Dell Alienware Series Manual

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TouchpadA touchpad is available on most laptops and provides the functionality of a mouse. It has a touch-sensitive surface that senses the motionand position of your fingers. You can use the touchpad to move the cursor, drag or move selected items, and click by tapping the surface.Gesture‑enabled touchpads support gestures such as zoom, pinch, rotate, scroll, and so on. You can also purchase external touchpads. Aprecision touchpad is a new class of input device that provides high precision pointer input and gesture functionality. Precision touchpadsinteract with the operating system directly without the need for a driver.NOTE: For more information, see Using your touchpad.DisplayDisplays are classified according to their screen size, resolution, color gamut, and so on. Generally, a screen with higher resolution andbetter color support provides better image quality. Some external displays also have USB ports, media-card readers, and so on. Displaysmay also support features such as, touch screen, 3D, and wireless connection.Touch screenTouch screen is a display device that lets you interact with the objects on the screen by touching the display instead of using a mouse,touch pad, or a keyboard. You can operate a touch screen with a finger, or another passive object, such as a stylus. Touch screens arecommonly used in phones, tablets, computers, and so on. Commonly used touch screen technologies are capacitive touch and resistivetouch.NOTE: Touch screen may not be supported on all computers.NOTE: For more information, see Using your touch screen.3D3D-capable displays can display 3D images and videos. 3D works by presenting separate 2D images to the left and right eye. These imagesare combined and interpreted by the brain as one image with depth.NOTE: You may need specially designed 3D glasses to view 3D images.Wireless displayThe wireless display feature enables you to share your computer display with a compatible TV without the use of cables. To check if yourTV supports this feature, see the documentation of the TV.NOTE: Wireless display may not be supported on all computers. For more information, see www.intel.com.CameraWebcamThe webcam enables you to video chat, capture photos, and record videos.About your computer 17