Revising my Mac Book Pro remarks

Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

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This past weekend I was able to get my hands on the new Mac Book Pro that was announced on Tuesday. After having a bit of hands on with it I have to revise my comments from earlier this week as the user experience is different than what I imagined.

  1. I need to take back my comments on the trackpad. Instead of it being an unresponsive flat pad you tap, I was surprised to realize the whole pad is actually a button. One big clickable button with the proper feedback as a normal button on a mouse. That totally negates my argument about tap clicking. Also, I found that 2 finger scrolling came naturally, 3 finger was ok, and 4 finger was just kinda annoying.
     
  2. I didn’t notice if this model had the keyboard mistake on it but I will definitely check next time.
     
  3. I have to add that the glossy screen is not my favorite. I could deal with it but I can see how it would massively annoy some people.

All in all still a good machine but I am much happier with what I have.

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One Response to “Revising my Mac Book Pro remarks”

  1. Douglas says:
    October 20, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    BTW: With the latest software update, you should be able to enable 2-finger scrolling on your machine.

    I have it on my borrowed machine– the first model of MacBook Pro ever released, three years old.

    Once you start 2-finger scrolling, you’ll never believe you lived without it. Of course, most of us just plug in a real mouse…

    -d