Q: I have a Dell Inspiron 17.3, 5000 Series, with a precision touchpad. I am experiencing the problems previously reported in your column regarding the highly sensitive touchpad. I cannot locate a ...

A hand touching a laptop touchpad - Mikalai Lipski/Getty Images You won't always want to (or be able to) use a mouse with a laptop, and whether you call it a touchpad or a trackpad, it'll be your best ...

Many Toshiba laptops feature a touchpad that you can use to control the cursor on your Windows desktop. This increases the laptop's portability because the touchpad replaces the need to connect a ...

I'm running Linux Mint with a KDE desktop on 2 laptops, an HP G62 with a Synaptics touchpad, and an Acer Aspire A0722 with an Elantech touchpad. On both systems but esp. the HP, touchpad sensitivity ...