Comments on: Magic Trackpad Review

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:05:00 +0000

It’s pretty. And with Better Touch Tools it’s absolutely a blast to use when my mac is in clamshell mode.

By: John radford

John radford — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:30:00 +0000

my magic trackpad & magic mouse, are both gathering dust in the cupboard
continually replacing AA battery.s is a bore, a retrograde step by apple is my view
i,m back to using my little logitech u,s,b, mouse,,, no trouble

John Radford

By: Rock Magiting Villano

Rock Magiting Villano — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:17:09 +0000

I haven’t tried it yet.
Although Apple didn’t include Windows in system requirements, and that you can install Windows on a Mac, I believe you would still be able to use it.
Most people say you won’t be able to use multitouch or other gestures like on a Mac OS.

By: Louie Drago

Louie Drago — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:35:02 +0000

…and before everyone starts telling me I’m blind, I have the ‘original’ three-battery version of the wireless keyboard. Did the dimensions change for the latest model? That’s a complete re-tool for a trivial upgrade – I can’t believe that, they must have moved factories.

By: Louie Drago

Louie Drago — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:52:42 +0000

I’ve just received my Magic Trackpad this morning. It’s beautiful, simple and exactly what I asked for a couple of years ago. From a strategic point of view, I think this is a stroke of brilliance (perhaps an obvious one, but sometimes those are the hardest to see) because it allows everyone who has been using Apple’s portable products to use the same, now-intuitive, gestural interface that they have come to favour. Further lock-in from phone to desktop and hopefully, goodbye to mouse-induced RSI.

I do, however, have two points to raise. First, there’s no current gesture for navigating Spaces which I find strange (I had to use MouseWizard to add this to my Magic Mouse) but surely this will come soon. Second, and this one is astounding to me (and probably very, very few others), the trackpad is not actually the same depth as my Apple wireless keyboard (as this reviewer states), it’s about a millimetre deeper.

Now a millimetre is surely not worth complaining about in this context (ammunition yes, trackpads no) but, having been a fan of the rigours of Apple’s design and the consistently high manufacturing tolerances they have adhered to over the last few years (ever since Jonathan Ive took over) – am I the only person to find this strangely disturbing? I refuse to believe it’s a mistake – there must be a reason for it – but what is it? I think we should be told before the fabric of society is rent asunder.

By: jbnimble

jbnimble — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:38:58 +0000

Good to know. Thanks. Any idea how I can use a single bluetooth Apple keyboard and track pad with two machines [ 1 Win/1 Mac ]? Anyone know of a platform-agnostic bluetooth KVM switch?

By: jbnimble

jbnimble — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:32:24 +0000

wickedguy…just fyi, Apple definitely makes a wireless keyboard with a separate numeric keyboard [ Part number: MB110LL/A ]. As you know, they also make one without [ Part number: MC184LL/A ]. Personally, having a keyboard without a separate numeric panel is a big plus for me, since I’ve never used the separate panel on any keyboard I’ve owned and I enjoy the smaller footprint on my desk. Of course, the smaller keyboard still has numeric entry. But, I can understand that, if you’re used to single-handed numeric entry, the extra numeric panel is a deal-breaker.

By: Ernest Seow

Ernest Seow — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:24:14 +0000

You can pair this track pad to a PC. I have it running on my Lenovo IdeaCentre A700 now running Windows 7 64bit. It pairs up via Bluetooth fine, and will work as a single click mouse only, UNTIL, you download the Windows drivers from Apple and extract the file needed to make it work with 7Zip.

By: wetfish

wetfish — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:50:57 +0000

Pretty sweet device. I have retired my Magic Mouse, and just for fun I paired 2 Magic Trackpads. All you ambidextrous people out there can rest assured you can use both hands magically. Only drawback is that each Magic Trackpad must use the same settings.

Great product!

By: Mini_J

Mini_J — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:52:10 +0000

to answer your question one finger pressing on the pad is left click. 2 fingers on and press is a right click. just like the current gen macbook pro’s.
as for your mighty mouse problem i highly recommend finding a logitech bluetooth mouse. I have had very good luck with those as far as precision and all around appeal.

I’m not sure its a must have for a laptop (that doesnt already have swiping) but maybe pick one up for the desktop and see how you like it

By: wickedguy

wickedguy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:53 +0000

How do you perform the “right” click and “left” click with the trackpad? I have two magic mice – one for my MacBook Pro and the second for my Mac Pro.

To be honest, the magic mice are okay but not great. They’re definitely not as responsive for graphics apps as a corded mouse or even a typical wireless mouse. In InDesign it’s extremely irritating as sometimes the page jump to the left or right at the slightest movement or touch of the magic mouse.

However, I can live with the magic mouse, as it’s not too cumbersome to carry around with my MacBook Pro. (Since I have the previous version of the MacBook Pro, the trackpad doesn’t have the gesture capability of the new models, so I never use the built-in trackpad.)

However, I think the size of the trackpad would be too cumbersome for a laptop. I also don’t have the wireless Mac keyboard since I think it’s ridiculous for it not to have a separate numeric keypad – I have the Logitech dINovo Mac Edition instead, which does have the separate numeric keypad. I do a ton of work in Excel and the separate numeric keypad is a must.

By: Adam Bartholomew

Adam Bartholomew — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:17:51 +0000

Not compatible with a PC according to the apple website.

By: dhoffa21

dhoffa21 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:19:11 +0000

Great device, just picked one up at the Apple store. My Magic Mouse may be up on eBay in the next few days.

By: Suvijak Ang Pao Sompalachaiya

Suvijak Ang Pao Sompalachaiya — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:29:33 +0000

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By: benjitek

benjitek — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:57:50 +0000

Has anyone tried it with a PC? If so — how was it?