Typing Problem with New laptop

Question

Not a newbie with desktops but when it comes to laptops thats a different story.

I looked at a lappy and found that when typing an email the cursor would jump to a line that all ready had been typed and with out error on my part would start typing where I didn't want it. It required many corrections. It did this for every line I typed.

The person who had this laptop told me that there was a driver for the touch pad and that after it was installed I would have an option to click to disable the touch pad. This sounds like it would be very difficult to navigate the document while typing and not have full use of the touch pad. I didn't think to much of this pc because of this.

My question here is, is the problem I mentioned above, common with all laptops, or is this an isolated issue with this particular model laptop or just a plain defective laptop?

Thanks............

Rebel9 · Answer

It's quite probable that you are accidentally brushing or touching the touch pad while you are typing. This is a very common problem. You can adjust the sensitivity of the touch pad so that these inadvertent touches are ignored.

Julzie · Answer

The other option is what I do... I have my touchpad set up to disable whenever the system detects an external mouse. Most of the time I use a mouse; it's just easier for me, but on occasions when I don't, the touchpad will work just fine.

TMcCaine · Answer

Some newer laptops come with a button that disables the touch pad for such a situation, and I with large hands and apparently heavy wrists press down on mine a lot even to the point where I have stressed the rubber footing. Laughable really but the best option you can buy is a keyboard cover that you put on top of the palm rest in the same style as the foam padded keyboard palm rests but made of a thin rubber. Pieces of paper, fabric, or other simple solutions are best as the touch pad relies on direct skin contact to work.

I personally dislike touchpads and eraser heads for mice, I prefer the external units so much more but sometimes there just isn't much choice. I pine for the days of intigrated trackballs, but hay touchpads are the cheapest option and have no moving parts helping them last longer than %90 of the other hardware on these delicate pieces of machinery.

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