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So here it is day 1 of the "Magic Trackpad"...and I decided to purchase one. I was just this weekend contemplating purchasing a "Magic Mouse"...but with todays "Magic Trackpad" announcement...it seemed more inline with my predominant laptop/trackpad usage...than my desktop/mouse use.
This by no means is meant to be a full review of the Magic Trackpad...but sort of an initial glimpse & thoughts.
So I got to my local Apple Store around 4:30pm this afternoon. I immediately went to the rear of the store where they have the input devices & software to grab a Magic Trackpad. First of all...the genius/service counter was PACKED with customers...many of them with boxed up computers. Which to me possibly indicated a lot of recent computer purchasers returning their computer in light of the new iMac & Mac Pro announcements.
Anyway...back to the Magic Trackpad. So I get to the rear of the store & I'm looking for the Magic Trackpads...and I couldn't find any. I'm like...OMG...they're already out of them!!! I keep looking & looking...and then I finally spot them. There were only two left..and I snagged one.
My main goal initially was to just grab one of them...then look around the store for the newly announced products, and then find a demo computer with a Magic Trackpad hooked up to it, and play around with it for a couple minutes. Well guess what...the darn thing is so new...not one demo Magic Trackpad was setup...anywhere! I finally spot a computer with a Magic Trackpad by it...but it turns out the guy just bought one, and was hooking it up with one of the stores demo computers. I struck up a conversation with him...and he let me try it out a bit...to get the feel of it.
The first thing that struck me is that is wasn't as heavy as I expected. I mean it is exactly the same height as the Apple Aluminum keyboards, and made of the same material...it was just after demoing the "Magic Mouse" this weekend (much heavier & substantial feeling)...that the Magic Trackpad seemed a little light. Also, the Magic Trackpad has little rubber feet on it to keep it from sliding on smooth surfaces.
Of course (as advertised) the Magic Trackpad is capable of the 4-finger gesturing just like the Apple laptops of the past couple years. Interestingly...even though the Magic Trackpad does single & double mouse clicks by doing a single or double tap...you can also do physical single & double clicks by pushing down on the trackpad surface. The two rubber feet under the front edge of the Magic Trackpad "float" so to speak...making a physical single & double click possible...similar to using a mouse button.
As I said...this is not meant to be a full review. I haven't even opened mine yet...but from my experiences at the Apple Store...the Magic Trackpad works just like the trackpad on an Apple laptop...and remember it's supposed to be like 80% larger in surface area.
I think that my main use for the Magic Trackpad at the moment will be while I'm watching TV & computing at the same time...I'm going to put my MBP on the table in front of me...kick back on the couch...and maneuver the mouse pointer with the Magic Trackpad!
- Nick
Here are some photos of the box:
This by no means is meant to be a full review of the Magic Trackpad...but sort of an initial glimpse & thoughts.
So I got to my local Apple Store around 4:30pm this afternoon. I immediately went to the rear of the store where they have the input devices & software to grab a Magic Trackpad. First of all...the genius/service counter was PACKED with customers...many of them with boxed up computers. Which to me possibly indicated a lot of recent computer purchasers returning their computer in light of the new iMac & Mac Pro announcements.
Anyway...back to the Magic Trackpad. So I get to the rear of the store & I'm looking for the Magic Trackpads...and I couldn't find any. I'm like...OMG...they're already out of them!!! I keep looking & looking...and then I finally spot them. There were only two left..and I snagged one.
My main goal initially was to just grab one of them...then look around the store for the newly announced products, and then find a demo computer with a Magic Trackpad hooked up to it, and play around with it for a couple minutes. Well guess what...the darn thing is so new...not one demo Magic Trackpad was setup...anywhere! I finally spot a computer with a Magic Trackpad by it...but it turns out the guy just bought one, and was hooking it up with one of the stores demo computers. I struck up a conversation with him...and he let me try it out a bit...to get the feel of it.
The first thing that struck me is that is wasn't as heavy as I expected. I mean it is exactly the same height as the Apple Aluminum keyboards, and made of the same material...it was just after demoing the "Magic Mouse" this weekend (much heavier & substantial feeling)...that the Magic Trackpad seemed a little light. Also, the Magic Trackpad has little rubber feet on it to keep it from sliding on smooth surfaces.
Of course (as advertised) the Magic Trackpad is capable of the 4-finger gesturing just like the Apple laptops of the past couple years. Interestingly...even though the Magic Trackpad does single & double mouse clicks by doing a single or double tap...you can also do physical single & double clicks by pushing down on the trackpad surface. The two rubber feet under the front edge of the Magic Trackpad "float" so to speak...making a physical single & double click possible...similar to using a mouse button.
As I said...this is not meant to be a full review. I haven't even opened mine yet...but from my experiences at the Apple Store...the Magic Trackpad works just like the trackpad on an Apple laptop...and remember it's supposed to be like 80% larger in surface area.
I think that my main use for the Magic Trackpad at the moment will be while I'm watching TV & computing at the same time...I'm going to put my MBP on the table in front of me...kick back on the couch...and maneuver the mouse pointer with the Magic Trackpad!
- Nick
Here are some photos of the box: