Trackpad Coating

[6Foot6Dude]

Since it is apparently glass (even though it does not look it, I do not know how), is there any coating such as oleobphobic coating on the TrackPad that might wear away with time? Do you think a film should be used on it?

 

[hg.wells]

I have had my current MacBook Pro for over four years and the trackpad looks brand new. I wouldn’t put a film over it, it could also impact the user experience.

 

[6Foot6Dude]

I have had my current MacBook Pro for over four years and the trackpad looks brand new. I wouldn’t put a film over it, it could also impact the user experience.

Is the resistance you feel the same across the different areas of the trackpad? Do more used parts feel like they have more/less friction?

Assuming a cleaned trackpad ofcourse so that the other residue on the trackpad does not affect the results.

 

[SigEp265]

I have computers from like 2010 and the trackpad feels just like the day I bought it … However at one point I did add a carbon fiber skin to one of my new computer track pads just for piece of mind. It was most likely unnecessary

 

[entropi]

no film should be used! (the trackpad on my MBP from 2009 still looks like new, the glass trackpads are so much better than the old plastic ones!)

 

[hg.wells]

Cleaning wise, just a microfiber cloth. You won’t notice any resistance change across the trackpad.

 

[6Foot6Dude]

Cleaning wise, just a microfiber cloth. You won’t notice any resistance change across the trackpad.

I meant film as in a skin just could not remember they were called that. I do not know how the coating on the trackpad would not change with time affecting the feel. I put a few drops of water on the trackpad to test it and it seems almost like an oleophobic coating but not as slippery.

 

[entropi]

there is no coating, just durable matte glass - and it stays perfect.

 

[6Foot6Dude]

there is no coating, just durable matte glass - and it stays perfect.

I do not think that is correct because water behaves strangely if drops of it are ın the trackpad.