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> Why Apple is the only company making these is beyond me. Loosely defined patents and a litigious corporate nature, at a guess.

• avian 8y ago
  I find a classical clicky-button mouse to be superior to trackpads (or Apple’s weird no-button mice) and I am extemely happy that not all industry is blindly copying Apple at this point.
  • rrdharan 8y ago
    Do you mean superior to trackpads generally or have you specifically tried and rejected the Magic Trackpad 2? I ask because like the parent poster I love the Trackpad 2 on macOS but I hate most other trackpads when using them with Windows/Linux. Meanwhile I also hate using most mice I've tried on macOS including the Apple ones but am fine with mice on Windows/Linux. I imagine there are probably tracking speed and acceleration settings that would make the unpleasant combinations work better but I usually give up after making a few simple tweaks. I wasted a lot of time tweaking low level Synaptics parameters in the config flies when trying to make the Magic Trackpad work well for me on Linux and I think I've exhausted my lifetime supply of patience for excessive pointer setting adjustments.
  • Lio 8y ago
    That’s fine if bring a mouse with you when you’re on the move. I don’t care for mice. I don’t see why Dell, Lenovo, etc. can’t provide a laptop with a trackpad that works well under Linux. Maybe it’s better on Windows I don’t know but the XPS 13 trackpad is, if I’m being genenerous, not great.