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The Mac trackpad gestures let me do all that without having to reach up to the screen to do it.
by dhosek 4y ago
The Mac trackpad gestures let me do all that without having to reach up to the screen to do it.
- jchw 4y agoYeah sure, I have a multi touch trackpad. Hell, I have a 2022 MacBook Pro even. Honestly though it's no comparison to using a touchscreen for me in terms of feeling natural, it's just not even close.
- lostlogin 4y agoI supposed it’s quite personal, but for me the benefits of not covering the content, not dirtying the screen, the reduced need to reach (side swipe, pinch to zoom), and the close proximity to the keypad are quite compelling.
- deafpolygon 4y agoEven my Lenovo laptop can do this just almost as well as a modern Macbook these days.
- jchw 4y agoThough to be fair, for a long time, it was actually hard to get decent multitouch on PCs. I recall using modded Synaptics drivers. It wasn't until Microsoft Precision Touchpad drivers came around that it really felt similar to Mac for me. Now even libinput on Linux does a pretty OK job with typical PC trackpads, so things have definitely changed. I recall hearing patents played a role in how slow this was to come to PCs, but I have no source.
- dhosek 4y agoYeah, it’s been a while since I last used a PC for work (2017), but the trackpad on the laptop I was given was damn near unusable.
- deafpolygon 4y agoI recall that was the case. It's quite smooth, and I have 3 finger 4 finger gestures as well.
- charlie0 4y agoYes, before I got a Mac, I had Windows and the touchpads were ....meh. I could see some value in a touchscreen. Now that I've experience a Mac trackpad, I see no use for a touchscreen. The trackpad on Mac is amazing.