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Posted on 10-19-09 03:24:29 AM Link | Quote
On my desktop, games are usually the only things that get full-screen'd. I find myself using winkey+right and winkey+left a lot; it's handy for quickly making windows (especially text editors) tall but only half the screen width. (I also often keep terminals at the default width of 80 characters; I'm not really sure why. )

I maximize everything on my laptop, though, since it's only 1024x600.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:27:14 AM Link | Quote
I use alt-tab anyway.

Though I've become very efficient with the touchpad... used to them. When I'm playing a game though, I have a USB mouse with me.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:28:40 AM Link | Quote


I can't stand touchpads Especially with the tap-to-click feature, as typing movements and such tend to result in accidental clicks. I use a real mouse

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:31:18 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Dark Witch Terra
I can't stand touchpads Especially with the tap-to-click feature, as typing movements and such tend to result in accidental clicks. I use a real mouse

I actually always use tap-to-click. It doesn't bug me that much, I never end up with accidental clicks, and the buttons on my laptop are pretty hard to press.

My netbook has a multitouch touchpad (Elan SmartPad is the type I think) which is pretty cool. My favourite part is being able to use pinching gestures like on the iPhone to maximise/minimise windows. Scrolling is annoying (I have to place two fingers on the pad and move them). It used to be not very sensitive, but I updated the drivers and now it's REALLY sensitive - even with the speed set to minimum. Overall it's useful, it's just a pain compared to a normal mouse.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:32:53 AM Link | Quote
I am always setting off tap-to-click.

I can't go without it disabled.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:37:46 AM Link | Quote
I know my laptop allows for touchclick pressure sensitivity. That's why I have no trouble with it. If I want to click, I'll make sure I hit it hard enough.

I've also got my touchpad movement sensitivity jacked way up. For whatever reason, I like it high up there. Always throws off other people though.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:41:42 AM Link | Quote


Originally posted by Bloodstar
I am always setting off tap-to-click.

I can't go without it disabled.


On my Vista laptop, it was really hard to disable the setting I just turn the touchpad off entirely unless I have a nonworking mouse.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:43:02 AM Link | Quote
Was it tucked away somewhere?

My laptop runs Vista, and I didn't have any trouble disabling it.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:43:48 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bloodstar
Was it tucked away somewhere?

My laptop runs Vista, and I didn't have any trouble disabling it.

That sounds like it might be more of a touchpad specific thing than an OS thing though.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:45:42 AM Link | Quote
I've never in my life seen any touchpad drivers that weren't Synaptic, though.

I was hardly aware others existed!

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:46:12 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bloodstar
I've never in my life seen any touchpad drivers that weren't Synaptic, though.

I was hardly aware others existed!

Not sure what my old laptop had, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Synaptic. My current netbook is Elan.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:47:59 AM Link | Quote
Which netbook model did you say you had again, though...? My Aspire One and my Toshiba Satellite both have Synaptic drivers, as did my old Gateway...

A bit more on topic, I've heard of netbook with 800x480 screens... the thought of that is honestly scary.

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Posted on 10-19-09 03:54:20 AM Link | Quote
Mine is all Dell, so it's bound to be different. I can change touchpad speed, click pressure, tapping speed, horiz/vert scrolling speed and more.

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:04:19 AM (last edited by Dark Witch Terra at 10-19-09 01:04 AM) Link | Quote

Mine's a Compaq (Cheapaq) Presario C700, which I got in January 2008 mostly because it was (IIRC) the cheapest laptop they had

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:06:52 AM Link | Quote
I've actually been worried about Compaq products for a while. I avoided them in favor of Toshiba.

How are their monitors, anyway...? I need a new one, and it might just end up being a Compaq.

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:08:00 AM Link | Quote


My laptop's screen has been holding out pretty well I don't know about their standalone monitors.

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:15:42 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bloodstar
How are their monitors, anyway...? I need a new one, and it might just end up being a Compaq.
I would strongly suggest avoiding Compaq monitors, if their LCDs are anything like their CRTs were.

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:19:04 AM Link | Quote
Any... suggestions on who to go for, then? I was considering Compaq because theirs were hte cheapest 1600x900 monitors... but if they're bad, then yeah.

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:23:03 AM Link | Quote


I think that's basically Compaq's niche in the computer world. They're cheap.

Before I had my laptop, I used an AOC monitor

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Posted on 10-19-09 04:26:48 AM Link | Quote
Xkeeper is currently using a 19" (?) widescreen HP monitor, which has a very bright and vibrant picture, and even more controls and settings than either of my two 21" monitors (Samsung and ViewSonic). I don't remember the price, but it was very affordable!

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