first, i do think you are in the minority. second, gaming machines aren't just for gamers. a lot of people, including myself, buy gaming machines as desktop replacements. i want as much power and speed as i can get, and the gaming machines are usually the best choice. so making a laptop without a trackpad, would be an idiotic move, in my opinion. however, i do feel that there should always be a button to enable or disable it. relying on software is moronic, when we have had these buttons on laptops for years and years now. ...and they work flawlessly! asus made several mistakes on this machine, and that is just one of them.
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