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0 pointsdismalaf1mo ago0 comments

> Trackpad: I don't use a mouse anymore, no other laptop comes close

I always hear this but don't get it. Every time I use a Mac laptop, I hate the touchpad. Maybe it's the defaults but I don't feel it's more accurate or anything... Why do people think it's good? A certain acceleration profile?

I much prefer the commodity Synaptics trackpads I've had on my last 2 laptops, running Linux with Gnome and now Hyprland. I just crank the sensitivity, have all the gestures enabled, tap to click and 2 finger reverse scrolling and am happy.

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koonsolo29d ago

I hate the tap to click, so that's probably our difference. I really want to physically click, and a tap should do nothing. I always get fake clicks in the other case.

Dragging also becomes more natural when you have a real click.

The trackpad is also big enough to easily cover the whole screen.

dismalafOP29d ago

> Dragging also becomes more natural when you have a real click

Agree to disagree. I find tap to click + hold turns into a double tap but hold on the second tap which I find quite intuitive. And two finger tap is "right click".

> The trackpad is also big enough to easily cover the whole screen.

So is mine with the sensitivity up. But I don't have to move my hand at all, only my fingers.

> I hate the tap to click, so that's probably our difference

Ok fair enough. I have noticed most Macs I use for whatever reason don't have tap to click enabled. So larger size + probably a nicer click could be reasons.

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