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    Trackpad woes

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MatthewAMEL, Jan 15, 2014.

  1. MatthewAMEL

    MatthewAMEL Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings, all.

    Received my AW17 in November. Switched from a MacBook Pro and I have embraced all the nuances of Windows 8.1 except for one and it's driving me crazy.

    The trackpad sucks. Sucks in a huge, total and horrible way.

    It constantly thinks I am selecting text instead of scrolling. The driver is up-to-date, the settings are correct (AFAIK).

    It just seems like it is a order of magnitude suckier than the glass trackpad of the Mac.

    It is the single feature that is encouraging me to switch back to Mac.

    While I would miss 100fps in Bioshock, not screaming at the laptop 10x's per day would be worth the trade.

    Any suggestions?
     
    MatthewAMEL, Jan 15, 2014
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  2. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    Use a mouse instead of a trackpad?

    I think you will find most people here don't use the trackpad much.
     
    MogRules, Jan 15, 2014
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Have you tried adjusting the scrolling area? Using an external gaming mouse could help you a lot.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jan 16, 2014
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  4. jaeyang9

    jaeyang9 Notebook Consultant

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    go to synaptics touchpad settings... disable "one-finger scrolling" and enable "two-finger scrolling"... tada!

    trackpad.jpg
     
    jaeyang9, Jan 16, 2014
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  5. MatthewAMEL

    MatthewAMEL Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, I had already disable one finger scrolling before making my OP.
     
    MatthewAMEL, Jan 18, 2014
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