laptop keyboard leaves a lot to be desired.
That happens to me too! I'm always hitting the damn touchpad by mistake and bouncing the cursor around and erasing things. I end up resting the front of my forearm on the laptop and keep my wrists in the air.
I rarely use the touchpad on my Dell, don't like it. I prefer a mouse because I feel like I have more control. Or maybe i'm just old school. lol I do have to say, though, that the touchpads on some of the computers I tried out were realllly nice. You can zoom, move, enlarge with them (like you would on an ipad or other tablet). They were on some of the touchscreen laptops.