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> Trackpad: I don't use a mouse anymore, no other laptop comes close I always hear this but don't get it. Every time I use a Mac laptop, I hate the touchpad.
by dismalaf 7mo ago
> Trackpad: I don't use a mouse anymore, no other laptop comes close
I always hear this but don't get it. Every time I use a Mac laptop, I hate the touchpad. Maybe it's the defaults but I don't feel it's more accurate or anything... Why do people think it's good? A certain acceleration profile?
I much prefer the commodity Synaptics trackpads I've had on my last 2 laptops, running Linux with Gnome and now Hyprland. I just crank the sensitivity, have all the gestures enabled, tap to click and 2 finger reverse scrolling and am happy.
- koonsolo 7mo agoI hate the tap to click, so that's probably our difference. I really want to physically click, and a tap should do nothing. I always get fake clicks in the other case. Dragging also becomes more natural when you have a real click. The trackpad is also big enough to easily cover the whole screen.
- dismalaf 7mo ago> Dragging also becomes more natural when you have a real click Agree to disagree. I find tap to click + hold turns into a double tap but hold on the second tap which I find quite intuitive. And two finger tap is "right click". > The trackpad is also big enough to easily cover the whole screen. So is mine with the sensitivity up. But I don't have to move my hand at all, only my fingers. > I hate the tap to click, so that's probably our difference Ok fair enough. I have noticed most Macs I use for whatever reason don't have tap to click enabled. So larger size + probably a nicer click could be reasons.