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9 years ago

a wireless keyboard to use with my laptop... I simply hate the key board on this thing.. Anyone else with me on this??

Carolyn

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
I don't like the keyboard on my laptops either.
alisande
9 years ago
I'm a good typist, but I've never figured out how to type with any speed on a laptop. A separate keyboard is a good idea.
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tami_ohio
9 years ago
I don't like mine either. I use the wireless when I sit at the desk. I also have a wireless mouse for the same reason!
Orchidllauraga
9 years ago
I can deal with my laptop keyboard, but I keep the touch pad turned off, I have a wireless mouse. I can't use the touch pad with any success, so that is why I got my wireless mouse. I is an Auburn mouse and so is the mouse pad. I have Auburn stickers on my laptop as well.
OklaMoni
9 years ago
Orchidlaura how do you turn the touchpad off?
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9 years ago
I have the wireless mouse,,,, To bad they can't make a decent keyboard for a laptop
Orchidllauraga
9 years ago
Hold down the Function Key and then hit F10. At least that is how you do it on my Samsung laptop.
Alice_sj
9 years ago
I can't stand the touch pad or the keyboards on laptops.
yayagal
9 years ago
I love the kb and the touch pad on my macbook air, I can't imagine having anything else. I have always used the touch pad, don't like the mouse.
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9 years ago
Yep, I hate the keyboards on a laptop. I have one of those EZ-eye kinds I just attached to mine. Cordless is great too.
I always use a mouse too, I can't stand that pad!
dedtired
9 years ago
I'd like the keyboard on my laptop a lot more if the letter K had not fallen off. I use a wireless mouse most of the time, not the touchpad.
OklaMoni
9 years ago
Thanks for the encouragement Orchidlaura, I managed to get my touch pad turned off.

Yeah!

Now I just have remember how to turn it back on, if something goes wrong with my mouse. :)

Moni
susanjf_gw
9 years ago
I'd just like to get my puter back on the right track! been fighting all day trying to get un wanted programs uninstalled...
oldfixer
9 years ago
Some of the reasons I've never been fond of a laptop.
maire_cate
9 years ago
I don't have any problems using the keyboard on my laptop but I do prefer using my mouse rather than the touchpad. It did take a little while but I've become fairly adept typing with the touchpad keyboard on my Kindle Fire HDX 8.9.

This post was edited by maire_cate on Mon, May 26, 14 at 6:24
OklaMoni
9 years ago
all right, I did get the touch pad turned off... but where???? Why oh why did I not write down the step by steps????

YIKES

anyone care to tell me how to turn it back on?

Moni
joann_fl
9 years ago
I hate a touch pad, If I have to use my laptop I add my wireless mouse and maybe add the keyboard also.
I don't have a wireless keyboard yet.
OklaMoni
9 years ago
Of course, almost as soon as I posted my help request, I figured it out.

I have an older desktop, that only works with a mouse or trackball. I had it on there, and got tired of changing it back and forth.

Now, I have the touchpad on again....

Moni
Marilyn Sue McClintock
9 years ago
I have no problems with the keyboard on my laptop and I can either use the scroll board or my mouse. Use the mouse.

Sue
kayjones
9 years ago
I just plug my regular keyboard into the USB port on my laptop - same for my mouse. When I travel, I use a soft, plastic foldable keyboard - love it!
ruthieg__tx
9 years ago
my daughter has one and likes it.

This post was edited by ruthieg__tx on Sat, Aug 2, 14 at 16:23
monica_pa Grieves
9 years ago
With my fingers affected by arthritis, touch devices are not for me, they don't sense my touch.
So, I use a wireless mouse, and disconnected the touch pad.
But thankfully, my keys on my laptops are standard size, raised, and not too close together.

I have an older Toshiba, and the ASUS I bought last year....it's half the weight of the Toshiba, and very thin.

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