Spec me a desktop touchpad....

gigeorge · 18 Mar 2016 at 12:22

I've got a user who has large hands and as such finds standard mice a pain to use, but gets on well with his laptops touchpad... He's just had a new machine built and wants the touchpad from the laptop - whilst i know these things exist googles not bringing up much, i guess people either have a touch screen / use a mouse / scratch pad...

Are there any other good touchpads bar the logitec t650 which looks a bit small...

Many thanks

EDITED TO ADD: For windows 10..

Hagar · 18 Mar 2016 at 13:15

How about a logitech trackman marble? I use one daily at work and use a standard mouse at home.

Uses fingers to scroll and thumb to click. i can imagine it suiting larger hands.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/trackman-marble

lsg1r · 18 Mar 2016 at 13:39

what about a wacom... some of them, like the Intuos Photo Creative Pen & Touch Tablet, support touch and their stylus to do inputs. It's likely a little bigger too. Not wireless out of the box but it might be worth considering as an option.

Tealc · 18 Mar 2016 at 17:39

The T650 looks huge compared with a laptop trackpad. I considered one for a bit.

I did repurpose a standard laptop trackpad out of a dead laptop and converted it electronically to USB, that worked ok but I struggled with the buttons.

I use a trackball at work, the Logitech M570, that's pretty large. You use your thumb for control rather than fingers. Everybody else I work with hates it but I get along just fine with it, plus my arm doesn't hurt at the end of the day, which is nice.