07-23-2009, 10:41 PM
DRR wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!]
I'll be upgrading from an older MBP to a unibody MBP next month; the thing I'm least looking forward to with the upgrade is the new multitouch trackpad. My current trackpad offers all the functionality I need and I'm still not sold on the "the entire trackpad is the button" concept. Some muscle memory WILL need to be unlearned with the new setup - never a fun thing.
I've used the giant button at the AS quite a bit. Just continue to press with your thumb like you're used to - you don't need to change your "click habit" at all!
It's not the same. The distinct physical button on my current MBP provides tactile confirmation that I am clicking at the right location. I know you're supposed to be able to click anywhere on the new glass pad (the smoothness of which I love, BTW), but my experience is that clicking at the bottom of the pad works best. Since the entire pad surface feels the same, I no longer have tactile indication that I am clicking at the bottom vs. somewhere else on the pad, resulting in less efficient clicking.
I've also found that the new pad requires greater force for successful clicking. Also, there is a small delta in height between old and new click location. Small things all, but they matter to me. Muscle memory is a bitch to unlearn.