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  • spindizzy 24 Oct 2013 12:36:17 7,750 posts
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    Christ almighty.
  • nickthegun 24 Oct 2013 12:37:43 73,282 posts
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    Its funny. He literally cant comprehend apple.
  • spindizzy 24 Oct 2013 12:41:50 7,750 posts
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    Or the concept that there can be more to value than just Mhz and gigabytes.
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  • RichieTenenbaum 27 Oct 2013 00:14:16 2,736 posts
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    Not strictly Mac Pro but a question: how come apple are the only company that can make a decent trackpad?

    Edited by RichieTenenbaum at 00:14:38 27-10-2013
  • yegon 27 Oct 2013 01:39:43 6,176 posts
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    RichieTenenbaum wrote:
    Not strictly Mac Pro but a question: how come apple are the only company that can make a decent trackpad?
    Yeah, it's actually this that prompted me to take a punt on a white, placky MacBook back in '06. On my third Apple laptop since and they've only got better. The glass trackpad that I first experienced on my late '08 Macbook Pro was the first time I actually started to prefer browsing with a trackpad over a mouse.

    I believe Microsoft have recently taken control of trackpad drivers, away from (typically) Synaptics et al, so it's entirely possible there may be some serious improvement incoming on the Windows side in the not too distant future.

    Edited by yegon at 01:44:12 27-10-2013
  • Deleted user 27 October 2013 08:34:14
    The trackpad on my 09 mbp is better than any fancy mouse I've used.
  • nickthegun 27 Oct 2013 08:40:52 73,282 posts
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    RichieTenenbaum wrote:
    Not strictly Mac Pro but a question: how come apple are the only company that can make a decent trackpad?
    Because they arent trying to keep costs down. Other companies could make one like it but they wont because they arent cheap to produce.
  • THFourteen 27 Oct 2013 08:47:29 47,896 posts
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    My sony vaio trackpad is excellent.

    Having said that I've never used a MacBook.
  • yegon 27 Oct 2013 10:13:32 6,176 posts
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    It's patent related too, I seem to recall reading Apple had a load of the good stuff sewn up.
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