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Topic subjectRE: What New Laptop Should I Get?
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564042, RE: What New Laptop Should I Get?
Posted by jasonlevine, Tue Mar-21-17 08:20 PM
So far, I'm liking it. It's obviously smaller than my previous (17") laptop which actually works out better. Screen real estate is still good, but it doesn't threaten to topple off my lap due to large laptop areas not being supported by my legs. Of course, that would be true of any 15" laptop.

For the particulars, the touchscreen seems responsive and I'm finding myself using it more than I thought even for things like copying files. (Drag my finger to select a group of files and then drag the files to another folder.) The touch pad is responsive and has nice features like two finger scrolling/zoom-in/zoom-out.

About my only complaint right now is related to Windows 10. I'm not a fan. I've done my best to turn off the tracking and to get it looking like "Old Windows", but it still has its quirks. That's not a Dell issue, of course, but a Microsoft one. If anything, the Dell seems to be handling Windows 10 very nicely.

One caveat with all of this: Most of my use so far has been "Go to website to download X, download X, install X, make sure X runs." Nothing too stressful. My youngest son was very happy when he borrowed my computer to play Animal Jam, though. (A semi-educational Flash-based online game that he likes playing.)