A Computer Question

[David Fryer]

The touchpad on my laptop has decide that it doesn't want to be cooperative in more and will cut out and stop working at odd times. I am planning on buying a laptop mouse, but before I do I want to know if it will function if the touchpad isn't. The problem seems to be with the touchpad reading the input.

[therealthom]

David Fryer wrote:

The touchpad on my laptop has decide that it doesn't want to be cooperative in more and will cut out and stop working at odd times. I am planning on buying a laptop mouse, but before I do I want to know if it will function if the touchpad isn't. The problem seems to be with the touchpad reading the input.

I've run two laptops with bad touchpads with a USB or wireless mouse with no problems.

[David Fryer]

Thanks for that encouragement. While I'm getting pretty good at navigating the interweb with my tab key, it is rather annoying.

[Jason Beardsley]

Your touchpad's inability to work shouldn't affect any other input devices you plug in your laptop. You should be able to plug a mini-mouse (laptop mouse.. not the cartoon) in with no problem.