Can't get used to my laptop

[miketx]

I've been mainly using my laptop for the last three weeks and I am having a heck of a time with typo's and partially completed words. I hate the little mouse pad thing it has and if I even touch it while typing it moves the cursor, starts putting what I'm typing on a different already typed line that makes it look like I'm drunk or something. I mean having a 120 dollar laptop that works is good by it's taking a toll on my patience. Should I shoot it?

 

[Kat]

Use a regular mouse. Wireless.

 

[Intolerant]

You can get a speech to text program. Works well Just don’t use it when high or drunk.

 

[miketx]

Use a regular mouse. Wireless.

I do, but it's the typing where I touch the built in mouse pad the screws up everything.

 

[Pogo]

Use a regular mouse. Wireless.

Amen. Been there.

And when you do that, power it with rechargeable batteries. I recommend Eneloops.

 

[Crixus]

Use a regular mouse. Wireless.

I do, but it's the typing where I touch the built in mouse pad the screws up everything.

I think you can turn that off? I do the same thing. Gotta move your thumbs.

 

[HenryBHough]

Keyboard is not full-size. Try an after-market keyboard either wired or wireless. Experiment with several in the stores to find one that works. For my laptop I use a LogiTech (spelling?) wireless with a corded "travel mouse".

For my graphics computer I've used a wired "Selectric" type made in Canada but those tend to last only a couple of months. Right now trying one of the soft tactic "das Keyboard". Spendy but feels good.

Laptop standard keyboards are OK for hunt-and-peck users but for high speed typing they suck. I peaked at 139 WPM in my younger days but speed was quickly destroyed by an ASR33 TTY. If you're a fast touch-typist spend the money for a good full-size keyboard. Kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop when you're away from home but it'll save your sanity.

 

[miketx]

Use a regular mouse. Wireless.

I do, but it's the typing where I touch the built in mouse pad the screws up everything.

I think you can turn that off? I do the same thing. Gotta move your thumbs.

I don't see any way to turn it off but I'll look again.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Love the MacBook pro!!
Dont have any of those problems.
All my mistakes are due to drunkeness.

 

[miketx]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

 

[Toro]

I've been mainly using my laptop for the last three weeks and I am having a heck of a time with typo's and partially completed words. I hate the little mouse pad thing it has and if I even touch it while typing it moves the cursor, starts putting what I'm typing on a different already typed line that makes it look like I'm drunk or something. I mean having a 120 dollar laptop that works is good by it's taking a toll on my patience. Should I shoot it?

Yeah yeah yeah, blame yoar laptop ...

 

[Rambunctious]

You can get a speech to text program. Works well Just don’t use it when high or drunk.

 

[Intolerant]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

 

[miketx]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

 

[Crixus]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

Seriously, lift your thumbs. Port of folks will just barely touch that stupid mouse pad.

 

[miketx]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

Seriously, lift your thumbs. Port of folks will just barely touch that stupid mouse pad.

I do it was just weird typing like that, but the hateful m-fugga is dormant now!

 

[Crixus]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

Seriously, lift your thumbs. Port of folks will just barely touch that stupid mouse pad.

I do it was just weird typing like that, but the hateful m-fugga is dormant now!

So there is a way to turn it off? Don’t matter anyway I broke my laptop. The Chinese do that on purpose to piss us off.

 

[miketx]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

Seriously, lift your thumbs. Port of folks will just barely touch that stupid mouse pad.

I do it was just weird typing like that, but the hateful m-fugga is dormant now!

So there is a way to turn it off? Don’t matter anyway I broke my laptop. The Chinese do that on purpose to piss us off.

Yes there was. First I looked on the internet for my exact laptop and found many articles on how to do it, but none of them worked. Finally I gave up and Kat suggested looking in the bios/setup for a tool to shut it off. I did, and even though it was buried under misleading/generic terminology, I found it and decimated it.

 

[Intolerant]

Yay! Kat suggested I look in the bios/setup and see if there was a way to turn it off and there was! In spite of it being hidden with cryptic wording the thing is dead!

Good now I can understand what you’re saying bro. Before I thought you had a speech impediment

My fingers stutter. It's hell doing Morse.

Seriously, lift your thumbs. Port of folks will just barely touch that stupid mouse pad.

I do it was just weird typing like that, but the hateful m-fugga is dormant now!

So there is a way to turn it off? Don’t matter anyway I broke my laptop. The Chinese do that on purpose to piss us off.

 

[airplanemechanic]

I use a regular wired mouse and disable the keypad.