nv58-touchpad button

I'm thinking to buy one of the nv58 series this week. But I'm a little worried about that odd long/narrow strip for touchpad buttons. ("Landing strip for a gnat", one review called it.)

For anyone who owns one of these - is it as awkward to use as it looks? Do you actually get used to it over time? Does it work okay once you adjust?

A lot of the reviews mentioned it but they probably don't use the computer long enough to get used to it.

Any other comments on the series? I saw a few comments in the review forum but not a lot of discussion by users here. I'm thinking of the Intel version, with 4G memory and 500G hard drive. It does seem like the best possible deal.

 

NV5214u:

You get used to left clicking in a few days, right clicking will take longer. You have to hit on the ends of the bar, hitting closer to the middle wont depress the button. The owner is using a wireless usb mouse anyways so I set the alps touchpad to disable when usb mouse is plugged in. I usually use the touchpad so it bugged me, just like every other teeter-totter single click bar. Are they ordering these from Apple® or what?

Other than that the power cord beep is very annoying. Perhaps a BIOS update in the future with the option to disable it? When I returned it to the owner I plugged it in and yelled "BEEP" and said see you can't even hear it.

http://support.gateway.com/s/notebook/2009/gateway/nv/nv52/NV52nv.shtml

The owner is using it for school, personal, and games (left4dead average 40 fps). I installed a custom version of xp 32-bit onto it and this laptop can basically do everything. Didn't have enough time with the laptop to get XP working in AHCI mode, but did make some progress.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=418542

 

Thanks for the input, that's helpful. A mouse isn't an option for me so I'd need to use the bar. The right-click matters since you can't tap instead, right?

I saw the thread about the beeping. Does sound annoying (but I likely wouldn't unplug that often). And I'm happy to stick with Vista so that's okay.

Thanks again.

 

I just bought a nv52 a day ago which is similar to nv58. The clicking bar is kindy of awkward but I got used to it after about a day working with it go figure. But I do prefer my touchpad buttons on my MSI ex625 which is broken at the moment. The beep is not that bad to me. It would only be annoying if in a very quiet room or something.