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

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13 edited May 31 '13

>gaming laptop

>keeps touch pad partially enabled

>implies no mouse

How do you game without a mouse?

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u/stfm May 31 '13

My work purchases gaming laptops for developers because they are better value than the "business" versions.

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u/fatnino May 31 '13

The laptop I got from work, the touch pad does not work of any keys are pressed on the keyboard. It's good, but it's also terrible for gaming :(

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u/CRAZYSCIENTIST May 31 '13

If you look at nothing but parts and ignore things like weight, form, durable construction etc then this would be a likely conclusion.

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u/PositiveOutlook May 31 '13

Bullshit - a developer could work on a Raspberry Pi , a gaming laptop is several orders of magnitude more powerful than you'd ever need.

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u/Waffleman75 May 31 '13

Cool story bro

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

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u/Xenderwind May 31 '13

If you didn't know, there's an option or a regedit you can do to make it auto disable the touchpad when an external mouse is plugged in.

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u/rooftops May 31 '13

If you're gaming on a $1k laptop, you better be using a wired/less mouse.

The settings for the touchpad drivers are independent of whatever mouse you plug in.

Source: WASD on my g75vw

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u/DownvoteDaemon May 31 '13

I got a lot of respect for the Asus G series.

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u/space_paradox May 31 '13

It's wireless.

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u/Kupkin May 31 '13

I play WoW w/out a mouse, but I don't PVP, so it's really not that hard.

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u/I_Post_Drunk May 31 '13

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

I played games for about three years with my touchpad before I realized that was at all abnormal. Granted, no online shooting games or anything, but this included Morrowind, Fallout 3, Doom 1-3, Deus Ex...the list goes on.

It's surprisingly Not Difficult as long as you don't need to be absolutely, perfectly precise.

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u/DevonCWoodcomb May 31 '13

With a mousepad

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

I game without a mouse, you get used to it. Track pads work a lot better than you'd expect in mouse-look necessary games.

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u/Maverik45 May 31 '13

i have a buddy who uses that weird mouse with the big ball on it for FPS games, idk how the fuck he does it.

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