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Apple designs the hardware, firmware, driver and OS. For a Windows laptop the touchpad might involve 3 different vendors. And Windows supports older graphical
by 908B64B197 5y ago
Apple designs the hardware, firmware, driver and OS.
For a Windows laptop the touchpad might involve 3 different vendors. And Windows supports older graphical APIs that just don't understand pixel scrolling. OSX doesn't, Apple just deprecated all of that years ago and told everyone to rewrite their app.
- solarkraft 5y agoEcosystem control is a part of the reason (strong focus on touchpad usage), but controlling both hardware and software is not. Proof: The touchpad's software side works just as well on hackintosh laptops.