Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

does new white macbook have multi-touch?

P

Poker-face

macrumors newbie
Original poster
does new white macbook have multi-touch capabilities,like zooming,rotating,scroling (similar to ipod touch)?

sorry for my english,it's not so good 😎
 
No three or four finger gestures, no pinch to zoom, either.

You get the single finger gestures and two finger scroll. That's it.
 
From what I remember, technically the trackpad does support multi-touch (it can see up to 9 or 11 contact points), but it hasn't been enabled by Apple.

Somebody's got a blog going where he's been trying to modify the .kext file that acts as the trackpad driver to accept multi-touch, but hasn't been able to get it working full out in OS X.
 
I suppose it's a bit much to ask from a large company like Apple. Wouldn't want anything that could hold back a user from upgrading now, would we 😀. Makes perfect business sense. I think.
 
Kat King123 said:
thats just for older macbook airs and pros that have the trackpad
Click to expand...

How do you know? 'Cause my Dad has an older Macbook Pro which already has the 3 and 4 finger gestures from before the Unibodies... And since the new Whitebooks also have multi-touch trackpads (at least that's how it would appear, since it recognizes when there's just one finger, two, or more), this should apply really.
 
tristangage said:
How do you know? 'Cause my Dad has an older Macbook Pro which already has the 3 and 4 finger gestures from before the Unibodies... And since the new Whitebooks also have multi-touch trackpads (at least that's how it would appear, since it recognizes when there's just one finger, two, or more), this should apply really.
Click to expand...

he got it from changing the kext file and according to apple the whitebook does not have a multi touch track pad even tho it cant recognize up to 11 fingers
 
im fairly certian that they are adding support for all macbooks to have the advanced multi touch under snow leopard

EDIT: im wrong.
 
Poker-face said:
does new white macbook have multi-touch capabilities,like zooming,rotating,scroling (similar to ipod touch)?
sorry for my english,it's not so good 😎
Click to expand...

I think that Apple is phasing out the white MacBook. They put the prices so close between the White MacBook and 13" MBP people just say just get the MBP.
 
i can get vids and pics and model #s in sept when i go back to school to do my diploma... i just broke off for summer hols lask week
 
I think the reason this thread has not been jumped upon already is that everyone has dismissed this as... impossible.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back