MacBook Users Fix Trackpad Problem with Origami Paper

yonnage writes "Some Apple MacBook owners are plagued with what seems to be a defective trackpad button. The button, when pushed, seems "squishy" and sometimes even unresponsive. While these MacBook owners are getting turned away at the Apple Genius Bars, they have come up with a custom and unique solution to the problem. A piece of paper, placed strategically under the battery pack where the trackpad is located, seems to fix this problem for most users."

Comments

you COULD do that,

[killa62]

or you could just buy a malfunctional battery (one the buldges) and it'll just work just as well

Sounds like a decent way to burn your house down

[onlysolution]

Are these the same batteries we saw pictures of heating up and warping a few days ago? Are these Mac users trying to make their own exploding Japanese Dells?

Re:Paper Over Hot Battery?

[gardyloo]

No way. Rock crushes hot battery. Good ol' rock. Nothin' beats that.

Useless tricks become useful

[freemywrld]

Woo! I knew all that origami that I learned while bored doing tech support would come in handy some day!

smugness, sodomy

[(fagging beta)]

The real question is, do smugness and homosexuality cause mac use or does mac use cause smugness and homosexuality?

It's not quite that simple.

[Ohreally_factor]

Looks like the solution is to fold up a piece of paper

It's not quite that simple.

The article is inaccurate. It says you you can fold an origami star or merely just fold the paper in a square. Neither of these methods will work. Instead, fold the origami (or other, but origami paper is preferred) into a crane, as shown here. Then smash the origami crane with your fist, using a quick up and down motion, as if you were masturbating.

From here, follow the rest of the directions in the article, and your trackpad should soon be clicking like there's no tomorrow.

Re:It's not quite that simple.

[sl4shd0rk]

crap. I got to the part about masturbating and forgot all about the origami.

That's the evidence

[Advocadus Diaboli]

that even with computers you will never have a "paperless office". :-)

Re:double brand extension

[X43B]

Oh I agree, it is way beyond the consumer to understand that a MacBook Pro Ultra-Lite might be.... 1)MacBOOL noteBOOL computer 2)Professional Model 3) Ultra low weight It would be much more intuitive if they would go with something like Dell and be the Inspiron E1705. 1)Insipiron, let me see, was that the notebook, desktop, small form factor...? 2)E--uhhhhhh what? 3)1705, so it is 1.705Ghz machine? nope, $1705, nope, uh? Yeah Apple is HORRIBLE with names, I'm off to buy a HP Pavillion WSXLJPILJPJS32165461, bye.

Re:Paper Over Hot Battery?

[joe_adk]

Poor predictable gardyloo. Always takes `rock'.

Re:Same with Powerbook

[binary paladin]

"big heavy MacBooks"? What are you people, hobbits?

Re:Could work, but for how long?

[KiloByte]

the paper is held in a small circular indent above the battery

I wouldn't trust "circular indents" in a tossed about laptop. And what's the solution?

The force that holds the Universe together.

Duct tape.

(well, well, I would actually use some crappy adhesive tape instead of the spacecraft-grade variety, but you got the idea)

Steps:

[kahei]

1 -- Buy hardware from a company whose business model consists of selling brand hardware with particularly high margins.
2 -- High margins != high price. High margins > high price. High margins = high price + low costs.
3 -- ???
4 -- Profit! For Apple!

This is my first time ever with the 'Profit!' cliche and I promise it will probably be my last.

Re:stupid Macbook tricks make frontpage?

[pla]

and we had fewer internets on the web

So, uh...

How many internets do we have on the web now?

;-)

Re:stupid Macbook tricks make frontpage?

[psergiu]

42 of course

Re:Could work, but for how long?

[brycer22]

and you will have a more interesting problem of fire, or CPU death.

apple cares about CPU temp???

Re:Same problem...

[zaphod_es]

Never mind the quality, feel the width.

Re:Should be a sign: Early Adopters beware!

[Ash-Fox]

Anyone that has followed Apple products over the years knows not to purchase the first generation of any Apple redesign.

Anyone that has followed Apple products over the years knows that Apple never learns from their mistakes and will continue making faulty hardware. Whilst at the same time, not admitting there are any problems.

Re:Worse than the average PC maker?

[Slovenian6474]

hmmm, all i got out of that was macs are better than pc because they look cooler, have up-to-date wifi cards, and good tech support. Well, the Nintendo Wii looks pretty cool, has an up-to-date wifi card, and I can't even remember a time i need Nintendo's tech support. Screw laptops, buy a Wii! And as an added bonus, you can play games on it without Bootcamping to Windows!

New Apple Products

[vjmurphy]

I hear the Apple Store will start selling "Apple Trackpad Origami Paper" soon so that we can all have an Apple Origami folding experience. You'll be able to choose either a plain white piece of paper or pay $30 more for the black paper. Either way, you'll be able to customize the paper with your choice of engravings (up to three lines, 160 characters)*.

* Price/availability of engravings dependent on what printer the store has.