Does that little mouse pillow area come off? I need to use it with a touchpad, not a mouse.
1011877
yes. that plastic piece where the mouse is sitting in the picture is also an optional attachment. the mouse pad and cushions are all removable.
1663911
Yes. They don't not interfere with one another, if you use them separately. I use the touchpad and a wireless mouse.
2196824
You sure can. There's a hotkey for it. I usually keep my touchpad off when i can and use a cheap usb mouse.
1141067
Not good because your mouse would be limited to a very small space of the touch pad and I'm not sure the mouse would even work on that surface. If you want to use an external mouse, you're better off purchasing a lap desk with a plain pull out tray or surface specifically intended for a mouse.
362342
Nope I have my laptop on my lap most of the time. It dangles from the side of my usb port. Have not had a problem with it falling out, It is very secure and I am really glad I bought one
271481
No there is not a mousepad...I use either the keyboard or use the touch screen.
530925
It is in the between the top and bottom layer, the mouse pad is also in there too :)
1096895
I believe you can go in under 'Control Panel' and mouse/keyboard settings and deactivate the touchpad...
130911
Hi there! I am 5' 4'' and I found the mouse pad to be entirely too high and so removed it. The arm rest part itself is fine, although now I have to compensate for the little metal post that sticks up where the mouse pad is supposed to go. I recommend getting the one without the mouse pad. After that, it's just a matter of attaching the device to your desk.
1618914
Sorry, no. I do have a question though, do you have any problems with the touchpad sticking?
463672
You can use it without a mouse pad, but like I said in my review, I don't really recommend it as it broke in 2 months.
1307402
Doesn't appear so. They both click on the same round part of the keyboard/trackpad. There are rubber feet inside that would make it not contact the piece at all.
1235892
The keyboard tray wrist rest has a peel off surface, I left mine on so I can slide it around.
336000
Since I am a confirmed mouser, I do not use the touchpad. M. Goldman is correct the touchpad is touchy. I find it helps to disable the touchpad by holding down the Fn key and hitting the F7 to disable the touchpad. If not I find myself sometimes hitting the touchpad when I hit the space bar. This can cause some confusion until you realize what is going on.
546897
That can be a problem on most laptops as most do have a touchpad. However, there are a couple of things that you can do:1) Often you can adjust the sensitivity2) You can set the touchpad to only be enabled when an external mouse is not attached. We keep ours set this way.... most of the time a wireless mouse is plugged in so the touchpad stays disabled and out of the way.
1176190
When you click it, it makes a "click" sound. I do not use it on a mouse pad. It is silent as it is moved.
1057406
Yes. If u wanna turn off touchpad, u must go to the bios (then the laptop is loading, press F2), go to advanced -> internal mouse -> disable.=)