I'm considering a new laptop, looking for experiences.

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

On 04/12/2012 04:01 PM, Bill Freeman wrote:
>
> I find the touchpads annoying enough (my thumb brushing it
> unintentionally) that I don't like either, and virtually always use
> an external mouse.  But the nub is no draw for me.
I, myself, *love* the nubs, but for practical reasons, wound up with a 
dual-core Gateway (a/k/a e-Machines, a/k/a Acer) with a touchpad.  Gnome 
has (had?) a nifty feature.  On my Ubuntu box: System -> Preferences -> 
Mouse -> Touchpad -> Disable touchpad while typing.  When I kicked the 
tires on Xubuntu, it became readily apparent how much not having that 
feature affected me.

-Ken

P.S.  I love my three-year-old AMD dual-core 11.6" Gateway -- thew an 
SSD in, and it positively flies.  I just wish I could crank it past 4 GB 
of RAM, which is what will probably propel me to a new laptop.