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post #41 of 50
10/4/04 at 12:08pm
Does anyone else get really tired and sore fingers from using the touchpad. I really need a mouse, but I'm trying to wait for the microsoft wireless notebook mouse to come out before I get one.
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post #42 of 50
10/4/04 at 9:32pm
Just to let you all know - I have a D800 and it has the Alps...must be the same for all of this "family" of laptops.

It took some time to set up how I like, but you can eventually get it set sensitivity-wise, how you will like.
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post #43 of 50
10/4/04 at 9:45pm
Crap.. They got a really good price on a D505 this week. Now this touchpad issue. What shall I do.
Used a touchpad up at bestbuy yesterday which was a synaptics and loved it. I suppose now if i order and after using the other touchpad I will really be able to tell the difference huh...
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post #44 of 50
10/5/04 at 7:29am
I don't think the alps touchpad is that big of a problem. It just takes some getting used to... IMO its only a minor issue, not enough to deter me from buying a certain laptop if I really wanted.
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post #45 of 50
10/5/04 at 8:33am
Just go for it! As hazna said, it wouldn't stop me buying a laptop. Its just not as good as the Synaptics, but it is certainly not a dealbraker.
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post #46 of 50
11/14/04 at 12:36am
Yeah I have an alps on my 8600. In terms of movement, it seems fine. Though the synaptics on my friends Compaq is so much smoother, and slightly more responsive. It's vastly superior to the touch.

My main issue with the alps is the touch clicking, being that it isn't very responsive. You need to tap in just the right place to get any sort of response. Whereas on the compaq you can tap nigh on anywhere and it'll register it.

It's quite annoying as when you're surfing you're never quite sure if you've clicked links. Quite a big nuance to me.
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post #47 of 50
3/5/05 at 9:57pm
Sorry to bump this thread, but I was wondering if it would be possible to swap out the alps touchpad in my 8600 with a synaptics touchpad from a inspiron 8000? And if so, how hard to do is it?

If someone could let me know that'd be awesome.
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post #48 of 50
3/6/05 at 1:37am
I don't like Alps. With windows's drivers, the pointer jumps around a lot. With the Alps drivers, the pointer isnt very accurate. Choosing between the two evils, I'm sticking with the windows drivers. I've used synaptics in the past and they have excellent touchpads, never had anything wrong with them and didn't have to install any extra drivers for them to work well.

Yeah, I'd love to swap my Alps for a Synaptics on my iXPS.
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post #49 of 50
3/6/05 at 6:34pm
I have a Gateway Solo 9550 w/ a Synaptics, and I loved that.
The Alps in my I9200 took some adjusting to get it to behave just like the synaptics.
Here's what I did;

Control Panel/Mouse Properties/
tab-"Touch Pad" / button-"Touch Senitivity"...set it to High.
tab-"Hardware" / button-"Properties" / tab-"Advanced Settings"...scroll "Sample Rate" to value "200". Click "?" and click "Sample Rate" scroll window for an explaination of what it does.
If your mouse is behaving in a choppy manor, on that same page, chan ge the "Input Buffer Length" value to "200 Packets".
If you're still have problems with iradic behavoir, uncheck the box "Fast Initialization".

Computer needs a reboot for changes to take effect.

I find no difference in my pads now. In fact, I've even changed my 9200 screen resolution to match my old Gateway 1024x768 for a true comparison of the mouse pad behavoir. It's covering the same # of pixels at the same speed, but with 1920x1200, it physically moves across the screen at at almost half the speed of the old laptop.

I find the sensitivity to be the same.

FWIW, I have mine set as fast and sensitive as possible.
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post #50 of 50
3/7/05 at 3:13am
the dell touchpad is more rough and the hp touchpad is smooth but its like rubbing on a window..
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