A decade comes and goes

And this little nigga still can't be topped. Are trackpads really that hard to make?

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The feel of a Macbook's trackpad has more to do with software than hardware. Anyone who's created a Hackintosh will experience this. Sure, it doesn't feel exactly like a Macbook but there's just something Apple does on the software side that makes it feel so much better than what Microsoft does. Apple has full control over their hardware/software integration whereas Microsoft has to cater to a wider range of hardware so they're forced to make compromises on the software.

I've found the versatility of HP EliteBook's far superior to Apple's touchpad, plus similar build quality with models that have glass trackpads.
100% this, the Apple touchpad controls like ass within Windows bootcamp.

Interesting. Never had a hackintosh and didn't think of that.

I honestly don't understand the appeal. All of that pointer acceleration and deceleration shit is maddening. I am fine with 90% of trackpads as long as the surface material isn't complete ass.
That being said, I rarely use my thinkpad's trackpad as I almost always have a mouse handy. That, and since I'm not a hyperactive ass-loving faggot, I use my keyboard 98% of the time.

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I would say Stockholm Syndrome explains how most macfags view their computers, but that applies almost equally to winfags and nixfags too. People tend to give disproportionate praise to things they like and equally disproportionate criticism to things that they don't. But I don't have to tell you that, this is Any Forums, that's on full display all day every day.

>Apple touchpad controls like ass within Windows bootcamp
Apple writes those drivers and they intentionally write them like ass

Yep. Same reason why iTunes sucks balls in Windows but wasn't all that bad under macOS

Nah. It's an objectively better trackpad, and I want the exact thing on a pc laptop too. Apparently the z13/16's finally have haptics, but I haven't tried it. That it's compared to Apple though proves my point.

>finally have haptics
There are haswell elitebooks from 2015-16 that had synaptic forcepad haptic touchpads, they were shit. Haptics are overrated anyway.

Did you know that there is no way to do middle click with macshit trackpads? The thing that's effortless on windows / linux?
YES, you have to use keyboard to open/close tabs in a browser. That or a context menu.

You can just open a new tab with two fingers (a context menu).

For a system that prides itself on gestures for everything, not having anything that simulates a middle click was one thing I absolutely hated. My current laptop has a three-tap for middle click and I've decided it's an absolute must-have feature for any laptop I buy in the future.

Like a fucking caveman
Seriously, i fell for this "mac have best trackpads" meme but was surprised to find them fucking annoying. My crappy t440s was more functional than this

imagine criticizing OS X and not knowing about BetterTouchTool.

>NO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND, install some paid pajeet shit on your supposedly superior macbook!!
okay nevermind bro, i'm already switching to X1C

yes. keep digging.

Anything using Windows Precision drivers works great

I imagine because Apple controls both the hardware and software so they can tightly integrate the two.
The best Windows/Linux devs and hardware makers can do is build to join up at some common denominator.

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Recent versions of macOS don't even have iTunes now. But guess what? Integrating iTunes functionalities in Finder and in Apple Music is somehow even worse than it used to be. Apple is celebrated for their software but I swear if this garbage is the pinnacle of user friendly software engineering we're truly doomed.

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>No button(s)
No thanks.
The best trackpad is still the one on my thinkpad T530. Perfect size that allows for a comfortable amount of finger movement while also being small enough that it doesn't even need palm rejection software to not get in your way while typing.
It has left and right mouse buttons on top and below (most important for comfortable use) and a middle click on top that with the trackpoint works as a faster scrolling method.
Combine that with gestures for scrolling both horizontally and vertically and you've got literally everything you would ever need.

the entire trackpad is a button, windows laptops do this too