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This happened on my Zenbook prime as well. You need to restart the synaptics driver, which was very annoying. I got rid of it and just went with a Macbook Air

by akuma73 12y ago

This happened on my Zenbook prime as well. You need to restart the synaptics driver, which was very annoying. I got rid of it and just went with a Macbook Air. It's just better in so many ways.

vxNsr 12y ago
right except that my laptop costed ~$700 and had a dedicated graphics card and touchscreen while the macbook has nothing at that price point.
- seanmcdirmid 12y ago
  Well, you still get what you pay for. Is there a PC laptop with a decent trackpad experience at any price point?
  - sremani 12y ago
    Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? At least with the windows machine if you have trouble with trackpad, touchscreen will come to rescue. Its insane how people get hung up one thing and talk as if that is central. When Apple released Retina branded hi-res, its all about resolution, now that Macbooks are not hi-res than their competition somehow its not that important anymore. Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. Your reality or competence of usage of a tool is always subjective, so lets all chill and pick the marbles we like respectively.
    - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
      > Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? Why do I care? I barely use the touchscreen on my 16k RMB X1, and I numb my pointer finger on its precise yet painful trackpoint because the trackpad is useless. Without the trackpoint, I would have to give up, since the touch screen really doesn't work for programming. > Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. A tool that doesn't work, and I'm pissed off about it. This is not a pissing contest, but about having a tool that doesn't suck. > Your reality or competence of usage of a tool is always subjective, so lets all chill and pick the marbles we like respectively. I use PCs because of my work. But whenever I use my wife's macbook, I'm absolutely floored by the trackpad...that actually works...why should designers get better equipment than programmers? People that settle for crappy tools make me unhappy.
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      - sremani 12y ago
        Your argument has merit, but my point is you are overblowing the importance of trackpad. I would rather have the trackpad that is as capable as MBA on SP3, but I am willing to compromise there given other aspects of SP3 as well as, at least in my case as a programmer I used touch to compensate for some shortcomings of trackpad. No this absolutely is not a pissing contest.
        seanmcdirmid 12y ago
        The track pad is very important to me, a working one is very useful, and who wants to carry around a mouse (and find a table to use one) or suffer from guerilla arm using touch all the time. If it is important to you, you can only get a MacBook.
        sremani 12y ago
        http://laptops.reviewed.com/content/asus-zenbook-ux301la-dh71t-laptop-review http://laptops.reviewed.com/content/asus-zenbook-ux301la-dh7... Asus Zenbook UX 301 has the best touchpad (according to the site). So, I guess if you are objectively looking for a touchpad - you do have option.
        seanmcdirmid 12y ago
        Can't wait to try it out, hopefully they have one at Zhongguancun already somewhere.
    - rayiner 12y ago
      Some things are more important than others. A good keyboard and good touchpad is more useful and important than a touchscreen.
ufmace 12y ago
How good was the trackpad scrolling when it was working compared to the Mac? I got a Macbook Pro recently, and I'm amazed at how terrible the trackpad scroll is on every windows laptop I've ever used compared to it. I have to wonder what the deal is with that.

by akuma73 12y ago

This happened on my Zenbook prime as well. You need to restart the synaptics driver, which was very annoying. I got rid of it and just went with a Macbook Air. It's just better in so many ways.

vxNsr 12y ago

right except that my laptop costed ~$700 and had a dedicated graphics card and touchscreen while the macbook has nothing at that price point.

seanmcdirmid 12y ago
Well, you still get what you pay for. Is there a PC laptop with a decent trackpad experience at any price point?
- sremani 12y ago
  Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? At least with the windows machine if you have trouble with trackpad, touchscreen will come to rescue. Its insane how people get hung up one thing and talk as if that is central. When Apple released Retina branded hi-res, its all about resolution, now that Macbooks are not hi-res than their competition somehow its not that important anymore. Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. Your reality or competence of usage of a tool is always subjective, so lets all chill and pick the marbles we like respectively.
  - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
    > Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? Why do I care? I barely use the touchscreen on my 16k RMB X1, and I numb my pointer finger on its precise yet painful trackpoint because the trackpad is useless. Without the trackpoint, I would have to give up, since the touch screen really doesn't work for programming. > Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. A tool that doesn't work, and I'm pissed off about it. This is not a pissing contest, but about having a tool that doesn't suck. > Your reality or competence of usage of a tool is always subjective, so lets all chill and pick the marbles we like respectively. I use PCs because of my work. But whenever I use my wife's macbook, I'm absolutely floored by the trackpad...that actually works...why should designers get better equipment than programmers? People that settle for crappy tools make me unhappy.
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    - sremani 12y ago
      Your argument has merit, but my point is you are overblowing the importance of trackpad. I would rather have the trackpad that is as capable as MBA on SP3, but I am willing to compromise there given other aspects of SP3 as well as, at least in my case as a programmer I used touch to compensate for some shortcomings of trackpad. No this absolutely is not a pissing contest.
      - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
        The track pad is very important to me, a working one is very useful, and who wants to carry around a mouse (and find a table to use one) or suffer from guerilla arm using touch all the time. If it is important to you, you can only get a MacBook.
        sremani 12y ago
        http://laptops.reviewed.com/content/asus-zenbook-ux301la-dh71t-laptop-review http://laptops.reviewed.com/content/asus-zenbook-ux301la-dh7... Asus Zenbook UX 301 has the best touchpad (according to the site). So, I guess if you are objectively looking for a touchpad - you do have option.
        seanmcdirmid 12y ago
        Can't wait to try it out, hopefully they have one at Zhongguancun already somewhere.
  - rayiner 12y ago
    Some things are more important than others. A good keyboard and good touchpad is more useful and important than a touchscreen.

ufmace 12y ago

How good was the trackpad scrolling when it was working compared to the Mac? I got a Macbook Pro recently, and I'm amazed at how terrible the trackpad scroll is on every windows laptop I've ever used compared to it. I have to wonder what the deal is with that.