Since he was just an image of dubious origin, I had expected him. Now that he has arrived, nothing better than falling head over heels in the details of this accessory that could mean the end of mice (or not).
In any case, what you see above are two of many images that the Engadget made of the peripheral mystic. His packaging is practically the size of the accessory itself, and, as you can see, Apple has put a kind of mini-manual to use that dispenses with words. Holy minimalism, Batman! Although its size is not at all minimalist: with 80% more surface than the largest trackpads on MacBooks, this accessory also has more than twice the area of ​​an iPhone screen. Just an iPad to rival the size of this colossus.
Now a curiosity: looking at the Magic Trackpad in profile, would you say that he is able to "click" physically? It is quite possible that he will only be able to recognize touches as clicks (something that not everyone appreciates and nor Mac OS X uses by default), since you can not perceive any moving part, looking at the gadget in this way.
Only that, living up to its name, the Magic Trackpad clicks, yes! Not only that, but it also recognizes clicks in its lower corners as the primary and secondary buttons. The secret is on his back: do you see the two rubber feet he has? They are, in fact, mechanical buttons.
Except that for dragging the cursor, this solution remains unworkable just like in the “buttonless” trackpads of the most recent MacBooks. For those who don't like the primary option of tapping twice (as in a double-click) and dragging before lifting their finger a second time, Apple has introduced a new gesture with three fingers. Just touch and drag the title bar of a window, for example, without the risk of being interpreted as a double click that will send it to the Dock: very good!
Now it's not so good news: anyone who already uses third-party applications to power their MacBook's trackpad or the back of a Magic Mouse (1, 2, 3, 4) will have to wait a little while until they can customize the new accessory Not bad, but you may want to delay the purchase, if any gesture you don't live without can still be used with the Magic Trackpad.
One more thing! Here I said, said, said How about to see a little of all this in action? The video below, produced by 9 to 5 Mac, there is nothing very special, but it kills the desire of those who want to have this magical accessory.
(youtube) http://www.youtube/watch?v=Txx3CnIiDvQ (/ youtube)
Just another thing Remember my tantrum when the software update came out to add support for the Magic Trackpad? Drama without need: the list of MacBooks in that post shows only which machines will win new gestures on the trackpads they already have! To use the Magic Trackpad, you only need Mac OS X 10.6.4 and Bluetooth: after pairing the accessory and running the Software Update (Software Update) BOOM!
Guess now who's going to run to buy one of these! #epicWIN
(via Macworld)
