[Porsche-O-Phile]

Well, another issue was that the Dell PC came with software installed that added a bunch of "extra functions" to the touchpad. You could program it so that using two fingers meant one thing, using three fingers meant something else, tapping with two fingers meant something else, etc. It was maddening because it was set up with too many of these default settings enabled, so an untrained/unsophisticated user was naively tapping/brushing against the touchpad and inadvertantly telling it to zoom, magnify, pop open some window, etc. without knowing it. Couple that with the extra stuff on the desktop (courtesy of windows 7)and it made for a very clunky, confusing and difficult-to-navigate initial out-of-the-box experience.

Yeah, I realize some of the fault is Dell's here, but the Win7 "Basic" thing is clearly being pushed by M$ - I researched this. The part I REALLY don't like is that as an ADMINISTRATOR you can't change the permissions on a lot of the files. I initially tried to "fool" the OS into thinking that the picture my wife wanted as her desktop was the "default" one by renaming the default one to something else. Wouldn't let me because of permissions. Went into the file attributes (as admin) to change the permissions on that file. Wouldn't let me because I wasn't "TrustedInstaller". Fking bullsheet. It's MY computer - not Dell's or Bill Gates'.

One more reason I like Linux so much.