An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard

Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by boubiyeah on Monday September 03, 2018 @06:24AM (#17901685)

I agree the trackpad is unnecessarily large. It works much better than the competition though.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by lylecubed on Monday September 03, 2018 @09:45AM (#17902528)

"Better than other trackpads on the market" and "the trackpad is great" are two different statements.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by brennebeck on Monday September 03, 2018 @09:16AM (#17902409)

Exactly. A bit too large but still by far the best trackpad out there.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by splintercell on Monday September 03, 2018 @10:57AM (#17902884)

I have a question to those Macbook users who find its trackpad far superior to the competition, does the trackpad behaves the same way with other OS, like with Ubuntu? The reason why I asked because when I installed Linux on my 2012 Macbook air, it's trackpad turned into the normie trackpad instead of the super awesome Macbook trackpad.

In other words, how much of Macbook's trackpad is in it's software?

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by davidandgoliath on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:58PM (#17904282)

> In other words, how much of Macbook's trackpad is in it's software?

A tonne. Compare how the trackpad acts in the restore system, and how it acts in MacOS: Two very different realms of quality.

Regardless, lenovo & dell's (x1 & xps) trackpads are on par with the macbook '15's trackpad. Apple has lost that advantage.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by jypepin on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:26AM (#17907235)

well works great need to include "does not do things when I don't intend". I have normal hands size so I can't see how other people don't face this problem

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