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Youve earned the right to shop tax free and enjoy. I'm not writing this to be a 'hater', I simply want Apple to improve, and make more ergonomic and practical products again. Shop Apple Magic Trackpad 2 and other name brand Mice & Mouse Pads Home Office & School at The Exchange. Their recent obsession with making super-thin peripherals for stationary computers is ridiculous, it's for STATIONARIES not portables/laptops.ītw.

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The new trackpad is an expensive designer item made principally to look nice, but downgraded in the areas that really matter.Īpple had to retreat from their super-thin MacBook Pro models (awful keyboard, limited ports, hot/noisy etc.), and make something a bit thicker and more practical again. There are cheap AA batteries, which last considerably less than high quality AA batteries (which I used).Īside from poor battery life, the inferior ergonomics annoy me the most, since I work from on computer many hours at a time. For light use it could probably last a month, but my old trackpad would have lasted many months.

They'll probably 'fix' the downgrade in the next version, to create more artificial demand for their overpriced peripherals.Ĭlick to expand.A week was a bit on the low side (written in the 'heat of the moment'), but say around 10-12 days during heavy use.

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I thought to myself 'hmm.this product is too flat, so the battery life will be crap, and also the angle of the hand will be less ergonomic'. Magic Trackpad is wireless and rechargeable, and it includes the full range of Multi-Touch gestures and Force Touch technology. Jeez, what are the designers over at Apple smoking? I'm not a 'designer' myself, but I saw these issues a mile away before I bought it. Why not make the thing a little bigger (to fit a larger battery), and also more ergonomic at the same time? Also the battery drains about 8-10 times faster (or more) than the old one, so now I have to charge it about once a week or two, which is ridiculous.

And it was such a disappointment.įirst off, the new version of the trackpad is too flat, so the wrist angle is wrong and feels less comfortable to use. Get the best deals on Apple Magic Trackpad and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. It can support either right- or left-handed clicking. Magic Trackpad is wireless and rechargeable, and it includes the full range of Multi-Touch gestures and Force Touch technology. I recently managed to drop my old AA battery-powered Magic Trackpad, so I had to buy a new one. The Magic Trackpad powered by two AA batteries is easily customizable. I'll keep this short, so I'll only mention the Magic Trackpad 2 here.

However, I'm baffled over how many dumb design decisions Apple has made during the last 8-9 years. I'm a daily Mac user for nearly 20 years, so I obviously prefer MacOS and the Mac over Windows and regular PCs.

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