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I have a Yoga P40. It's a great machine. The CPU, RAM, and SSD are very fast: I can compile heavy stuff in a blink. The HDPI display is gorgeous: I can open it
by etatoby 8y ago
I have a Yoga P40. It's a great machine. The CPU, RAM, and SSD are very fast: I can compile heavy stuff in a blink. The HDPI display is gorgeous: I can open it 180° or 360° and sketch or paint on it with an active pen. The keyboard is not bad. It's not mechanical, but it doesn't tire my hands as others do.
But the one thing that drives me nuts is the buttonless trackpad. This thing is utterly unusable. I've been trying everything: pushing it down with the finger that's doing the tracking; using another hand to use the trackpoint buttons; using the trackpoint itself... it's no use. Clicking on the odd link is ok, but doing any precision selecting, dragging or drawing is useless.
I used to be able to draw freehand with a good trackpad and a separate button under it. Now I struggle to drag a file over the right folder.
In hindsight, I should have bought an older model with actual buttons. This huge disadvantage trumps all the other benefits.
- Casseres 8y agoAre you refering to the trackpad that doesn't have buttons, and the whole trackpad moves down when you click? If so, I have a Lenovo Yoga laptop that did that too. I bought a regular trackpad from the same line off of eBay and swapped it out myself, it was quick and easy. I recommend doing that.
- etatoby 8y agoWHAT!!! Is that even possible!?!? If this works I owe your a beer! Yes, I'm referring to the whole trackpad that moves up and down. I have separate buttons for the trackpoint above the trackpad, but I cannot use them with my thumb. The whole layout has been driving me nuts!
- etatoby 8y agoWait, I don't think my line has the one with the buttons below. I have a P40. Could you tell me which Yoga model you had and which trackpad did you buy?