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I stopped reading at: "The trackpad is probably the weakest link of the package." For me the number one criteria for a laptop to be considered a "MacBook Pro A
by gregschlom 10y ago
I stopped reading at: "The trackpad is probably the weakest link of the package."
For me the number one criteria for a laptop to be considered a "MacBook Pro Alternative" is an Apple-class trackpad. Without one, it's just another laptop.
- mathw 10y agoNo laptop these days should have a terrible trackpad. There's just no excuse for it anymore. It's like people producing Windows laptops without including a Precision Touchpad. Why would you do that to your customers? My work laptop is a Dell Latitude E5470. It has both a trackpad and an imitation TrackPoint, and they're both utterly terrible. I have no idea how anybody at Dell thought it was a good idea to send it out in this state. I use an external wireless trackball to avoid RSI issues, but even if I didn't I would need something for this machine just because its internal pointing devices are so utterly frightful.
- daledavies 10y agoThis is so true. The touch pad on my Dell Latitude is a let down too, if anything it's too responsive and nothing I've tried seems to make any difference. I've got cheap chromebooks with better touch pads.
- mathw 10y agoYes that's a good characteristic - it's sometimes too responsive. But not consistently, so you can't actually get used to it. The imitation TrackPoint is even worse, which is quite a feat if it was done deliberately.