Can I increase the sensitivity of the touchpad? Using it takes about 100 swipes to make it across the screen. I'm using Windows 7. Thanks!
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Yes and no. When the device is connected you can find it under Devices and Printers in the control panel. If you right-click on the correct mouse, (i.e not your regular mouse), go to properties, Then the hardware tab, then you can click on change settings and from there you should be able to change of the pointer. From my experience it only changes the speed of the mouse for the specific device, it should not affect your other hardware. Hope this helps!
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It's sensitive but as far as using all the touchpad gestures I'm gonna go ahead and say no because it's too small to be practical. However, on the bottom of the touchpad there is a small stripe for scrolling which can easily be done with one thumb. Unless you have the hands of a newborn baby I wouldn't plan on using gestures : )
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Hi you can tap the pad easily or use the clicks on the lower pad. I actually use the button click more personally but both work great!
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Yes, you can turn off the touchpad by hitting Fn F7, there is also a setting under the synaptic manager that detects and ignores accidental "palm clicks." You can adjust the sensitivity of this setting by right clicking on the Synaptics Pointing Device icon in the task tray and selecting "Pointing Device Properties." In the new window that pops up, click on "SmartSense." This slider allows you to adjust how the touchpad responds. If set to "Max" then it will only respond to a single finger, any touched area larger than a fingertip will be ignored. It may take some trial and error, but within a few days of owning the laptop you should be able to get it to a comfortable setting for your use.
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Purchased it a few hours ago. Using it right now on my Win 7 laptop. Had to buy a Bluetooth dongle though. When first pairing and connecting, the experience was "meh.." however I downloaded the windows drivers and an application called "magic Trackpad Control Panel" and suddenly the Trackpad became a little monster. I'm loving the new experience so far (although it took me a while to understand how to drag windows/select text, etc -you double tap but leave your finger in contact with the trackpad on the second tap and then move it around) You can find more info regarding the drivers and app here: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/apple-magic-trackpad-control-panel-adds-trackpad-properties-in-windows-7/ Purchased it a few hours ago. Using it right now on my Win 7 laptop. Had to buy a Bluetooth dongle though. When first pairing and connecting, the experience was "meh.." however I downloaded the windows drivers and an application called "magic Trackpad Control Panel" and suddenly the Trackpad became a little monster. I'm loving the new experience so far (although it took me a while to understand how to drag windows/select text, etc -you double tap but leave your finger in contact with the trackpad on the second tap and then move it around) You can find more info regarding... » Read More Purchased it a few hours ago. Using it right now on my Win 7 laptop. Had to buy a Bluetooth dongle though. When first pairing and connecting, the experience was "meh.." however I downloaded the windows drivers and an application called "magic Trackpad Control Panel" and suddenly the Trackpad became a little monster. I'm loving the new experience so far (although it took me a while to understand how to drag windows/select text, etc -you double tap but leave your finger in contact with the trackpad on the second tap and then move it around) You can find more info regarding the drivers and app here: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/apple-magic-trackpad-control-panel-adds-trackpad-properties-in-windows-7/ « Show Less
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Hi R.C.: I bought this for my wife. The touch screen can be very tricky to use. I'm not sure the touch response would be good for games. Ultimately, I returned the unit. Maybe I just don't like Windows 8, at least not yet. Good Luck.
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Works very well with windows 8. Although, with windows 8 you'll find you rarely use the touchpad and start using the touchscreen a lot more.
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When that happens to me, I realize it's because one of my thumbs touched the trackpad--and I agree it's a pain in the components. I'll bet there is a setting to turn off the trackpad somewhere (I use a real wired mouse), but I've managed to live with it well enough so far.
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You can slightly tap the touchpad with "click" fuction. You can also tap it with the mouse switch hidden under the rubber feet. Either way can use the tap feature of the touchpad.
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I am not a huge fan of the touch pad. It is very unresponsive at times. Really bugs me. Other than that, it is an excellent laptop.
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Hot keys "fn + f7" disables touch pad if you use a mouse. ..great. do it again if u want to enable.
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I agree with J. Leo. The trackpad on every ASUS notebook for the past year have been terrible. I'm talking about that terrible dimpled monstrosity with the rocker switch. Here are my complaints: 1) The trackpad is on a glossy surface, meaning that if your fingers are not well oiled, the fingers do not glide across the surface. This makes using the trackpad a horrible horrible experience. 2) The dimples are not enough to indicate the end of the trackpad. Normal trackpads are recessed, leaving a slight wall to tell a user where the trackpad ended. 3) The rocker switch is not deep enough, so pressing the mouse button leaves an unclear impression as to whether a click was registered. Look at the Thinkpad buttons. Those go deep, at least by several millimeters. If you press it down, you know you pressed a button. The rocker switch goes down by about one millimeter. Not enough. Additionally, if some debris gets down there, it scrapes against the switch which sounds almost like a click. 4) The rocker switch is loud. 5) Due to the glossiness, oil and fingerprints accumulate on the trackpad itself. How ugly. (Consider this a side rant against any glossy notebook chassis.) Also, what's with the typically mediocre ASUS screens? About the only good screen from an ASUS is the 1005 HA.
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For the Venue 8 Pro you might want to look at the MouseTouchPointer app. It turns the whole screen or a portion of it into a trackpad which moves and controls a standard mouse pointer. It uses all the normal trackpad functions (tap to click, double tap to click and hold, long press for right context menu, etc.) and has a really nice overlay keyboard which supports transparency. There's a lot more to it that I haven't explored but it made my Venue 8 Pro actually usable. I just couldn't make the normal touch screen work well with my normal sized finger tips.
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If you adjust the delay time its fine! only problem I have with the track pad is If I drag my finger across it to quickly and across the whole thing is I use the Windows 8 functions of switching apps a mouse fixes it all
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As far as I am concerned the trackpad has no problem. It is something that can be adjusted with the sensibility setting.
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In the Main Menu You can adjust sensitivity. Also in Options menu you can change Device and Buttons.. Long Menu but worth Looking into for References.
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The track pad does not have buttons. You tap for a "click." The touch sensitivity is very good and has multi-finger gestures. It is on par with my MacBook Pro's touchpad and works the same.The context click, right click, is done by pressing in the lower right corner until you hear it click.The battery is consistently lasting 8+ hours for me.