Apple Launches New Magical Trackpad, 12 Core Macs

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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Trackpad with builtin button is annoying

[hcdejong]

I have a Macbook where the button is integrated in the trackpad. The pad is hinged at the top, which means that the force required to click increases as you get higher up on the trackpad. I've found the force becomes high enough to be uncomfortable, or at least noticeable.
I found this annoying enough that I've ended up using two hands: left index finger for moving around, and the right index finger rests on the bottom of the trackpad for clicking.
That's not ideal either: occasionally, a click (while the left index finger remains on the trackpad) gets interpreted as an option-click, which means two more clicks to remove the option menu and get the effect I wanted.

In the end, I much prefer having two buttons physically separate from the trackpad.

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[FlyingGuy]

Thanks for the great post!