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		bluescrn 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new F... Seriously, why are touchpads not a solved problem yet? Why are so many machines (including some fairly high-end models) shipping with worse touchpads than Apple were shipping over a decade ago?

zbrozek 15 days ago [–]

The actual touch part of the FW touchpad, including tap to click, works just fine. I might be a weirdo for liking mechanical click for dragging (and I dislike the Macbook tactile fakery; it does not fool my finger).

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