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The trackpad on Macs is one of the major reasons I stick with Mac laptops.

PunksATawnyFill 6y ago
Except it's way too big now, resulting in spurious cursor-jumps, erroneous right-clicks... it's dumb. Even dumber is that Apple didn't do the obvious thing to make the giant trackpad pay off: Make the Pencil work on it! DUHHHH
- Wowfunhappy 6y ago
  > Even dumber is that Apple didn't do the obvious thing to make the giant trackpad pay off: Make the Pencil work on it! DUHHHH I really don't think the trackpad is large enough for this to be broadly useful. Now, if they'd just put a damn touch screen on their laptops...
  - neal_jones 6y ago
    I remember yelling at my computer screen during some Apple announcement while some VP pontificated about how touch is the natural, convenient, intuitive, superior etc. approach all while ignoring the GIANT SCREEN. Honestly I am not wanting for a touchscreen but if you are going to rant about how great “touch” is just swap the screen with an iPad and shut up. While I’m ranting, the other year when I saw the Microsoft Surface Studio (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+surface+studio&t=iphone&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+surface+studio&t=iphone&...) I thought, “10 years ago if you made me guess who made that machine I would have said Apple”
spacephysics 6y ago
Same, despite the overheating issue with my model, and the copious amount of OS issues with the more recent releases, I’ve yet to find a laptop that comes close to Apple’s track pad. To a point where sometimes I prefer the track pad over a mouse.
- neal_jones 6y ago
  You’ve probably already heard about this, but there has been a large discussion about how charging from the traditional left side of 15” (and I believe 16”) MBPs results in heat and fan issues. A lot of people have had improved results just by switching power to the right.
  - api 6y ago
    That is just ridiculous.
    - teruakohatu 6y ago
      Not more than the previous keyboards which can't handle a spec of dust under the keys.
  - navanchauhan 6y ago
    if what you have told me is true, you will have gained my trust
    - karlding 6y ago
      This was on HN about a month ago [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22957573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22957573
  - spacephysics 6y ago
    Currently using a third-party 'mag-safe' adapter and after changing to the recommended side, have had much less issues with heat
  - happymellon 6y ago
    Not for me on 16" 2019 Pro, the fans spin right up as soon as I start a Slack call and the base starts to melt rocks after about 15 mins. Co-workers on the previous gen 15" pros also don't find this to actually be a solution. The issue is that Macbooks aren't a great investment for Apple, as the make more money in every other department, without anywhere near the upfront costs.
neal_jones 6y ago
I remember years ago after I had switched to Apple using a Windows laptop and I thought, “How is this trackpad even acceptable?” In more recent years I have noticed Windows machines have made some very good trackpads.

Except it's way too big now, resulting in spurious cursor-jumps, erroneous right-clicks... it's dumb. Even dumber is that Apple didn't do the obvious thing to make the giant trackpad pay off: Make the Pencil work on it! DUHHHH

Wowfunhappy 6y ago
> Even dumber is that Apple didn't do the obvious thing to make the giant trackpad pay off: Make the Pencil work on it! DUHHHH I really don't think the trackpad is large enough for this to be broadly useful. Now, if they'd just put a damn touch screen on their laptops...
- neal_jones 6y ago
  I remember yelling at my computer screen during some Apple announcement while some VP pontificated about how touch is the natural, convenient, intuitive, superior etc. approach all while ignoring the GIANT SCREEN. Honestly I am not wanting for a touchscreen but if you are going to rant about how great “touch” is just swap the screen with an iPad and shut up. While I’m ranting, the other year when I saw the Microsoft Surface Studio (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+surface+studio&t=iphone&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+surface+studio&t=iphone&...) I thought, “10 years ago if you made me guess who made that machine I would have said Apple”

spacephysics 6y ago

Same, despite the overheating issue with my model, and the copious amount of OS issues with the more recent releases, I’ve yet to find a laptop that comes close to Apple’s track pad. To a point where sometimes I prefer the track pad over a mouse.

neal_jones 6y ago
You’ve probably already heard about this, but there has been a large discussion about how charging from the traditional left side of 15” (and I believe 16”) MBPs results in heat and fan issues. A lot of people have had improved results just by switching power to the right.
- api 6y ago
  That is just ridiculous.
  - teruakohatu 6y ago
    Not more than the previous keyboards which can't handle a spec of dust under the keys.
- navanchauhan 6y ago
  if what you have told me is true, you will have gained my trust
  - karlding 6y ago
    This was on HN about a month ago [0]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22957573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22957573
- spacephysics 6y ago
  Currently using a third-party 'mag-safe' adapter and after changing to the recommended side, have had much less issues with heat
- happymellon 6y ago
  Not for me on 16" 2019 Pro, the fans spin right up as soon as I start a Slack call and the base starts to melt rocks after about 15 mins. Co-workers on the previous gen 15" pros also don't find this to actually be a solution. The issue is that Macbooks aren't a great investment for Apple, as the make more money in every other department, without anywhere near the upfront costs.

neal_jones 6y ago

I remember years ago after I had switched to Apple using a Windows laptop and I thought, “How is this trackpad even acceptable?” In more recent years I have noticed Windows machines have made some very good trackpads.