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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.

2 of 432 comments (clear)

  1. Surface as button. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone else hate trackpads acting as buttons? I always end up selecting or launching all sorts of stuff I don't intend to when using laptops with that feature turned on.

  2. MOD PARENT UP by e065c8515d206cb0e190 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I actually loved* IBM Thinkpads and their TrackPoint for that!

    *: it's all gone to hell since the purchase by Lenovo. Who do we turn to for high quality laptops now?