Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by ses1984 on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:34AM
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Which competitor has a touchpad that’s equal to or better than apple?
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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by ModernMech on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:20AM
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I prefer the touchpad on my Surface Book 2 to the one on my Macbook Pro (2019). The one on my Macbook is comically huge, and I also am not in love with the feel/click noise compared to the Surface Book. YMMV.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by ses1984 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:16PM
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The bigger the better as far as I’m concerned that’s half the reason I went with a 15” model.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by macintux on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:24AM
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Ideally there’s be no feel/click noise on an Apple trackpad. “Tap to click” is a revelation.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by stjohnswarts on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:48AM
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You know when you say stuff like "revelation" it really doesn't help your argument that you're not just fanboying out for apple?
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by ModernMech on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:55AM
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Oh no, I much prefer the tactile response and sound of a physical click. But again, that's maybe just me.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by emptysongglass on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:34PM
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I have both an XPS 13 Developer Edition from 2018 and two MacBooks from 2019. The touchpads on both 2019s are not good. They both have difficulty inertial scrolling and the touch rejection is far too sensitive.
Coming from lifelong Linux-land it's actually comical reflecting on how poor these things operate in day to day. The most prominent issue for me is how poorly they operate with my USB-type C dock I use for multi-monitor.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by Bayart on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:21AM
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The very latest Lenovo laptops have touchpads made by Sensel. That should roll all over Apple's stuff, hardware-wise.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by ses1984 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:13PM
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It’s not all about the hardware, how are Linux drivers for that thing?
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by Bayart on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:44PM
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No idea, it's very new so the driver side is probably flaky. This being said Lenovo is shipping it on Thinkpads and the likes, so Linux support shouldn't too far fetched.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by vagrantJin on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:40PM
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I have a dell XPS and it's a dream. Probably the closest thing to a good trackpad. That being said, Apples keyboards, even on the MBP are below par. They don't feel like they're supposed to be put through their paces. At work they make us use Macs and iMacs and to be honest, I damn near threw the wireless keyboard in the trash but Apple will win the screen wars till Jesus comes back though.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by eertami on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:43AM
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I'm probably not the person to ask, I only use the touchpad as a last resort.
(Honestly I never even noticed that the apple touchpad was better than any other touchpad, but I understand that touchpad users will notice things I didn't.)