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Why do I not like a single fucking laptop being sold right now? Seriously, I've been to three stores, I've searched online, I don't like anything I've seen. I just want a power cord on the side of the computer rather than in the middle of the back, a mouse track pad that will respond to my thumb so that I don't have to take my fingers off home row to select anything, and an Intel processor.

Does anyone have a laptop that they love? I've always had Dells, and I've never used a HP that didn't have this problem with the tracking pad; if I change the sensitivity options on my mom's then it jumps around selecting things willy nilly.

This is so frustrating I legitimately think I might cry. I just want a new computer, why is it this hard?

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:( I've always had Dells and love mine. I have a studio 1558 and it's cord plugs into the side? I love their warranties. It's kind of heavy, and I would love if it was lighter - but I rarely take it anywhere, so it's okay. The battery life isn't great anymore, but I originally got a 9 cell that had 4-5 hrs.

This isn't helpful, but I have never once considered using the track pad with my thumb as to not have to take my fingers off the home row and my mind is blown a little right now.

I have a Sony Vaio. Mine has the cord plug into the side and for me the battery life on it is pretty damn good. I can probably watch an episode through netflix and not a lot of the battery life will be used. It's an intel inside, core 13. I have no idea what that means, but it says that on the sticker!

I have a Toshiba Satellite L755 that has the power cord on the side. I couldn't tell you how it goes with the thumb on the mouse track pad though. Just looking at it, the spacing between the keyboard and the track pad might be too wide to do that comfortably. Though that would depend on the size of your hands, I guess.

I'm a Dell girl. My current laptop (Inspiron 1520) has a power cord in the back, but my power cord just died so I got a new one from Best Buy that lies flat, and it's kind of amazing and I like it way better than my old one.

i have a mac, which meets your requirements (bonus, you can turn on tap-clicking so you can click with your thumb too), but those are really expensive (tg for bill me later). but if you're looking for a pc,

sherlock used to swear by her lenovo!

I'm so sorry this is turning out so difficult 8( The last couple times I bought new laptops, I had a tech-savvy friend advising me on the latest brands and graphic cards and such.

What do you mean about the trackpad problem? Wouldn't you be able to tweak the sensitivity so that it responds the way you'd like it to? Like, with gradations of sensitivity so that it doesn't jump around?

I run Ubuntu and got a System 76 laptop. They don't make my model anymore, but I like it a lot! And they only seem to have gotten better. (eg, my casing was kind of weak plastic and has cracks in a bunch of places and that seems to have gotten better. it runs perfectly, though. well, my fan is a little scary, but that's my fault.)

idk if that is at all helpful, especially if you're deadset on running Windows (though really you could probably just install Windows on this?), but anyway. that's what I do~

My boyfriend has an Acer that I use and meets your conditions. It is an AWESOME computer -- I'm a mac user and I feel like physically it is not so different (it's bigger, but doesn't feel so bulky). I use the thumb for my trackpad too, and it responds well to it!

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