If the Apple Magic Mouse is no longer comfortable to those who are used to trackpads on their MacBook, the Magic TrackPad might just do the trick for Mac Desktop users.
At $69 a pop, the Magic Trackpad will pair with your Mac via built-in Bluetooth (2 AA batteries needed) and eventually replace your Magic Mouse. Not sure what’s so magical about it though.
“Not sure what’s so magical about it, though.”
LOL I couldn’t agree more. Mice are still more ergonomic. :D
“the annoying thing about track pads is the click and drag…. you can only drag so far.”
of course you can install the appropriate drivers to have more trackpad support, e.g. release the drag only after a time delay.
@jill at first I thought you were referring to Apple’s “mighty mouse” but of course you were referring to mice in general :)
This definitely won’t replace the good ol’ mouse but could be a great partner. This can be useful in quickly activating expose & spaces, switching apps, zooming and “inertial” scrolling. But of course we already have dedicated keyboard buttons for that (at least for expose & spaces).
Manufacturers can hype all they want,but they have never succeeded in making the mighty mouse obsolete. Magic? Phoeey!
imo this will not replace mouse.. but it will evolve later on something valuable or add-on for any mac or iphone users
Only a die-hard Mac fanboy (or a moron) would buy this.
@Joshua
You’ll probably better off with a Bamboo Pen and Touch then.
Slap in a stylus compatible and make pen pressure feature and opacity then consider me sold
magical? lol. thousands of bright minds coming up with this “magical device” really drives me nuts.
one thing with the mighty mouse, you can down size it as a mice for netbooks carry all around. however i dont think you can do that in magic, it seems its not magical after all.
is there any video demo?
I hate touch pads and don’t even like the cordless bluetooth mouse. Why would anyone want to strain their wrists and hands this way?
I love the fact that ‘mice’ with cords are getting cheaper because of all the craze though. Just hope it won’t be obsolete.
That’s one expensive paper weight or stand for a note pad. :P
My MacBook Pro trackpad works perfectly and effortless. I just have to tap anywhere to click. Unlike other laptop trackpad that you have to press it hardly or use the left and right clicker.
Basic gesture in MacBook’s Trackpad:
1 Finger Tap = Click
2 Finger Tap = Right Click
2 Finger Scroll = Scrolling
1 Finger Double Tap + Hold = Dragging
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Odd apple took the AA battery route. Seems so 1980s. Would have preferred an internal battery with usb charger.
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maybe the word “magical” is just a sort of tag line for their advertising…every company or business does it, so that they can be remembered by the consumers…or perhaps, they can’t think of anything more catchy (or rhyming?!)…:)) lol
as I have learned in my media class, advertising really distorts the truth…so, it’s just not Apple who does this…:)…every form of advertisement does…:)
sana talaga pen tablet na lang ginawa nila. pero siguro nga pwede ito sa mga 32″ iMac from the comfort of your couch.
the annoying thing about track pads is the click and drag…. you can only drag so far.
the future will be a UI that reads your brainwaves so you just have to think what you want to do
why they keep calling it “Magic”
here’s some video of this pointless and soon to be magical accessories or it can be a remote control for media playback..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txx3CnIiDvQ&feature=player_embedded
will this make the mouse obsolete?
They call it magic because most (if not many) people will buy anything that has the apple logo in it. :)
Haha, you people. Don’t you know Apple’s “Gesture Recognizer”?