Multitouch trackpad: WOW!

[pinkoos]

That thing alone is worth the price of admission to a unibody Macbook/Pro/Air.

If you haven't used it, you will underestimate how it can improve productivity and the general computing experience. And that's just with the gestures that are built-in.

Download and install Multiclutch http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytim...h-my-cell/ and be amazed by the gestures you can use in other apps.

[mattkime]

can you provide examples of increased productivity?

[C(-)ris]

I would imagine any increased productivity would vary greatly depending on the individual and what tasks they typically work on.

[Doc]

Two-fingered scrolling is pretty sweet and does save some time.

Four-fingered application-switching and Expose might be useful if it worked consistently.

[testcase]

When I have to use a PC boy, do I miss the two finger scrolling!

[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.

[DRR]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
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!

[RAMd®d]

The coolest part of multitouch is the video demos in System Preferences.

I'm about to get an MBP13, and multitouch is part of that.

[pinkoos]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
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.

You've got to be kidding me! Once you start using the multitouch trackpad, you will wonder how you lived without it.

I use my MBP mainly on my desk at home and I have an Apple bluetooth Mighty Mouse which I *could* use, but choose not to since the trackpad is so easy to use and configure. And, with the software I linked to above, it's even better.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

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.