How do you right-click?
On the Macbooks and Macbook Pros you just click in the bottom right corner (the whole thing is a button).
Apple Magic Trackpad
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#62For wireless peripherals, non-charging AA batteries are a better choice than any charging dock or solution. Why spend every day docking/undock the thing (or charging the batteries when they die) when I can slip new batteries in once every 6 months?
If you have a digital camera of some sort then you're probably already accustomed to charging batteries anyway. I think recharging batteries is less messy than buying new ones each time. You have to stock them ahead of time (storage area), and remember to restock after resupplying your device (which you'll probably forget). Don't forget that each time you have to access new batteries you'll need to fight with those plastic containers and chances are you won't have scissors on you, use knife instead and kill or wound yourself in the process.
Also, environment.
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#63I've got a MBP hooked up to an external monitor, and I find myself using the four-finger upward-swipe to show my desktop.
That's about it.
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#64I WANT THIS! ;)
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#65I love this idea, but how come they couldn't include this functionality into the Magic Mouse too? (Maybe next version?)
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#66next step is to make a one giant trackpad with keys printed on top of it. os if you touch it its a key press and if you drag it its a mouse movement. now only need to figure out how to mouse click ;)
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#67So, does the bluetooth disconnect when you accidentally touch the bottom left side with your thumb?
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#68Back in the days, I always preferred the Trackpoints the IBM ThinkPads used and I never quite liked the trackpads. I'm even going as far as to say that I'm quite the trackpad hater - they never felt precise to me and required way too frantic finger movement to be really comfortable for me. But when I moved to Apple hardware, I basically was stuck with the trackpads, but this time around, it was different. The bigger…
The problem with trackpads are that you have to move your hand - great for normal browsing I suppose, but it sucks when you are writing code or typing.
while in coding mode I hardly ever use the pointing device anyways, but control my environment using the keyboard alone.
But while browsing or looking up documentation, I need the pointing device and then the accuracy and the gestures of the trackpad come in very handily.
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#69For wireless peripherals, non-charging AA batteries are a better choice than any charging dock or solution. Why spend every day docking/undock the thing (or charging the batteries when they die) when I can slip new batteries in once every 6 months?
If you have a digital camera of some sort then you're probably already accustomed to charging batteries anyway. I think recharging batteries is less messy than buying new ones each time. You have to stock them ahead of time (storage area), and remember to restock after resupplying your device (which you'll probably forget). Don't forget that each time you have to access new batteries you'll need to fight with those p…
I'm inclined to agree with you regarding devices that you take outside the house, like a digital camera. My comment was more about desktop peripherals. To address your points:
1) A 24 pack of AA batteries somewhere near your desk should last over a year, and you should have storage area somewhere to accommodate it.
2) AA batteries generally come in easy-to-rip cardboard packs, so no fighting with the container and hurting yourself.
3) The environment argument could fall either way; I suspect neither of us has seen definitive research regarding the total environmental cost of disposable vs. rechargeable batteries.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem with trackpads are that you have to move your hand - great for normal browsing I suppose, but it sucks when you are writing code or typing.
How is this different from any other pointing device? The only one I know where you didn't have to move your hand was the Touchstream LP ( http://www.fingerworks.com/ST_product.html ), but then typing was difficult at best.