I’ve decided to order the new Magic Mouse as well. I’ll have to try and figure this out there’s a lot of muscle memory to retrain with new input devices.
As such, it’s sometimes a bit weird to move from one to the other, and I find that in doing so, I hit some of the keys on the right side of the keyboard. The height of the trackpad matches the height of the keys on the keyboard, not its body, as is the case with the older devices. I’m finding one small issue in using these two devices together. I can turn off the Force Touch feature, but then there’s no real advantage to this trackpad over the previous model (other than not needing batteries). It seems like the Force Touch thing prevents me from clicking and dragging. I’d be fine with a trackpad half as wide as this.Īlso, I’m finding that when trying to click and drag one or more icons, I either end up selecting the text of a file, or opening the file(s). Unless I’m missing something, the huge size of the Magic Trackpad is simply wasted. While it’s a sort of right-click for the iPhone, there are already plenty of gestures for OS X. As for Force Touch, I’m not sure it offers many advantages on the desktop. The extra width means that I have to move my arm more to use the trackpad, and I’m hardly using any of that space anyway. I generally use the rightmost side of the trackpad, taping and scrolling with two fingers, while my third and fourth fingers rest on my desk. I don’t need such a large trackpad, and I’m not sure what improvement the extra width is supposed to offer. The only downside I see is that the ↑ and ↓ keys are too close together, making it too easy to press the wrong one.Īs for the trackpad, I’m not so sure this is an improvement. Not a big deal, but the lack of cushioning under the keys is noticeable. However, the new keyboard is a lot noisier when I type. This is a good thing, at least for me I touch type, and the shorter travel makes it easier for me to type. The angle is lower, and the touch makes it feel a lot like the keyboard on the new MacBook. Here’s a photo of the new keyboard and trackpad next to the old models on my desk I’ve aligned them at the edges where they join, so you can see the difference in size of each device.Īs you can see, the keyboard is a bit smaller – gone is the space needed to hold the batteries, the width has been shaved, and the keys are a bit closer together as well. I ordered them yesterday shortly after they went on sale, and I got them just after lunch today faster than I’ve ever gotten anything from Apple.Īside from the quick delivery, these are interesting devices. Some of the magic in Apple’s new Magic Keyboard and Trackpad is in the company’s ability to deliver them very quickly.
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