HP ZV6000

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

A wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently purchased the new HP zv6000 with all the options (1Gb RAM,
> DVD burner, AMD Athlon 3500, etc) for a very reasonable price at
> TechDepot.com, and everything is great except for one very annoying
> problem. The touch pad is at equal distance from each side, but the
> space bar is slightly off center, to the left. This makes that when I
> type, the right hand is always over the touch pad and moves the
> cursor around, scrolls the page up and down and clicks, so it's
> practically impossible to type if the touch pad is on. I would have
> liked to either have the touch pad aligned with the space bar, or to
> have a track stick (the small button in the middle of the keyboard
> that replaces the mouse).
>
> I tried setting various touch pad options but nothing fixed the
> problem. Anybody has a solution to this problem, other than using a
> regular mouse?
>
> I am wondering how HP designed the keyboard and touch pad - have they
> actually performed any usability tests? For example all Dell
> notebooks have the touchpad in the right place and they provide the
> track stick too, which is incredibly useful, as you don't need to
> take the hands off the keyboard in order to perform mouse actions.
>
> A

Some (most, all?) touchpads have a sensitivity control and/or palm
contact control to help with this problem. These are accessed from
either or both of the mouse control panel and a separate touchpad setup
operation. The latter can be accessed by right-clicking the touchpad
icon in the taskbar if it is there. Otherwise, it looks like Dell is
your answer unless you disable the touchpad and use a mouse.

Q