I am really disappointed with this new computer. I notice the whole series appears to be no longer for sale in the website. I hope that does not mean Dell is abandoning it. If they are, they should let us opt out, too.
I have the usual touchpad problems with this model, but have had a much worse problem with my USB ports, which are anything but universal.
I have two printers that i plug in (for different purposes), and I now have tape next to the keyboard where I keep notes on what devices I can successfully plug into each of the 3 USB ports. The U in USB means they should all work. I had past problems with the printers first being labeled as offline, then later called not connected.
The printers, which are a bit old but still supported by HP, work fine on all the other computers I've tested them on. I tried to uninstall/install printers earlier, but ended up with corrupted drivers, with pieces of, say, copy 5 and copy 6, which could not be removed.
I have restored to previous points (works for a bit), and have even, upon Dell's suggestion, reinstalled Windows. I am managing by plugging the printers and other devices (always turned off before removing) into specific NUSB (non-universal ports).
I have spent over a hundred hours trying to solve the various problems, and have had to buy extra external drives for the backups. Tech support kept trying to blame it on, say, the printer cables, which work with other computers, including old Dells.
So what is going on with the 7000 series, and what is Dell doing about it, in the short term and in the long term? Anybody out there know?