The touchpad is an essential component of your Windows laptop, and it can be difficult to get much done if it suddenly stops working — especially if you're not familiar with common Windows ...

A non-functioning touchpad might not be the end of the world as long as you have a mouse to connect to the laptop, but it can be a frightening incident if you've never experienced it before.

And so to one of the laptop's main selling points, that we haven't mentioned yet: the touchpad, which also doubles as a second screen. Asus is calling it a ScreenPad, and it might well appeal ...