Touchscreen: Does it mean there are a few "hotspots" on the screen that you can touch or does it mean you can you interact using the screen that same way you would with a mouse?
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I played around with one in Best Buy the other day and you can just about do anything with it that you can with a mouse. You can click on links, move the page, etc. It seemed pretty cool.
1595419
Sorry, no touch screen on this particular model. The mouse pad is touch but that should be obvious.
1508860
It is not a touch screen. I have found it very easy to use with the touch pad. As a gamer I typically spend more time in desktop mode anyways.
1948599
Hello! The touch screen works off an optical method, if you are touching the screen in other places at the same time it will confuse the touch points you want specifically.
812881
You touch anywhere on the pad, but the left and right mouse functions are specific areas on the pad.
762620
Touchscreens work with anything. All it is doing is acting as a direct pointing device. Linux does not make a difference. Linux will see a "standard monitor" and you can still touch on it
1740000
It could be that you're hitting the sides rather than the center; since the bottom side serve a as left-right click buttons in a mouse, you generally have to click towards the center of touchpad. I've experienced what you say, but I figured it out by trial and error.
1740001
I agree! I have started using the tap feature of the touchpad (two fingers for right click). I works OK for most things once you get used to it but for quick response in a game, I have to connect an external mouse (trackball in my case).
1963442
From what i recall the touch screen is optical and does not register pressure or sensitivity, it triangulates your touch based off a horizontal and vertical sensor. As such it will take any form of input, which has its benefits.
658484
It works like you are holding a rectangular magnifying glass in your hand. You use the mouse to move it over the section of the screen you want magnified. It does not magnify the entire screen. That would make it very difficult to see what you are doing.
1552409
not a touch screen....however at times some 'overload" of power makes mouse think it has a life of itself whilst plugged in and charging...once I unplug power and work on battery back to normal again...Haven had capacity to chase Samsung about fixing it, last time my LG phone died and needed service I was without my tool for weeks...Some guy has made a youtube video describing issue..Happy procurement.
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For scrolling it is like touch screen. But the clicking is not, it is an actual mechanical click. It does detects which sides of the mouse you are clicking. The most difficult one is the middle button click. You have to use 2 fingers clicking about half an inch above the logitech logo. For me the middle button clicking is a hit and miss. And again, I don't do much middle button clicking so I may not be touching the same spot all the time when doing it.
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the screen activates just getting close to it with hands. I always made a little pressure when touching the incons on the screen; I'm not sure if they work just touching w/o pressure. I check tomorrow and will let u know.
1856566
Capacitive touch screen means the response is smoother and faster than old touch screens. Multi-touch screen means it accepts 5 input-touches and tracks each input at the same time.
1437742
There is a mouse lock icon that I occasionally hit. It is on the touch pad. At first I thought It was broken, but it was just that.
902499
It has more like a mouse bar directly below the touchpad. You tap in the corners of the bar. To be honest, this is an AWESOME computer, but the touchpad is the weakpoint of the machine in my opinion. I would purchase again because I use it as my home computer and always have access to a wireless mouse. If you will always have access to a wireless mouse, no worries.
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Yes, the screen responds to touch. You can type on either the key board or the screen.