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    Thread: Is Apple doing a good job?


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    12-25-2008, 03:38 AM
    Being a gadget hound and tech enthusiast, I couldn't help but to ask if anyone has played with the new track pads that Apple has come out with in their newest MacBook Pro?

    One of my co-workers is a contractor who was given one of these new Pro machines. Besides its beautiful and sleek form, what caught my attention the most was the track pad. The pads are probably double the size of the typical PC laptop, which makes it a lot easier to travel the finger(s) around without feeling like you are over-driving the mouse movement. And the biggest surprise of all--no mouse button! Well, at least not in its traditional form. Now, when you decide to click on something, you can literally press down on the entire track pad and feel it click as though you pressed the mouse button. Nice!

    In addition to the track pad having a larger physical presence, Apple got smart with creating "zones" in which you can assign functions or behaviors to each corner of the track pad. So not only can the operating system know when you are pressing the mouse, but at which corner.

    Lastly, there's the concept of "gesturing". It is now possible to use more than one finger to instruct the mouse. In fact, you can use up to three fingers to perform time-saving functions. It almost seems logical that Apple's next phase of innovation will be to allow me to plant my forehead down on the trackpad and have it take care of all my computing needs.

    The funny part about me being impressed with the new track pad is that I ordinarily dislike Macs altogether. Having grown up on a Commodore Amiga and then a PC, having only one mouse button on a Mac seemed more like a limitation than a feature! It's clear I've kept a huge bias over the years towards PCs, and overlooked Windows shortcomings because I just knew that Microsoft would get it right soon. Ha! The naivete!

    This is the first time in public that I am openly admitting to price shopping for a MacBook Pro. Has anyone gone through such a transformation as well? What do you all think of Apple's clever track pad?

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    Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 12-25-2008, 03:38 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-07-2009, 05:39 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 01-07-2009, 05:44 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-07-2009, 05:58 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 01-07-2009, 07:19 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-11-2009, 10:21 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by artichoke - 01-15-2009, 12:55 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 01-16-2009, 03:58 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-16-2009, 04:13 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 01-16-2009, 05:39 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-17-2009, 03:29 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by bring4th_steve - 01-17-2009, 12:59 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 01-23-2009, 05:53 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Peregrinus - 12-02-2009, 03:46 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Bring4th_Steve - 12-02-2009, 03:57 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 12-02-2009, 04:23 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Ali Quadir - 12-07-2009, 08:31 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 12-07-2009, 09:18 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Peregrinus - 12-07-2009, 09:40 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Ali Quadir - 12-07-2009, 10:45 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Vince - 12-07-2009, 01:30 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Peregrinus - 12-07-2009, 03:45 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Monica - 12-08-2009, 07:54 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Ali Quadir - 12-07-2009, 03:32 PM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Ali Quadir - 12-11-2009, 09:34 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by carrie - 12-11-2009, 09:46 AM
    RE: Is Apple doing a good job? - by Ali Quadir - 12-14-2009, 06:49 PM

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