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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by pmontra on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:18PM (#39609877)
They should invent a measurement unit for trackpads/touchpads, whatever we call them. Then a grade 5 touchpad will be immediately perceived as better than a grade 4 one. Or Basic, Business, Elite. Marketing teams are good at that.
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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by hoistbypetard on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @07:45PM (#39610925)
Microsoft tried "precision touchpad" and I think there was some uptake. But you never see it advertised anymore, so maybe it didn't drive many sales?
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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by wtallis on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @10:29PM (#39611984)
They made it a requirement for Windows 11, so the term no longer provides any differentiation.
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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smoo... by tcmart14 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:51PM (#39610146)
I can get on board with that. Just some kind of language to describe a touchpad in marketing material. Without it, it is hard to see, without living with it, how a touch pad differs across two or more devices. I tend to think of touchpads as Mac touch pads and non-touch pads. Even though that is wrong.
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