Anyone running Windows on the new Macbook?

[yatman]

2-finger

Good luck with that.

Have you tried that 2-finger solution on the no-button mouse pad from teh new macbooks. Doesn't work. I've found taht if you put 3 fingers, click the trackpad and hold, and release the 3rd finger, you will get the right click options.

HOWEVER, that doesn't work for the task bar and start menu.

WAY too complicated.

 

[ayeying]

Good luck with that.

Have you tried that 2-finger solution on the no-button mouse pad from teh new macbooks. Doesn't work. I've found taht if you put 3 fingers, click the trackpad and hold, and release the 3rd finger, you will get the right click options.

HOWEVER, that doesn't work for the task bar and start menu.

WAY too complicated.

Try the new patch. allows 2 finger taps. and I have tried it because I'm on it right now. Its not as accurate but it works.

 

[Eric S.]

Try the new patch.

What patch is that?

 

[akm3]

What patch is that?

They just released new Windows trackpad drivers.

 

[yatman]

windows boot device

You can set windows as the boot device by going into system preferences, opening up the bootcamp icon, and selecting the windows partition as the default boot.

You can also hold down the option button at boot, select windows to boot, and in the system tray, there's a bootcamp icon that you can set windows as the boot device too.

No need to mess with the with the command line

 

[budkid]

I am running Vista Business. So far so good.

 

[crazyxzer0]

i also run Vista Business since School provided a free cdkey.

The trackpad was utterly useless with the bootcamp drivers. I just resorted to a logitech mouse to temporarily solved that problem. VMware with my bootcamp partition has no issues with the trackpad.

I had a couple of BSOD in vmware..but havent been able to reproduce it to find the problem.

 

[Wolfpup]

You can set windows as the boot device by going into system preferences, opening up the bootcamp icon, and selecting the windows partition as the default boot.

You can also hold down the option button at boot, select windows to boot, and in the system tray, there's a bootcamp icon that you can set windows as the boot device too.

No need to mess with the with the command line

Yeah, I was thinking I sure remember it being a LOT easier than that!

 

[Eric S.]

They just released new Windows trackpad drivers.

Cool. I just saw that it shows up in Software Update.

 

[Wolfpup]

Cool...under software update in Windows? That's really cool if that's how they handle it!

 

[Eric S.]

Cool...under software update in Windows? That's really cool if that's how they handle it!

Exactly. You run Apple Software Update.

 

[Wolfpup]

Wow, that is very cool. That's actually, if they keep stuff up to date, probably better than how anyone else does it.

 

[EricJD]

The new trackpad update is absolutely wonderful.

 

[akm3]

The new trackpad update is absolutely wonderful.

I concur. The trackpad went from being unusable in Windows to very serviceable.

 

[Eric S.]

It's a lot better but nowhere near perfection. Thankfully, it is now at least possible to select a block of text. But the biggest problem for me is that when the thumb is on the trackpad it is treated as an extra finger. Resting the thumb on the pad is not a problem in OS X, but in Windows it will cause the screen to scroll instead of the pointer merely moving. Just as bad, clicking on a particular spot is frustrating because any movement of the thumb causes the pointer to move. But all in all it is now possible to live with the problems where it was completely unusable previously.

 

[Bengt77]

Vista 64 is running silky smooth, natively (using Boot Camp) on my new MacBook.

 

[yatman]

update didn't do much

Well the update did make the trackpad more stable and responsive but didn't solve the right click problem - especially in the task bar/start menu areas. Has ANYONE gotten the right click to work in those areas using the purported technique that is listed by Apple? Seems wierd that it's only NOT working it those particular areas.

 

[Eric S.]

Well the update did make the trackpad more stable and responsive but didn't solve the right click problem - especially in the task bar/start menu areas. Has ANYONE gotten the right click to work in those areas using the purported technique that is listed by Apple? Seems wierd that it's only NOT working it those particular areas.

What is the technique listed by Apple? Two-finger click works for me as right-click in taskbar/start menu. Not always, but most of the time.

 

[akm3]

Well the update did make the trackpad more stable and responsive but didn't solve the right click problem - especially in the task bar/start menu areas. Has ANYONE gotten the right click to work in those areas using the purported technique that is listed by Apple? Seems wierd that it's only NOT working it those particular areas.

Did you try three-finger click? That seriously works for me, I'm not being flippant.

 

[yatman]

3 finger

Yes - i have a 3-finger technique where i place 3 fingers on the trackpad, press down and hold, remove 1 finger.

This seems to generally activate the right click option. But when I try that on the task bar or on any of the icons in the start menu, it doesn't register.

The response I see is that of a basic click. Again this is only happening on the start menu and the task bar icons. Anywhere else, it is behaving as a right-click.

VERY strange. The two finger click just isn't working at all for me. Even Eric S. indicated that the two-finger click works SOMETIMES for him.

SOMETIMES is not a solution Apple. Make it work!!