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Which competitor has a touchpad that’s equal to or better than apple?

by ses1984 6y ago

eertami 6y ago
I'm probably not the person to ask, I only use the touchpad as a last resort. (Honestly I never even noticed that the apple touchpad was better than any other touchpad, but I understand that touchpad users will notice things I didn't.)
lsaferite 6y ago
That is certainly one area where I think Apple has no peer.
ModernMech 6y ago
I prefer the touchpad on my Surface Book 2 to the one on my Macbook Pro (2019). The one on my Macbook is comically huge, and I also am not in love with the feel/click noise compared to the Surface Book. YMMV.
- macintux 6y ago
  Ideally there’s be no feel/click noise on an Apple trackpad. “Tap to click” is a revelation.
  - stjohnswarts 6y ago
    You know when you say stuff like "revelation" it really doesn't help your argument that you're not just fanboying out for apple?
  - ModernMech 6y ago
    Oh no, I much prefer the tactile response and sound of a physical click. But again, that's maybe just me.
- ses1984 6y ago
  The bigger the better as far as I’m concerned that’s half the reason I went with a 15” model.
Bayart 6y ago
The very latest Lenovo laptops have touchpads made by Sensel. That should roll all over Apple's stuff, hardware-wise.
- ses1984 6y ago
  It’s not all about the hardware, how are Linux drivers for that thing?
  - Bayart 6y ago
    No idea, it's very new so the driver side is probably flaky. This being said Lenovo is shipping it on Thinkpads and the likes, so Linux support shouldn't too far fetched.
vagrantJin 6y ago
I have a dell XPS and it's a dream. Probably the closest thing to a good trackpad. That being said, Apples keyboards, even on the MBP are below par. They don't feel like they're supposed to be put through their paces. At work they make us use Macs and iMacs and to be honest, I damn near threw the wireless keyboard in the trash but Apple will win the screen wars till Jesus comes back though.
emptysongglass 6y ago
I have both an XPS 13 Developer Edition from 2018 and two MacBooks from 2019. The touchpads on both 2019s are not good. They both have difficulty inertial scrolling and the touch rejection is far too sensitive. Coming from lifelong Linux-land it's actually comical reflecting on how poor these things operate in day to day. The most prominent issue for me is how poorly they operate with my USB-type C dock I use for multi-monitor.

Which competitor has a touchpad that’s equal to or better than apple?

I'm probably not the person to ask, I only use the touchpad as a last resort. (Honestly I never even noticed that the apple touchpad was better than any other touchpad, but I understand that touchpad users will notice things I didn't.)

lsaferite 6y ago

That is certainly one area where I think Apple has no peer.

ModernMech 6y ago

I prefer the touchpad on my Surface Book 2 to the one on my Macbook Pro (2019). The one on my Macbook is comically huge, and I also am not in love with the feel/click noise compared to the Surface Book. YMMV.

macintux 6y ago
Ideally there’s be no feel/click noise on an Apple trackpad. “Tap to click” is a revelation.
- stjohnswarts 6y ago
  You know when you say stuff like "revelation" it really doesn't help your argument that you're not just fanboying out for apple?
- ModernMech 6y ago
  Oh no, I much prefer the tactile response and sound of a physical click. But again, that's maybe just me.
ses1984 6y ago
The bigger the better as far as I’m concerned that’s half the reason I went with a 15” model.

Bayart 6y ago

The very latest Lenovo laptops have touchpads made by Sensel. That should roll all over Apple's stuff, hardware-wise.

ses1984 6y ago
It’s not all about the hardware, how are Linux drivers for that thing?
- Bayart 6y ago
  No idea, it's very new so the driver side is probably flaky. This being said Lenovo is shipping it on Thinkpads and the likes, so Linux support shouldn't too far fetched.

vagrantJin 6y ago

I have a dell XPS and it's a dream. Probably the closest thing to a good trackpad. That being said, Apples keyboards, even on the MBP are below par. They don't feel like they're supposed to be put through their paces. At work they make us use Macs and iMacs and to be honest, I damn near threw the wireless keyboard in the trash but Apple will win the screen wars till Jesus comes back though.

emptysongglass 6y ago

I have both an XPS 13 Developer Edition from 2018 and two MacBooks from 2019. The touchpads on both 2019s are not good. They both have difficulty inertial scrolling and the touch rejection is far too sensitive. Coming from lifelong Linux-land it's actually comical reflecting on how poor these things operate in day to day. The most prominent issue for me is how poorly they operate with my USB-type C dock I use for multi-monitor.