Am i seriously the only one who hates touchpads?

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#1  Edited By Motherfucker
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#2  Edited By awe_stuck

I hate touchpads that cost the price of a modern computer, but have the components of a high end netbook... Seriously touchpads are interesting, but i find a keyboard and mouse, much more useful. Theres a reason touchpads use a simplified menu system.. Just sayin.

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#3  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

Yeah, I hate touchpads. I have to hook up a mouse to my laptop to avoid using the touchpad. I'm lost without a mouse.

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#4  Edited By BulletproofMonk

Touchpads are terrible. I use a mouse whenever I can.

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#5  Edited By Vextroid

It doesn't  help when the touch pad fucks most of the time. Bought a wireless mouse to take with and have been happy ever since.

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#6  Edited By shiftymagician

There are great uses for touchpads but the technology isn't there yet to make them a reasonable alternative for a regular computer user.  I think the idea of a touchpad is great under certain scenarios, however most people who use touchpads are really getting it just because they are popular.

Now should companies push for more of a hybrid touchpad that can also double with a stand to become a mini-computer and use with a keyboard and mouse, they might have a good solution for a lot of casual computer users that really do very little with their computers in the first place.  If they make them really affordable, they can even serve as little terminals that even active users could make use of.  The only real problem that will face developers of these touchpads are the size vs portability of these dual-form touchpads.

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#7  Edited By StrikeALight

I'm not a fan of touchpads. Those all-in-one-pcs really annoy me, too. (not Macs)

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#8  Edited By PhatSeeJay

They're alright. Though it sucks when you start to feel the skin burn to keep up the APM in Starcraft II. I kid... I hate them.

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#9  Edited By 02sfraser

I love my magic trackpad on my Macbook. The gestures are good for every day use but for games I have to use a mouse.

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#10  Edited By jkuc316

If you are asking if you are the only who hates touchpads, i say no, If your question is if I hate touchpads, then I say yes.

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#11  Edited By SMTDante89

I need to have a mouse when available.

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Don't like em, at all.

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#13  Edited By WoodenPlatypus


For everyday use like just searching the internet its not that bad.

If it comes to editing, drawing or using programs like CS4 and Vegas I like to use a plug in Mouse.

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#14  Edited By Vodun

Touch pads have a place when you have no room to use a mouse, otherwise they just need to go away.


Anyone who hooks up a touch pad to a desktop computer needs to me rounded up and shot together with those that invert camera controls.