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Microsoft did it and wrote a driver that makes a PC touchpad just as amazing as the one you find on a MacBook. There is a world as different between using that
by ToFab123 8y ago
Microsoft did it and wrote a driver that makes a PC touchpad just as amazing as the one you find on a MacBook. There is a world as different between using that driver and the standard synaptics driver most laptops ships with. For sure you want the same on a Linux box.
- oaiey 8y agoThis is a missing detail here. Microsoft created around the Win8 timeline a specification for what they call "Precision Touchpad". The surface and e.g. the Dell precision use it. The vendors jumped it as well, but industry like always is super slow adopting. The key is to support that spec.
- opencl 8y agoIt's really annoying that Microsoft's precision drivers work with the vast majority of recent Synaptics touchpads and yet vendors keep shipping this hardware with the terrible Synaptics drivers. You can manually install the precision drivers on these machines but then Windows Update will often 'helpfully' decide to revert back to the manufacturer drivers.