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Should I buy a Magic Trackpad?

MasterHowl said:
Thanks for the quick reply everyone!

I think I'll order one tonight :) Or maybe go into town tomorrow and pick one up...

£60 is a lot of money though! D: Suppose it's what you have to pay for quality equipment that's not going to break after 18 months! It'll be cheaper in the long run.
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If you have a Computer Exchange ( CEX ) near you you might want to check there. They often have brand new sealed ones and they currently sell them for £50. It's not much of a savings but at least it's £10 less.
 
Wow, somebody drank the kool-aid. Sheesh.
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If there's Kool-aid count me in!

Since buying a MagicTrackpad I have no desire
to go back to a mouse either.
 
BiggAW said:
Wow, somebody drank the kool-aid. Sheesh.
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Well, whatever you are drinking is as out-of-date as that unoriginal, anti-Apple drivel. You should get some new material. Just because someone gives a positive opinion of a product from Apple does not mean they "drink the kool-aid". Good grief!

And yes, get a Magic Trackpad.
 
I think it totally depends on what you do, if your just someone who does general work like surfing the web and watching videos, then yeah Magic Trackpad will replace a mouse for you, but if your a web designer like myself, or a gamer, or if you rely on accuracy, then mouse is the only way to go..
 
Lion = a lot of multitouch.
a lot of multitouch = magic trackpad.
therefore, by the transitive property,
Lion = Magic Trackpad
 
So buy magic trackpad for my MacBook even though the MacBook has a trackpad? I'm currently using a mouse but with lion releasing, should I get an "extra" trackpad?
 
Hmmm...

Don't know if it is totally necessary to buy a Magic
Trackpad for a Macbook that has a trackpad....

....especially at the $60+ cost factor of these gadgets...

...however, if I had the expendable cashflow, I would
certainly buy one just because I think it allows more
finger room and a more pleasing tracking experience than
the pad on the Macbook.
 
As someone who has a Macbook and a Magic Trackpad on an iMac, I don't think there's any point to getting another trackpad for the Macbook. The one on the Macbook is more than sufficient.
 
gibbz said:
Well, whatever you are drinking is as out-of-date as that unoriginal, anti-Apple drivel. You should get some new material. Just because someone gives a positive opinion of a product from Apple does not mean they "drink the kool-aid". Good grief!

And yes, get a Magic Trackpad.
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Yes, clearly I hate Apple with my AMAZING new 15" MBP with it's i7, SSD, and high-res screen.

Seriously though, I actually hate bad products. Of which any Apple monitor or input device is one. You couldn't pay me to use that POS.
 
Cinder6 said:
As someone who has a Macbook and a Magic Trackpad on an iMac, I don't think there's any point to getting another trackpad for the Macbook. The one on the Macbook is more than sufficient.
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Thanks for the advice. I might just go with a magic mouse for home use then.
 
Let me just add that I am *so so* glad I asked for a Trackpad for Christmas! Seems to have paid off, looking at all these reports!
:)

PS I also use it more than my magic mouse so make of that what you will...
 
Dale Sorel said:
That's exactly why I'm gonna stay with my Logitech Performance Mouse MX. Other than pinch to zoom, I really don't think Lion is gonna require a trackpad.
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Were you able to get it to run properly? I have the GM and the mouse sucks compared to SL. They don't have updated drivers yet.
 
Since my MBP is old and doesn't have a multitouch trackpad, the Magic TrackPad made a ton of sense. I also use it while sitting on the couch, the mouse doesn't work well on the arm but the TrackPad does.

It did take some getting used to, but so far I really like it. Just wish I could do a CMD+Click on it instead of having to actually use the CMD key.
 
BigJohno said:
Were you able to get it to run properly? I have the GM and the mouse sucks compared to SL. They don't have updated drivers yet.
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Sorry, I don't have any version of Lion on my iMac. I most likely won't update my OS until Lion hits the App Store.
 
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