Apple's trackpad is vastly different from a traditional trackpad. It is a multi-touch device similar to the iphone but without the display. There are no buttons

Apple's trackpad is vastly different from a traditional trackpad. It is a multi-touch device similar to the iphone but without the display. There are no buttons the whole thing is a button. You swipe two fingers to scroll up/down click the pad to click. 2 finger click to right click, the list goes on. The point being, it is nothing like a traditional trackpad experience and for me personally it is superior to a mouse. If I used a desktop, I would use the peripheral trackpad no doubt, I could no go back to a mouse now. Another poster mentioned above that they slowly realized that they stopped using their mouse, that is what happened to me as well. One day I realized that I just never pulled my mouse out of my bag anymore. I really think Apple has done a poor job of marketing this one, as I think most that have used it would agree, it is a mouse killer. I do 3D work as a hobby from my old simulation days, and now days I use Blender, the pan, room, rotate is so natural with a trackpad it is unbelievable. And for Photoshop it is a huge productivity booster. It is also nice in an IDE where I spend most of my time because you can navigate select and modify all in single hand stroke. If they ever add gestures for copy / paste I won't know what to do with myself.