Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Touchpad & Keyboard

Hello,



Could owners comment on the touchpad and two mouse buttons. I've seen/heard very little written about them so far. The reason I ask is because I do a lot of work in photoshop. My current Inspiron 1720 is very smooth and accurate to use with scrolling in both directions. However my wife's newer Inspiron 1545 is irratic and pretty lousy. I'm also not interesting in an external mouse.



Is the keyboard the chiclet type? How's the quality of construction, flimsy, solid or? Does it work pretty well overall?



I'm also interested in the Asus N73JQ/N73SV. But notebookcheck gave it a pretty bad review:

Quote:

The keys click loudly and have a clear key stroke length. The pressure point is distinct, but hard. After a few hours of the click staccato, most users will voluntarily connect an external mouse.

As a side note I recently bought a Sager 5170 and found the mouse buttons almost unusable they were so hard to click. An external mouse is would have been mandatory for any extended usage/work. I am returning it today for a number of reasons.



Thanks,



Derek

Reply 1 : Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Touchpad & Keyboard

Quote:

Originally Posted by dereksurfs Hello, Could owners comment on the touchpad and two mouse buttons. I've seen/heard very little written about them so far. The reason I ask is because I do a lot of work in photoshop. My current Inspiron 1720 is very smooth and accurate to use with scrolling in both directions. However my wife's newer Inspiron 1545 is irratic and pretty lousy. I'm also not interesting in an external mouse. Is the keyboard the chiclet type? How's the quality of construction, flimsy, solid or? Does it work pretty well overall? I'm also interested in the Asus N73JQ/N73SV. But notebookcheck gave it a pretty bad review: As a side note I recently bought a Sager 5170 and found the mouse buttons almost unusable they were so hard to click. An external mouse is would have been mandatory for any extended usage/work. I am returning it today for a number of reasons. Thanks, Derek

The keyboard "backlit" is very well constructed,and looks well and is a pleasure to work with,as for the touch pad I still find it not very responsive some of the time,compaired to my Inspiron 9400 even after using the setup software.But all in all is nice unit.

Reply 2 : Dell XPS 17 (L702x) Touchpad & Keyboard

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Murphy The keyboard "backlit" is very well constructed,and looks well and is a pleasure to work with,as for the touch pad I still find it not very responsive some of the time,compaired to my Inspiron 9400 even after using the setup software.But all in all is nice unit.

Sounds good, thanks for the input.