I’d be curious to hear from anyone, especially developers, who’ve gone all-in with a Magic Trackpad as their only pointing device. I assume others feel the same way or else you’d see more Magic Trackpads in the wild. I suspect the core issue is the placement of the trackpad on the side of the keyboard, and the fact that unlike a laptop, the trackpad isn’t at a fixed location relative to a keyboard. I bought one as soon is it was released, but sadly using the Magic Trackpad doesn’t quite work as nicely as the built-in trackpad on a laptop. I love Apple’s multitouch trackpad.īefore Apple released the Magic Trackpad, I reached out to Apple’s business sales group to ask if anyone made such a device. Most of the time, I don’t bother with a mouse. My primary traveling machine is an 11″ MacBook Air. While the MacBook is a sort of forward looking “concept” Mac, all of Apple’s portables aren’t exactly flush with USB ports- every shipping Mac laptop currently has only two USB 3 ports, and most Mac owners are buying laptops. two other than perhaps Apple is telling us we now live in a post-port world. It’s not even clear why the new MacBook only has one port vs. The MacBook has a single USB-C port, and the clear message is don’t bother plugging anything into your Mac anymore except a power cable. Apple has put us all on notice with the announcement of the new MacBook.

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