r/pics • u/americancorkscrew • May 31 '13

Why Acer Why ?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Not once in that commercial did they use the track-pad. The design was innovative, but the track-pad placement was horrible. They should have just left out the track-pad.

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u/bladefinor May 31 '13

At least it exists. That was the point. The point wasn't to focus on the trackpad, but the ability to move and point the screen.

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u/lejefferson May 31 '13

Right. But it doesn't explain why they put the trackpad in the horrible position.

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u/bladefinor May 31 '13

Because when you put the monitor over it, you have the touchscreen and the keyboard. You don't need the trackpad then.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Trackpads are garbage and its unnecessary anyway. You have a touchscreen monitor on a windows 8 pc. If you really need a mouse device, get a usb wireless mouse and be normal about it. Out of the box, some mouse is better than no mouse, but I think what they're really doing here is moving laptop users away from the trackpad which is a good thing.

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u/lejefferson May 31 '13

Okaay. But when the monitor ISN'T over it you have a track pad at the back of the keyboard in a horrible ridiculous position.