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Inspiron 17R SE Touch Pad woes

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So I just bought this laptop a few days ago and I am loving it,  except for one GLARING issue.  The touch pad is crippling this laptop, it is the most poorly executed touchpad I have ever used.  I cannot believe how flaky it is.  Scrolling is clunky,  choppy and either too sensitive or not sensitive enough or sometimes completely unresponsive.  And this may be more of a problem with WIndows 8 which I am still getting used to but strange windows are always popping up out of no where,  you can't flick the pad to advance pictures or web pages like you can on a MacBook Pro and zooming in on anything is futile. It seems certain gestures and motions are not consistent between all applications or even the OS itself.

I dunno what the problem is, I have been adjusting and re-adjusting the Dell touchpad settings tirelessly to find something close that would resemble the behavior I am used to from using MacBooks but its not even close. Maybe I am expecting too much from it but I don't think there is any excuse for touchpads being this flaky in this day and age any more. I can only hope that Dell releases a update to their software to offer more features.  Windows 8 being designed more for touchscreen may be the issue but you should still be able to use the touch pad in a similar fashion.

I didn't want to have to use a USB mouse but it's the only way I can use the laptop without frustration from random menus, windows and programs opening up without even trying. I have done all the Dell recommended BS about uninstall, reinstall drivers yadda yadda.  It's sad that they even recommend those steps, as if that would ever resolve a issue to underdeveloped software.  Some sort of calibration tool would have been nice.

Otherwise this laptop is very good and well worth what I paid for it.  Just fix this horrible touchpad and its a 5 star product.

 

-Chris


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