

Display and soundĪside from the thin design and the powerful internals at work under the hood, the big draw here is that 15-inch display. In particular, single-finger tracking can be flaky, with the cursor not always going where I wanted it to, or taking on a life of its own, accidentally rearranging my pinned browser tabs.

But, while it's not a nightmare to use (faint praise), it has some of the problems issues plaguing many other Windows touchpads I've tested. It's large, which is good, because it means you'll have plenty of room for your fingers as you scroll and pinch to zoom. If you can get over the learning curve, as I did, you'll be just fine. I found at times that I had to strike the buttons a little harder than I would have otherwise, lest the keyboard fail to register my presses. The only thing I would caution you on is the keys: Although they are springy enough for easy typing, they're perhaps not as bouncy as they look, given how much travel they have. I typed not just this review on it, but also some other stories I happened to be working on. The backlit buttons here are amply sized and well-spaced. The company might have trouble making a reliable touchpad (still does), but make no mistake, it knows how to build a comfortable keyboard. Like I said, Dell didn't mess with a good thing.
