We think Apple ’s Magic Trackpad marksthe beginning of the end for Mac OS X. Other reviewers of the Magic Trackpad touch on other subjects . Here are the highlight of what they said .
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Ars Technicathought the Magic Trackpad matched absolutely with Apple ’s Wireless Keyboard :
There ’s not much in the boxwood besides the trackpad and a manual . The inclosure is made of aluminum with a thin layer of glass on the tracking surface , though you would n’t know it from the touch . The Magic Trackpad is designed to mirror the functionality and feel of the trackpads built into Apple ’s MacBook Pros , but to look like a partner to Apple ’s Wireless Keyboard . The top and bottom align with the keyboard utterly , and they match each other aesthetically .
Slash Geardiscovered some unexampled options in the Trackpad ’s preferences :
Thanks to the newfangled configurations pane , however , you may selectively shut off certain gestures if you do n’t expend them , adjust tracking , doubled - click and scrolling speed ( including optional inertia ) , and vary the behavior of three - finger use . Rather than flipping varlet , you may set it to drag window around the screen ( a newfangled software system update adds the same optional functionality to MacBook trackpads ) .
CNETfound the Magic Trackpad offer circumscribe multitouch for Windows :
Though the wording on the box claim a Mac is necessary , we successfully paired the Magic Trackpad with a Windows PC . Unfortunately , Windows functionality is confine to individual - skin senses and click part only — we could n’t get multitouch configurations such as pinch - to - zoom and tap - to - click to operate on the Magic Trackpad . A Windows support download from Apple would n’t install on a Windows microcomputer , and is intended for Boot Camp users running Windows on their Macs .
MacWorlddidn’t think you could use the Magic Trackpad on your lap :
One place the Magic Trackpad does n’t ride especially well is on your lap with a keyboard . If you ’re using Apple ’s Wireless Keyboard with , say , a Mac miniskirt in your home entertainment system , you ’ll likely wish for a version of the keyboard with the trackpad permanently attached . I surmise it wo n’t be long before an enterprising third party announce a commodious tray that holds the Wireless Keyboard and Magic Trackpad together .
Engadgetmanaged to make the trackpad read 10 touch point and touched on its utility as a HTPC remote :
As you would expect , the trackpad is multitouch and respond to gestures using up to four fingers , though the trackpad registered far more speck points in my testing , even up to all ten of my fingers ( test using the third party Better Touch Tool) … One of the good U.S.A. I found for the Magic Trackpad was as a ascendency aerofoil for my HTPC apparatus . Normally I use something call Air Mouse on my iPhone to control the Mac Mini I have connect to my idiot box — but the Magic Trackpad did fantabulous stand - in oeuvre for it during my testing .
PC Magwanted to see it offered with the new iMacs :
Too unfit you ca n’t replace the Magic Mouse with the Magic Trackpad in an order for a new iMac , watch that they cost the same .
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