Touch pad - NP8130 vs NP8150

I am pretty close to getting an NP8130 but wanted some opinions on the touch pads on both the NP8130 versus the NP8150 before I pull the trigger.

The consensus on everything I have read is the soft touch on the NP8150 is not so great on the touch pad - how bad is it? I really would like the extra power on the NP8150 but don't want the hassle of doing a swap with an NP8130 case or buying new GPUs down the road. With that said if it is really that bad I will just get the NP8130 and just upgrade in the future.

Anyone like the touch pad on the NP8150? Hoping it is not as bad as it sounds - I will use the computer a lot where a mouse is not practical so it is pretty important to me.

 

The only differences in the touch pads is that the P150HM has a rubberized exterior that extends to the touchpad. The touchpad isn't as "slick" as the P151HM1, but it's definitely not "tacky" either. It's really hard to describe to someone that hasn't felt the laptop finish. (It really feels similar to the finish on a wetsuit, but I'm sure that reference doesn't help much!). It seems to be a love it or hate it feature around here though. I'm sure you'll get a ton of replies both ways too to help you decide

Worst case scenario, you absolutely hate it- most resellers do have a standard 30 day return policy so you can bump down to the P151HM1.

 

I don't think the touch pad is that bad. It has a rubberised coating and I find that it gives a little bit of resistant. Your finger tends to drag on it a bit it is not as smooth or slick as a conventional touch pad. However for me it is not a deal breaker you will get used to it I don't really think its that big of a deal anyway.

 

I found it easier to double tap on rubberized pad, 'cause your finger doesn't slip.

 

I don't mind it, however, I usually use an external mouse (Razer Copperhead); initially it was a little too tacky for me but it does break in (probably the oils from your hands/fingers getting on it).

 

If you are getting one of these machines, is a touchpad really the focus? Games are. And if you are playing games, then you will most likely use an external mouse. I have the Logitech G700

 

I have a Logitech Performance MX. I don't really need to use the touch pad but I do sometimes I would have no problem using it day to day for just casual stuff like web browsing. For anything more than that I would use an external mouse.

 

You can always do what I did.

 

This is like the screen protector stuff for iPhones? I guess it makes sense as that stuff still allows for capacitive touch.

 

Does the rubber finish wear off over time? I got a Razer Orochi mouse that had a rubber finish, but after a few months of use, it became sticky and you could scratch the coating off with your nails. It would really suck if this happens to an entire laptop!

 

To be honest, I'm hating the touchpad on my 8130. It's not unresponsive as much as it responds incorrectly. For instance, when browsing the internet I would go to move my mouse and instead the text would grow bigger because the trackpad is somehow reading CTRL+Mouse Wheel even though Ctrl isn't being held and I'm nowhere near the mouse wheel portion. Mistaking my position for the mouse wheel seems to be the most common problem, although it's does have general trouble with responding.

The guy who scratched the finish off had the right idea. I don't want to take the risk myself, I'm waiting for it to weather off over time. Meanwhile, I have this cheap wireless mouse to use anyway.....

 

It does this when you have one finger down on the trackpad and scrolling with another (it's a gesture type command). Normally scrolling on the right hand side does indeed work just like a mouse wheel. It takes getting used to the touchpad to not accidentally bump it when scrolling. I had the same issues with my Lotus P150HM at first, and I still do it accidentally on occasion

 

You're accidentally using the pinch zoom feature. I've actually done this myself. You can disable this feature in the Synaptics Device settings.

 

Go into the advanced menu for the synaptic touchpad properties and disable features you don't need. This trackpad has a ton of gestures people don't know about and may be activating accidentally like the 3 finger swipe, the spiral scrolling, etc.

 

Yeah, no... I have since taken your advice and the trackpad still commonly gives me problems.

It seems to stick on reading the scroll wheel when my finger is nowhere near it. Yes, I have played with the touch zones or whatever in the settings, I'm far to the left while it's the right, yet it still reads mouse wheel. The mouse icon freezes on it's default pointer and refuses to move, in my frantic tapping it may change a few times to the icon for the mouse wheel, or it may not.

Either way I'm already beginning to see the finish weather off, which isn't exactly something I should be excited about, but I'm hoping it gives me a better response