Comments on: No, seriously, the Magic Trackpad isn’t killing the mouse

By: acerbic

acerbic — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:07:16 +0000

It’s actually called Tragic Macpad.

By: GTaylor

GTaylor — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:14:15 +0000

Yawn. More desk clutter, more blog clutter, more distraction form what people really need.
Needed: Computers that work well and easily in the human environment. Perfect customer service. Seamless always-on back ups with syncing across all of my hardware. Screens and devices built for the way people use them and work in real life. Software ownership modularized and online, again designed for cross platform functionality, written for the way people work.
Most of this currently exists and is currently available, spread by marketing departments across a multilevel fractured marketplace, purposely incompatible with anything else.

By: Dave_in_MI

Dave_in_MI — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:33:20 +0000

I’ve been debating whether my next new computer would be a power desktop or a higher-end ($1800ish) tablet-pc. My latest mad scheme is to build the power desktop and get one of these new slates (preferably with the pen/digitizer and a cost under $800) and synch it with the desktop as my input device (digital keyboard, pen, multi-touch). Best of both worlds.

By: Nameless

Nameless — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:38:19 +0000

“First, Apple introduced two-finger scrolling on their Macbook trackpads FOUR years ago.”

Incorrect. Try FIVE years ago with the last Aluminum PowerBook G4 and iBook G4 models. The latter is how I discovered it. (Using two fingers to make the one mouse button Ctrl-click wouldn’t come ’til the MacBook, though, which is also another useful feature.)

Anyway, the mouse as we know it will not die. I’m certainly not giving up my Logitech G500 without a fight. And, yes, my choice of mouse leads EXACTLY to what you’re thinking-PC gaming, especially FPSs. Do these pundits seriously expect us to play such games WITHOUT the accuracy and loads of physical buttons of a good mouse? I don’t think so.