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Apple Launches New Magical Trackpad, 12 Core Macs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-oh-oh-its-magic dept.

theappwhisperer writes "The Magic Trackpad is basically a larger version of the MacBook Pro touchpad, with 80% more surface area for all your swiping and pinching. The entire surface acts as a button, so it's also a possible mouse replacement. And all of the expected gestures are here: two-finger scrolling, pinch to zoom, fingertip rotation, and three- and four-finger swipes. You can enable and disable gestures at your discretion from System Preferences." They also launched 12-core Mac Pros coming in August.

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  1. I'm selling my neighbors kids to get one of these by alta · · Score: 4, Funny

    works out great for me, I get a new computer and get one of those damn kids out of my hair.

    Any takers? SHould I put them on craigslist or ebay?

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  2. Expected gestures by jeffmeden · · Score: 5, Funny

    And all of the expected gestures are here: two-finger scrolling, pinch to zoom, fingertip rotation, and three- and four-finger swipes.

    Ah, nope. You missed one.

    1. Re:Expected gestures by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think that gesture is handled by iSight.

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  3. Re:I'm selling my neighbors kids to get one of the by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't know Apple did Trade-ins for non Apple products.

  4. Re:More magic? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't have to make love to the product.

    You would if my app wasn't rejected.

  5. Re:More magic? by Sturm · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least they didn't call it,

    iMagic.

  6. Re:More magic? by jgagnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does a Fleshlight run iOS? I know it works with an ARM processor... ;)

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  7. Flash 10.1 supports the new hardware by Y-Crate · · Score: 4, Funny

    Adobe has assured its customers that Flash 10.1 will be able to "...make full use of the new machines. Flash will be able to utilize 100% of the 12 core hardware without fail. That's the reliability customers have come to expect from Adobe."

    Boot Camp users running Windows will have to deal with "compatibility issues" that might limit utilization to a mere 15-25%